Tuesday, January 24, 2017

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Review Coming Soon!

Hey guys!

I just wanted to give a quick update! I've been super busy with prepping for NaNoWriMo that I've barely been able to sneak in reading. I WILL however, have a review on Cut by Patricia McCormick sometime this week! I just started it, the day before yesterday and I just can't put it down. I've resorted to reading it when I'm in between doing things. I will have a full detailed review up soon so just bare with me!

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Friday, October 7, 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016 Calendar

Hey Guys!

So, I couldn't find a 2016 NaNoWriMo Calendar anywhere so I made one! Here' it is! Enjoy!

Monday, October 3, 2016

My Novel for NaNoWriMo 2016 | Stockholm

Writing Life Update | NaNoWriMo

Hey guys!

So sorry I've been MIA for the past couple months. I went from having so much time on my hands to barely having any! If you didn't know already, I just had my son in June! The mom life has really taken its toll on me this past couple months. I have decided that even with being busy with my son, I am going to attempt NaNoWriMo this year! This is just a quick writing life update, so in another post I will update you with some details of the book I'll be writing this November.

P.S. Feel free to add me as a writing buddy at nanowrimo.org/participants/angelica-evangelina-ortiz


Saturday, March 26, 2016

Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson Review

Publication:
Publisher: Harper Collins Children's Books
Publishing Date: July 3, 2012

Summary: Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair…

Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn’t believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.

Peter is unlike anyone she’s ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland’s inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything—her family, her future—to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she’s always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.

With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it’s the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who’s everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Peaches comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn’t grow up.

My thoughts: Jodi Lynn Anderson went about this book in quite a different way. Tiger Lily is written from third person's point of view and that third person is Tinker Bell. I didn’t think I would like it at first, but I soon ended up being hooked in the first couple of chapters. Anderson pulls you in, telling the story of Peter Pan and Tiger Lily in a way not thought possible. Tinker bell, not playing much of an important role in the Disney film, plays a tremendous role in this captivating retelling.  Not only do you get to feel what Tink feels, but you get to feel what Tiger Lily feels as well. Tiger Lily plays a very independent character and soon finds herself feeling things that she has never felt before for a boy she is banned from being able to see. The reader will fall in love with Peter and Tiger Lily at the same time on their journey through Neverland; not to mention the Lost Boys. You will begin to want to fight off Hook and the pirates yourself, as the threaten to tear them apart. I have to say, the arrival of English girl Wendy enraged me in ways I never thought I could be enraged by a fictional character. The ending, isn’t something I was hoping for. But it definitely did leave me with a knot in my throat. When I was finished with the book, I couldn’t do anything but sit and think about what had just happened. It will truly take your breath away. I strongly advise you to pick up a copy and go on an adventure to Neverland.

Rating:
 

Did I like it? YES!
Did I love it? YESSS!
Would I reread it? Most definitely.
Would I purchase it? Absolutely!
Would I recommend it? Hell Yes!

Friday, March 25, 2016

Writing has taken over

I just realized that my writing life has completely taken over. I haven't had much time to do any reading, so that means I haven't anything to do a book review on. I apologize on behalf of my horrible time management skills. I will try to get a book review on Tiger Lily - Jodi Lynn Anderson up by next week. It has been a very stressful week, and I know next week will be too since I am moving into my new apartment! I will try my best to keep updated! Feel free to add me on snapchat for daily snaps! Hellavahelica is my username.