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One more awkward quote from my previous post:

"I felt the little love plant inside me stretch, swell, and unfurl its leaves, like he was pouring Love Potion #9 over the thing."

While the plot was strong for most of the book, I lost interest around page 280. Weird, inner dialogue just gets to me and this book was FULL of it. I'm not sure I'll continue with the series.

#awkward #quotes #teen #fantasy #fiction

Sometimes I struggle with teen books...the dialogue is too wordy and awkward, definitely things that teenagers wouldn't say or think. Reference examples below:

1) "I was as fragile as a new born."

2)"Mae West, a famous Vaudeville actress, once said, 'A man's kiss is his signature.' I grinned to myself. If that was true, then Ren's signature was the John Hancock of kisses."

#awkward #quotes #teen #fantasy #fiction

Mitten's revenge for me giving him his flea medicine yesterday...He was not a happy cat and proceeded to lay on, roll over, and attempt to play with my book for a solid hour.

#overdramatic #catsoflitsy #youngadult #fantasy #fiction #summer #readKY

Here lately, I've been reading books that have similar themes by accident. I wish I did more paired or flight reads but I don't always put a ton of thought behind my reading strategy. All I know is that I'm marking off books that have been on my TBR shelf for an extensive time.
"Tiger's Curse" has been fun to read so far, not sure I'll continue with the rest of the series.

"Cursed" has been fine as well. We'll see how it ends.

#cursed #paired

I love a good food reference. 😎🥔💛

I am starting to love books with animals in them and this one is so unique! So far Kelsey has gotten a summer job as a helper at a traveling circus that's in town. 🎪 She met the white tiger who is the circuses main attraction and decided to name him Ren! I really think I'm gonna like this book. The prologue described a very intense exchange between two kingdoms involving a Raja and a future prince.

Picked out this week's read! Hoping it's as adventurous as it sounds.

5 💫💫💫💫💫 This was fantastic! The Tiger theme throughout took me into a fantasy world of the present and past. Kelsey the main character lost her parents when she was young, and develops a unique relationship with a tiger at a Circus she works at. This takes her down a rabbit hole of another world. What a fun read.

#BookSpinBingo

@TheAromaofBooks

I didn't complete a lot of books this week, but have been working my way through some heftier ones - I read over 1200 pages this week! The Secret of Chimneys was a delight. Starless Sea was a mixed bag but overall a pick. I'm enjoying Watership Down a lot. Not sure about Tiger's Curse. Decided I wasn't going to read the Massi books at all - they are in the giveaway pile after languishing on the #weeklyforecast multiple weeks!
#BookReport @Cinfhen

Day 3 of #7days7covers :)

Perhaps @britt_brooke will join the game of covers.

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she‘d be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that‘s exactly what happened. Face-to-face with dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.
#roar #amonthofsongs

I have read this book probably a dozen times, but the opening sentence “I was standing at a precipice” gets me every time. I want adventure in my life, and books like these help me believe in the power of our choices and the ability for adventures to come when we least expect it.

This series is something special.

these two love being read to lol 😂 🐶🐰📚❤️

I have never been interest in ebooks because I just perfer the feel and experience of reading a real physical book compared to reading on a screen (and I don‘t think that will ever change) but I packed my favorite series in storage and wont be back for awhile and I wanted to reread my favorite series, so its not the same, but I have enjoyed reading the ebook version for free on the LibbyApp so far 🙂📚

This is one of my all time favorites. I just love this book.

@TheFunkyBookworm
#YAWednesday

I'm taking a moment to appreciate what 826 pages looks like. 😱

I truly thought this series was over after Tiger's Destiny, but here comes Tiger's Dream. I'm not complaining, but I feel a serious re-read is required before I start it.

Omg!!!! I love the big purple blanket!! And holy sh*t this is a big bag of snickers. The book sounds fascinating. Cannot wait to read it!!! Thank you so much @BookishlyPleasant
#blanketandabookswap

@brilliantglow Congrats on your 10k Litfluence! 🎉🎉 It's so generous of you to pay it forward!

I'd love to read Tiger's Curse. 🤓

#brilliantglows10kgiveaway @LitsyHappenings

Here is another debate between my friend and I. Book one -4 all have an animal on the cover. Book 5 isn't out yet, but it appears the only thing they changed were human. I say no cover change, she said yes. Add fuel to the fire and give me your two cents. #coverlove #changesedition

First sappy romance novel I liked.

It has mythology.

I like mythology.

The Tiger's Curse series by Colleen Houck is action packed entwined with a twisted love triangle that will get readers rooting for Kelsey's and Ren's love team. The Hinduism mythology transports you to India and any adventure Kelsey takes to break the curse. This is one of my top recommended favorite books and I know readers will share the same great experience through Colleen's books.

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break an ancient curse.With a mysterious white tiger named Ren.Halfway around the world.But that's what happened.Dark forces, spellbinding magic, and mystical worlds, Kelsey risks everything to piece together a prophecy that could break the curse forever.Packed with magic, adventure, and romance, the epic Tiger's Curse series will keep you breathless and wanting more.

cant recommend this book and series enough, love this book and series so much ❤️

#flashback to when I met my favorite author ❤️

Book haul from yesterday!!! And I'm officially starting my spring break today so hopefully I will be getting lots of reading done!! Plus, we are going to the beach, the perfect place to read 😎

Instead of favorite book, I'm going favorite series with an animal in the title - if you haven't read the Tiger's Curse series, do so immediately! :D
#READATHONANIMAL @Liberty

True to this authors style, this book is a fantastical, mythical, thrilling one, with prevalent elements of romance. A great read, with accurate mythology, an interesting plot line, and characters that you really are able to get too know, definitely worth the time.

Absolutely amazing! Highly recommend!

My favorite used bookstore, Starr Books, had a Black Friday Flash sale. I got six books for my son and six books for myself. These are the books I got for myself!

I mostly read ebooks but my son prefers print. Here is his current #bookmark.

#booktober @RealLifeReading #pokemoncard

Starting this beautiful specimen 😍

Majority of my books are digital, either from Audible or the library however I am still working on turning my almost 13 yr old son into a Reader. So, when he begs for a series, such as Tiger's Curse, we will check our local McKay's Used Books first. http://www.mckaybooks.com

(However, McKays tends to be doubly dangerous since he also has to check out their used video game selection too)

#usedbooks #augustphotochallenge

What is real and what is not is for your heart to decide and for your heart to know.

No matter what sort of difficulties you must endure and no matter how painful your experiences, you must not lose hope. Losing faith is the only thing that can truely distroy you. To conquer yourself and your weaknesses are a greater triumph than to conquer thousands in battle.

Bad things sometimes happen to good people; the key to happiness is try to make the best of it, and be thankful for the hand we're dealt.

Hard work keeps you grounded.

I LOOOVED this book so so much AHH

A perfect combination

Honestly don't really like this book. The story holds so much potential but the author self inserted and it was incredibly obvious