Curves In The Road: quotes

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Quote Wall #6

"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Arthur Schopenhauer -

Friday, March 13, 2015

Quote Wall #5

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?" - Oscar Wilde -

Sunday, March 8, 2015

The Bookworm's Corner is weekly updates on anything bookish! What I've read through the week, any books I've bought this week that I'm super duper excited about, recommendations lists, book news - whatever! This is where the Bookworm wades in.

Finished This Week

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
(Delirium Trilogy #1)
YA, dystopian
4/5 stars

In a futuristic America, love in all of its forms has been declared a disease and has been eradicated. When they turn seventeen, everyone is required to take the Cure. After that, you don't feel anything. No family love, no compassion, no anger, nothing. Lena can't wait for her Cure; until she meets Alex. Then everything changes. My first Lauren Oliver book! I'd heard a lot of people rave about her writing, and once I met her, I wanted very much to read her books. Delirium is one of the best dystopian novels I've read. Lena's society is brutal and unyielding. People are constantly monitored, neighbors report neighbors, dissenters are jailed and/or executed. The writing is gorgeous, the characters well developed, and the world quite convincing. The romance is paramount to the plot, but I loved Lena and Alex together, there is no love triangle, and it isn't as mushy-mushy as you might think. I'm impressed with Lauren Oliver.

What I'm Currently Reading

- Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan: On page 226

- Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales: This week, I read Maid Maleen; The Skillful Huntsman

- Anderson's Best-Loved Fairy Tales: This week, I read The Little Elder-Tree Mother

- Wolfsblood by Hazel West: On page 197

- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling: On page 209

- Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death by James Runcie: On page 148

- Dracula by Bram Stoker: On page 349

- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer: On page 196
- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs: On page 205

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Book Nerd Problems by Epic Reads. Ever run into those people who are like "it's just a book!" Here's a video relating to that problem:

Friday, March 6, 2015

Quote Wall #4

"I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed." - Booker T. Washington

Friday, February 27, 2015

Quote Wall #3

Quote Wall is for everyone to comment and share their favorite quotes of the week. Be it from a book, movie, other people - whatever you like! Share them in the comments and I'll put them up on the Quote Wall page!

"Every grain of experience is food for the greedy growing soul of the artist." - Anthony Burgess

Friday, February 20, 2015

Quote Wall #2

"The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment." - Deborah Moggach, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel