Interview with Kayla of Kayla's Place!

Today, I have an interview with Kayla from Kayla's Place! Her blog has been up September of last year! Let's get on with the interview. :)

1.Hardcover or paperback?
I prefer Paperback because Hard covers are really hard to get comfy with... BUT I loveeee having hard cover books on my shelf! I love the mystery of the actual hard cover - the part UNDER the cover... My favorite is the simple silver butterfly on Beautiful Disaster's Hardcover by Jamie McGuire. Love that simple touch.

2.Book or e-copy?
Both! I'm guilty of buying & reading a thousand ebooks - I almost feel like a traitor of sorts. I always said I'd never go to ebooks but ebooks are just so darn convenient. BUT I still go buy the paperback copy of the novel if it's one I LOVE. See, I've lived through cassette tapes, down to cds, now down to digital music downloads... and VHS movies, down to DVDs, now down to BluRay & who knows what else is coming... I still have cassette tapes in my closet in a box because I LOVED them... now I can't listen to them... So what happens when Epub & Mobi formats go away? That scares me because I love books & I grab them over and over again to read them. Having them on my shelf even after I've read the ebook is like a security blanket for me. :)

3. Library or book store?
I've always loved libraries - especially when I was in college. It was like my own personal safe haven. Now that I don't have much free time, I go to my local Booksamillion on my lunch break a lot. I'm comfortable at either honestly, but we don't have another great library in my area. :(

4 New books or used books?
I enjoy borrowing books from friends but there's nothing like getting your very own copy of a book and making the first indention in the spine all by yourself. Old books are such an amazing thing though. I love going to antique stores and picking up all of the old books. It makes you wonder what all the books have seen. Crazy sounding - I know - but can you imagine who picked it up first, why did they give it up, how many people & what kinds of people have read the book since.... It's exciting :)

5. If you were in a book, which type of character would you be? (EX: hero, villain, sidekick, etc.)
Hmmm I'd probably be the main female lead in one of those sappy romances gone wrong... the ones where she constantly screws up her relationships & totally misses the signs she should've seen.... that's just my luck... I wish I could be the hero though :)

6. Would you want the book you were featured in to be turned into a movie? Who would play you?
Hmmmm interesting question.... Of course that would be awesome but I think I'd rather be on the pages and not on the big screen... IF it happened to become a movie, I'd probably want someone unknown to play me... Some star who's not been discovered yet...


7. If you could live in any possible genre, which would you choose and why?
Urban Fantasy for sure!! If I could jump into a genre where all of those mythical beings were real, I would LOVE that....

8. If you could meet any one author, who would you meet any why?
No way could I pick just one! I mean... I love so many authors but there's a handful that I've read this year that I'd love to hang out with - not only because their books rock but because they seriously crack me up on Twitter & Facebook - Molly McAdams & Teresa Mummert...I mean, crack me up! Those ladies are freaking awesome. There's so many more that I'd love to meet though - Amy Bartol, Shelly Crane, Cassandra Clare, Stephen King, R.L. Mathewson, Shannon Dermott, Jamie McGuire, Colleen Hoover, Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione, Gena Showalter... I mean, seriously the list goes on & on....

9. If there was a book about your life, what would it be called?
Life Goes On.... I've had so many ups & downs throughout my life that it's like a roller coaster. The one thing that I've learned through it all, no matter how many tears I cry & people I yell at, Life Goes On....

10. Which character in a novel that you've read most resembles you and why?
Uh oh... answering this one might get me into trouble so I have to plead the 5th... It would be one of those crazy romance novels - that's for sure. 

11. How many times have you read your favorite book and will you read it again?
Well, I don't really have one favorite novel... I have so many that are my faves (there's an entire page on my blog just listing them out) that if I kept reading them over and over, I'd never have time to move onto another novel.... I'm a sucker for re-reading novels though... I can honestly say that I read the Hunger Games Trilogy probably 5 times....LOTR novels about 10 times... Twilight probably 20....Dreamcatcher by Stephen King probably 5....

Thanks so much for letting me interview you, Kayla!

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Book Review: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer

Title: Between the Lines
Author: Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Source: Purchased
Edition: Hardcover (358 pages)
Genre: YA Fantasy/Fairy Tale/Contemporary
Cover Review: I really like this cover. Every time I look at it, I notice something different: the castle, the wand, the book. 
Tagline: N/A
Series: Between the Lines #1 (POSSIBLY!)

Main Characters: Prince Oliver, Delilah

New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter present their first-ever novel for teens, filled with romance, adventure, and humor.What happens when happily ever after…isn’t?
     Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.
     And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.
     Delilah and Oliver work together to attempt to get Oliver out of his book, a challenging task that forces them to examine their perceptions of fate, the world, and their places in it. And as their attraction to each other grows along the way, a romance blossoms that is anything but a fairy tale.

Between the Lines is a new favorite of mine. Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer have come up with the most outstanding question: What do book characters do while the book is actually closed? They decided that the characters actually talk and become friends with another while the book is closed. They also have completely different personalities. Perhaps the evil villain is actually a really nice guy. Also, it's as if the characters act out the story. They actually have to get into places and not mess up their lines. This entire idea just amazed me so much.

The reader follows three different point of views: the fairytale, Delilah, and Oliver. Between the Lines is about a teen named Delilah who always finds friends in books. She ends up finding a book named Between the Lines and she absolutely loves it. The only problem is... it's a child's book. One of Delilah's favorite things about the book is that she can easily relate with the main prince, Oliver. Sometimes, Delilah even feels as if she can actually see Oliver move.

In Oliver's point of view, he just wants to leave. He's portrayed as a brave person, though he's not brave at all. The only thing he wants to do is get out of the book by trying to get somebody's attention. He feels that it's rather boring acting out the same story over and over and over and over and... yeah, point proved. He decides to go after Delilah.

Oliver actually ends up getting Delilah's attention and both become closer in the search to help Oliver get out of the book.

Delilah was such a relatable character. She loved books. How much closer could we get? If only book characters could actually talk... Oliver is one of my new favorite characters. He was just so funny. There's also the fact that he's a prince. Oliver and Delilah would be so good together.

I've actually met Jodi Picoult at a signing recently, and I found that there might possibly be a sequel sometime. I mean, there's definitely a cliffhanger, so I hope that there is one! If you're looking for a really fun and clever read, definitely pick this one up. I'm definitely going to read mine repeatedly.

Recommended for fans of:
Fairy tales
Jodi Picoult
Contemporaries

Notable Quotes:
 This is probably the most favorite quotes I've had in a while.

"Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true."

"That's what love is. It's some power greater than you and me, that draws us to one special person."

"Everyone Deserves A Happy Ending."

"In  books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises."

"You may be real, but you're still stuck in a book."

"Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg."

"What makes a treasure a treasure is how rare a find it is, when you need it most."

"Maybe the reason I've never died in this story is that I've never had something worth dying for before."

"Who spit in your porridge?"

"She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love wit her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?"

"Is it really worth dying for the person you love?"

"Just so you know," I begin, "when the say 'Once upon a time'... they're lying. It's not once upon a time. It's not even twice upon a time. It's hundreds of times, over and over, every time someone opens up the pages of this dusty old book."

"Here's what no one ever tells you about love: it hurts, having your heart broken."

"The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?"

Rating:

 Have you read this novel? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

 

Waiting on Wednesday (47)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. This meme spotlights upcoming releases that bloggers are eagerly waiting for.

 

Since I forgot to post mine yesterday, I decided to just post it today!

This week I'm waiting on Lexicon by Max Barry.

 

At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren’t taught history, geography, or mathematics—at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science .Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. The very best will graduate as �poets”: adept wielders of language who belong to a nameless organization that is as influential as it is secretive.

Whip-smart orphan Emily Ruff is making a living running a three-card Monte game on the streets of San Francisco when she attracts the attention of the organization’s recruiters. She is flown across the country for the school’s strange and rigorous entrance exams, where, once admitted, she will be taught the fundamentals of persuasion by Brontë, Eliot, and Lowell—who have adopted the names of famous poets to conceal their true identities. For in the organization, nothing is more dangerous than revealing who you are: Poets must never expose their feelings lest they be manipulated. Emily becomes the school’s most talented prodigy until she makes a catastrophic mistake: She falls in love.

Meanwhile, a seemingly innocent man named Wil Jamieson is brutally ambushed by two strange men in an airport bathroom. Although he has no recollection of anything they claim he’s done, it turns out Wil is the key to a secret war between rival factions of poets and is quickly caught in their increasingly deadly crossfire. Pursued relentlessly by people with powers he can barely comprehend and protected by the very man who first attacked him, Wil discovers that everything he thought he knew about his past was fiction. In order to survive, must journey to the toxically decimated tow nof Broken Hill, Australia, to discover who he is and why an entire town was blown off the map.

As the two narratives converge, the shocking work of the poets is fully revealed, the body count rises, and the world crashes toward a Tower of Babel event which would leave all language meaningless. Max Barry’s most spellbinding and ambitious novel yet, Lexicon is a brilliant thriller that explores language, power, identity, and our capacity to love—whatever the cost.

Lexicon will be released on June 18, 2013 by The Penguin Press HC.