tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33323626667721857162024-03-05T22:48:33.259+00:00Chronicles of Astoria Novels Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598029117591443177noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332362666772185716.post-12694589786233890312015-12-02T14:52:00.002+00:002015-12-02T15:25:52.616+00:00My Best Piece Of Writing So Far...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You don’t believe me? You should read my earlier works (I
cringe at the thought,) and the improvement is quite incredible.</div>
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Self-publishing is a very difficult business simply because
we don’t have the resources that the big publishing companies offer. We write a
story, proof, edit, rinse and repeat the process many many times before we even
pass it on to another’s set of eyes in the hope they pick up on something we
missed. We have to hire proof readers and hope they are competent and reliable,
keeping our fingers crossed they felt fresh and focussed when they worked on
the piece. We pay for artists and graphic designers to get our images and
covers looking remotely attractive and all of this we do for you, the reader,
in the hope we can capture your imagination for a week of your life while you
digest our years worth of hard, sweat pouring imagination squeezing.</div>
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In 2013 when I first released “Chronicles of Astoria Part 1,
Delta” I was very naive and unprepared for the Indy-market place. I genuinely thought
that when someone purchased a book for a quid, they weren’t wholly concerned
with the quality of writing. I mean, we had 50 shades of nonsense that was
selling like hot cakes and the writing was borderline terrible in there. I knew
my content wasn’t as bad as that but I came to the conclusion that, as long as
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Boy was I wrong.</div>
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It wasn’t until I received my first bad review that I really
took stock of my situation and headed back to the drawing board with my crayons
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But the reader shouldn’t have to. They should be captured
from the moment they set eyes on the piece, enthralled even. The whole point of
my series was to make the reader DESIRE to keep pressing onwards, unlocking the
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series was to have a deep set of lore for each and every character in the
story. I wanted a reader from all walks of life to be able to connect and love
at least one of the “Angels” whatever their personality. I wanted the focus
from each book to shift slightly away from the main protagonists along a web of
intertwined story lines revealing a depth to each supporting character, the
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put simply, my “cringe tracker” was barely spiking throughout this piece. As I
have said before, I read back through old writing and am overcome with waves of
embarrassment that I ever allowed something so amateur to go public. I guess my
hope had been that, one day, it would get picked up by a publisher and they
would fix it for me. Writing is, after all, a retirement project for me so I
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always been “the story is good,” and this installment is no different. “Chronicles
of Astoria Part 3 ‘Alpha’” is the prequel to it all and follows the beginnings of
both the main protagonists and antagonists. Part 2 dealt with the theme of “the
hero that falls,” revealing and explaining some of the cliff hangers left from Part
1 particularly regarding hidden gifts and plot lines that ran far deeper than
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Part 2 the reader learns just how complex and pre-meditated the entire attack
by the Sarfan Lord was and my hope has always been to encourage the reader to
finish the book and read it all over again with the newfound knowledge gained
from the ending. I, personally, enjoy a clever story and love nothing more than
to pick up on slithers of clues only to piece them together to reveal something
far grander.</div>
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The Chronicles of Astoria series is meant to be just that.</div>
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The series is 5 books in total and so the purpose of Part 3
is to pave the way for the final two installments. The story explores the origins
of Vega (the Sarfan Lord, before he is turned to an agent of darkness,) and
follows his route through the history of Astoria. This includes the original
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Characters mentioned in the previous books, such as Lucas
for example, are explored more in depth here especially since we know (from reading
Part 2) that he returns to the city eventually. By exploring the past I was
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I have tried to include a bit of a puzzle solving mystery/reveal
within this episode when the Anglings go in search of the “Nexus.” Perhaps I
was watching a little too much Sherlock Holmes at the time and wanted a clever gimmick
although to be honest I’m not sure how well I’ve delivered on that part. Perhaps
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What do a Secret Agent, a Cat and the Fate of the World have in common? <br />
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Quite a random combination but all will be revealed in the childrens novel "The Nancy cat" by author M R Shields. <br />
It is the second childrens novel that he has released this year and this particular story follows 'Agent Rose' in his quest to prevent the evil 'T.H.O.R.N' organisation from taking over the world.<br />
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The story is 140 pages long and contains excellant images from illustrator 'Martin Paterson' who has really come into his own for this novel.<br />
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To say this is a true story would not be entirely inaccurate. M R Shields met Nancy the cat while on his day job duties and the story grew from there. Nancy is indeed a small house-cat that can open doors by hurling herself at the handles. She fetches cotton buds, chases laser pens and has quite the talent for catching mice on the rare occasions she is let out into the wild, although these days she is mostly kept inside as her record of 4 live mice returned within an hour did not go down well with her owner (portrayed in the story as 'Mrs Rose')<br />
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The main character in the story is called 'Agent/Mr Rose' and his secret agent status he keeps well hidden from his wife. He has all the high tech gadgets you'd expect from a secret agent, a talking watch, spring-loaded heels and a lab full of technicians that are constantly designing the latest gear required for the job.<br />
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Nancys owner's husband(thats the cousin of the gardeners next door neighbour's dog walker) or to keep it simple, the person 'Agent Rose' was based upon is indeed lean, tall and athletic. He regularly wears a suit, has allergys to Nancy and M R Shields is convinced that he is indeed a secret agent although it has never been confirmed. He travels a lot and could quite easily be completing secret missions for the 'F.L.O.W.E.R' corporation.<br />
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The reading age for the book is approximately 8 years of age although the content is suitable for all.<br />
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So get on over to Amazon Now and Grab your copy!!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will have to admit that I have yet to make it to the cinema to check out the remake of this movie. Part of me is still living in the past and loving the fond nostalgic moments brought on by the stop-motion special effects and the cheesy miming from the original and yet, another part of me wants to see the improvements of technology and their impact on one of my favourite classic movies.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If there is an improvement to be made, perhaps the original movie worked so well because of its time? Released during an age where the people needed heroes with bad ass one-liners while they distributed brutal retribution on the bad guys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess I will just need to stop procrastinating about it and go find out for myself. In the meantime I will discuss the special effects of the original and a little about the support actress Nancy Allen (who played officer Anne Lewis, Robo's partner)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the time of casting Nancy Allen had beautifully long blonde curls and was very much a screen beauty having not long come off the set of Carrie. When Paul Verhoeven saw her he immediately told her to cut the locks, giving her a more hardened appearance for the feminine role. At the time, strong female characters were big in Hollywood with Sigourney Weaver playing the lead in 'Alien' were a horrifying xenomorph wipes out the crew of her ship and she has to deal with the murdering menace own her own - which she does with ease.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Linda Hamilton had also made the transition from coffee shop sweetheart-fugitive-hunted by an unstoppable cyborg in the 'Terminator' eventually hardening up to give her awesome finishing line </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<i>You're terminated f$cker</i>"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say, Nancy had to really pull out the stops to match the beat down feminine heroics of the other movies. A task she performed brilliantly with her bubble gum, chewing kick-ass (literally with her karate kicks) performance coupled with a brilliant line late on in the movie - right after she had been badly wounded! but she still managing to crawl to the assault rail gun and save the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i><b>Murphy.. I'm a mess</b></i>" classic!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598029117591443177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332362666772185716.post-59855807828706792222014-02-01T09:06:00.003+00:002014-02-01T16:28:59.131+00:00Robocop Behind The Scenes PT 1 / Dead Or Alive, You're Coming With Me <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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began yet another 'behind the scenes' blog post on the classic SCI-FI classic '<b>Robocop</b>.' <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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back in 1987 and was met with mixed </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">reviews, mostly due to the barbaric, fascist
state of decay the world had become. Starting off with a news report, director
Paul Verhoeven was quickly able to set the scene, depicting the world on the
tipping point of nuclear war. The news
report continues with a story of a cop being gunned down and fighting for his
life-the reporter cheering him on like a sports fan supporting one of his
idols. Needless to say, the lack of empathy was evident in his "good luck Frank" comment followed by the dashing quick flex of his fist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Produced by Orion studios, Robocop was following in the footsteps of another movie produced by the same company which was called 'Terminator' where a sophisticated and unstoppable robot was sent back through time to eliminate the poor unsuspecting Sarah Connor. The Terminator was written as more of a horror movie, a genre that wouldn't suit the writers of our would be 'knight in shining armour' Robocop (literally).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Although undoubtedly the two movies would be linked and compared, there could be no question that their differences outnumbered their similarities, with the main divide being (believe it or not) that Robocop was more 'human' than the <b>Terminator</b>, an aspect that is highlighted further as the movie goes on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The scene he is of course referring to is when Murphy is shot, possibly over 30 times at close range not to mention having his hand blown off to start the </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">tortuous</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> parade. Now </span>I've<span style="line-height: 115%;"> never been shot before let alone absorbed that volume of punishment but I would tend to argue that Jesus perhaps suffered a lot more for a lot longer - but I guess myself and Paul can agree to disagree. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Robocop suit was designed around a Japanese Manga comic style design where they wanted to simple slit eye lens across the helmet and part of the face uncovered. I remember thinking during the movie "Why don't they just shoot him in the face" particularly in the car park scene where he, once again, is the subject of a firing squad... the poor guy can't catch a break</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be fair to the continuity team, Robocop does in fact cover his face when taking the shots so I'll pipe down and wind my neck in.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Casting for the role of Robocop was difficult as the suit was restricted to a certain size. Originally they had wanted to cast Michael Ironside but found he would be too tall for the role.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually they settled on Peter Weller who they found would be small enough to fill the role. When I watched back the movie recently I was amazed at just how skinny he is. Don't get me wrong when you watch the movies from the 80's they all tended to be slimmer but jeez, Peter is tiny. I am pretty sure I could press him above my head. Feel free to promote the Press Peter campaign...we could start a hash tag trend there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WRONG! Prior to filming, Peter had taken lessons from a miming coach to play the role of Robocop, all of which he had practised WITHOUT the suit on. On the first day of filming it took 11 hours..Yes ELEVEN hours to get all the adjustments right before he could walk out on set. It was not until he took his first few steps that he realised the suit restricted him in a very big way, delaying the start of filming by at least another week while he had to familiarise himself to the new outfit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want a laugh, watch the movie over again, paying particular attention to the scene when he first confronts the executive at OCP, it's hilarious watching him jerk and spasm as his core programming refuses to allow him to complete his arrest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So at last we get to the special effects and, in a movie
like <b>Predator</b> how could we forget them.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Between the main character disappearing before our very
eyes, Carl Weathers having his arm blown off and the infamous 'razor break'
scene coupled with, of course, the amazing multi-vision sight of the Predator.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let us start with the 'Dylan losing his arm' scene where Carl Weather’s character decides to take </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">on the Predator while wielding two MP5
machine guns. Fans that can recall the VHS version will find this scene slightly
hilarious. To be fair I hadn't personally noticed the wardrobe malfunction
until I saw it on one of those movie mistake sights. Since then however, I couldn't take my eyes off it-finding it so damn obvious!</span><br />
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referring to was evident when he turned, screaming(as he had just been shot
with a blazing hot bolt of plasma), <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and
as his arm fell from his side, its tattered fleshy remains continued to fire
the gun in an epic slow motion, bullet stuttering scene of violence-it was. Only
when you looked more closely and realised that his severed arm was in fact
tucked behind his back and a carefully placed prop took the fall. By the time DVD
version came out, this part had been edited, but I thought I'd put a picture in
for comedy value. Classic misdirection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For the most part, the Predator spent the movie ‘cloaked’
appearing as nothing more than a smudged blur as the technology of its armour
bent the light around it. The special FX team on Predator achieved this through
use of a red suited predator (the normal use of a green suit/background wouldn't have created any contrast against the jungle so red was employed)T</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">hey then later used computer aided graphics to add in the
blurred image over the top of the red suit to give the impression that light
was passing through its cloaked form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The heat seeking vision of the predator was achieved by
amalgamating different spectrum's into one. Firstly, the heat of the jungle was
intense and therefore the standard heat vision cameras would not have been able
to decipher the body heat from the jungle itself. So by taking two cameras, one
switched to opposite colour schemes to pick out the heat in blues, and then the
other camera to work as standard red and oranges, they were then able to amalgamate
the two images so that when played back the actors heat signatures became
clearer against the blue background of the jungle. Thus creating the hunters
ability to pick out its targets through the dense jungle canopy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Throughout the movie there were many stunts performed with
props<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and a lot of well timed
explosives. The scene for example, when ‘Blaine’ falls with a hole burst in
his chest and Mack picks up the mini-gun and starts dismantling the jungle
with thousands of rounds of angry bullets fired in vengeance. The scene had to
be well constructed, with explosives placed in the trees and logs, all timed to
go off at precise moments to give the effect that the carnage was being wrought
with the weapons fire which, in all honesty, would not level the jungle in the
manner it did. According to the movie, all you need is a Gatling Gun, grenade
launcher, M16 Assault Rifle and some MP5 machine guns and one can completely
level the jungle of all trees and life for fifty yards. Gotta love movie
thinking!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lastly we get to the Mack razor scene, the one effect that
still makes me cringe to this day. The more I think about it, the more I wonder
how he never tore a larger piece of his cheek off in the process, that is of
course had the razor been real.</span></div>
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and over as he lies in wait of the Predator. Losing focus, he begins to press
even harder against his face until eventually the razor snaps against his cheek
and leaves a thin line of blood in its wake. Apart from being a good advertisement
for Bic, I have yet to see anyone do this in a movie since. The scene did
however, remind<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me of an incident I had
myself when I bought twenty razors from the pound shop. Yes you guessed it,
they cost me a pound, 5p a razor. Although this scene is very similar to what
happened when I tried to use them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For this scene to work, the razor prop was drilled up
through the handle allowing a thin tube filled with the fake(I hope it was fake
blood but for this blog lets just say they used hamster blood-really spark an
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">By removing the blade it allowed him to shave over and over
and then, when pressed, the blood left the top of the razor onto his face. With
respect to Bill Duke, he did indeed snap that against his skin with
unpredictable outcomes. I am not sure how many razors they went through for
that part but in the interests of safety</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the cast all introduced, lets get to the good stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I won’t lie, the first time I saw Predator I felt this
overwhelming urge to drop down and start doing some press ups followed by
climbing up the front of my bunk beds to hang and do pull ups-Arnies’ enormous
guns were enough motivation to get even the laziest person out of their beds
and into a gym.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But once my puny little young guns (literally as I believe I
was 7 year old when I first watched it. You can debate the bad parenting later) began to
burn, my motivation began to wane and as I slumped down onto the floor, the
movie still playing away, my focus began to change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Especially when <b>HE</b> walked on screen.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A 7ft alien Rastafarian </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">creature with more gadgets that </span>Macgyver<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> could
ever hope to make. The younger generation won’t remember </span>Macgyver<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but for those
that do-here is a nostalgic pic that has absolutely no relevance whatsoever to
my </span>blog<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> other than the guy was awesome.</span></div>
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enormous size. He stood just over 7ft and had been cast in previous movies to
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The original model for the predator had been this long legged, almost bird
liked head creature than moved awkwardly through the jungle. The majority of
the movie had already been shot prior to the introduction of the actual
Predator character, and once it arrived on set, the director John Mcteirnen
voiced what everyone else on set were thinking “uh oh”</span></div>
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running gait could only be described as ‘gangly’ not really the look you want
for a sophisticated hunting alien that travels the galaxy searching for worthy
prey!</span></div>
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character, the director sent the original suit back with the simple message “You
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the Predator as today) and on a flight over he was sitting next to another
famous director James Cameron, whom he had done work with on the Aliens movie. James
saw the images of the Predator and made a simple comment that would change how
we see the hunter forever. He said “<i>I've always wanted to see a character with
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of Mexico to finish filming.Climbing into the suit, Kevin very quickly began to get a
feel for the movement and traits for the Predator, none of which were
instructed to him but in fact his own interpretation of the alien. The director
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wearing, he apparently never complained once. The head section of the costume
could be removed and the cast tried, where possible, to get this off asap when
not in shot. But credit has to be given to the gentle giant for not complaining
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I hear critics say '<i>no book is perfect so no book should get 5 stars</i>' although I beg to differ. Being an author myself I know how much hard work goes into a book, the time, the imagination, the sweat and the tears. And so, when I rate a book I like to give it 5 stars initially, and as I work through my criteria I wait to see if it stays there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">A book is, quite simple a means to entertain and when I've finished reading I want to feel like I've enjoyed the experience. That the time spent going through it was well worth it and If I'm left feeling lost, empty, frustrated or annoyed then this is certainly not the desired outcome. I mean who deliberately goes out there way to annoy themselves?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when rating the books I've read I do so with entertainment value on my mind. S</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tarting with maximal score then looking at plot. I liken books to a TV programme, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I'm flicking through the guide and read the info on a programme, it needs to grab my attention with a thrilling or intriguing plot line. When reviewing, if the plot played out and kept me watching or reading then it keeps its five stars. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Characters-they have to seem real don't they? I have to engage with at least one of them. If the character is funny, quirky, tough, mean or just damn right awesome without explanation! then chances are I'll engage with them. If the book I'm reviewing has a character I 'get' then it keeps its star. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little mystery, every story needs this to keep you reading as we all want to know what's going to happen don't we? whether it be romance, crime or supernatural thriller we all want to know if that person lives, dies or gets the guy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the mystery is too easy, transparent or not even present then I know what's going to happen. I pay that little bit less attention and become less absorbed in the story which leaves me feeling a little unfulfilled. A good intriguing story line keeps its star.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Descriptions. I love a good story where I can really picture myself in the situation or really get a feel for what's going on. Is it a dusty battlefield where you can barely see the enemy and your heart is racing? Is there a beautiful lake view where its hard to tell where the mountain ends and its reflection begins or, is it a romantic-heart-racing scene where the girl is about to be kissed by her hero for the first time? Without well explained descriptions I'd switch off or change the channel. Good descriptions keeps the star. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And last of all good grammar and punctuation is a must. I will liken this to a televisions aerial signal, if you've got a bad signal the picture will jump, shake or become fuzzy. It ruins the flow of the movie and in the end any sane person will just jump up and turn the TV off. Punctuation is vital for the flow of the story so the less errors the better. If punctuation and grammar are good then this point keeps its star.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you ever see me giving five stars to the books I've read then it means every box has been ticked and it's worth a read in my opinion. I'd love to hear how you decide what gets a five star review in your opinion? Sound off below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s 1987 and you’ve just sat down in with your popcorn in
one hand and your ticket in the other while gingerly cradling a large fizzy
drink with a straw that will never reach the bottom. The theatre is still dark,
the adverts yet to start playing and you are currently still safe in the
knowledge that the most dangerous ‘invisible’ villain you have ever encountered
was a character immortalised in a book by H G Wells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The movie, headlined by top movie superstar and muscle giant
‘Arnold Schwarzenegger’ burst onto our screens in epic fashion and created a
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Directed by John Mcteirnan, the story follows an elite special
forces team as they are sent on a mission to rescue valuable hostages from guerilla territory somewhere in central America. Deep into the jungle, the
hunters become the hunted as an unknown alien creature, capable of cloaking
itself from the naked eye, stalks them one by one, taking skulls for trophies. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The fans love for this ‘Predator’ and its unique Rastafarian
theme coupled with its space age advanced helmet, heat seeking vision and an
array of killing weapons that would make Rambo quake in his boots, it wouldn't</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> be
long before sequels were made and even comic books depicting the predators home
world and famous hunts.</span><br />
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hero of the story ‘Dutch’) it was important to find a cast that would not be
underwhelmed by his massive presence. The producers wanted to create a strong
team, almost like the magnificent seven only heavier and meaner. The casting
for Predator met both of these expectations.</span></div>
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Blaine, a 6ft 5, 255lb mountain of tobacco chewing no-nonsense speaking
monster. Wielding a 100kg+, 3500 rounds/minute gatling gun that had never
before in filming history been fired on anything short of a mounted vehicle, he
strode onto the set and held his own, his personality just as big as his frame,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Carl weathers was cast in as ‘Dillon’, his character was
designed to mirror Arnold's. He was very muscular, slightly lighter than Arnold
but certainly more athletic. In the story, ‘Dillon’ had worked with ‘Dutch’ in
the past on various missions and regarded himself as bloodied and experienced
as the squads leader, and yet ‘Dillon’ had left the field years later to assume
a less hands on role, dressing in a suit and tie at the beginning of the movie.</span></div>
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in ‘Commando’ a movie also starring Arnold. Director John Mcteirnan liked his part
in Commando so much that he called him up and got him down on set. ‘Mack’s bond
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shane black was a successful screen writer and later,
director in his own right, having written the script for the 1987 movie ‘lethal
weapon’ and then directing ‘Kiss kiss bang bang’ in 2005. Shane was called up
to writer an alternative script for the movie, as was common practice in those
days. Not keen to take the job, knowing that, as in most cases, the original
script is usually taken and used anyway, he turned the job down. The director
wanted him there so badly that he offered him the role of ‘Hawkins’ a joke
telling, glasses wearing soldier that was, inevitably, the first to die. Shane accepted
the job and flew down to Mexico to shoot, the director now happy that he had
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And then we get to Sonny landham, a descendant of the
Cherokee and Seminole nations. At 6ft 2inches and well muscled, Sonny was a
potential liability on set. Known for his out of control antics while drinking,
the insurance company refused to cover the set while he was on it unless the
director hired a bodyguard to follow him around all of the time. Desperate to
get him to play the role of ‘Billy’ a top notch tracker and spiritual soldier,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The bonding between the cast was apparent and strong. Arnold
getting them all up early to go running in the morning and encouraging them to
hit the gym and train up for the role. Each actor, an alpha male in their own
right, did what they could to avoid any direct competition. Carl weathers was
quoted as saying “<i>Id go down to the gym and see some of the guys training there
in the corner, id speak for a few minutes then head out to grab a coffee for an
hour or so and come back when the gym was empty-give nothing away! When Id see
them on set id be all pumped and try to pretend it was natural, that I didn't need
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And the antics didn't stop there. Arnold reportedly told ‘wardrobe’
to deliberately tell Jesse that his arms were much smaller than they were,
setting the ex-navy seal up for a big fall. When finding this information out,
Jesse said “<i>I took great pleasure when I heard from wardrobe that I had bigger
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05598029117591443177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3332362666772185716.post-71914043199385759472013-12-14T04:04:00.002+00:002013-12-14T04:05:16.501+00:00Top Ten Book Gifts For Christmas <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Books are amazing, they draw us into worlds that could only imagine in our minds. They help us get through difficult situation, house photo's of our greatest and happiest memories and store our secrets, addresses and notes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Books have been around since the beginning of mankind (well kind of) and I hope they stay around until the end of time. The Kindle's becoming more popular with each passing year but for me you just can't replace the smell of a book, the feel of the pages and the covers and the images that a physical book holds. I have so many fond memories of book shops and libraries - spending hours in silence perusing pages of dinosaurs, castles and far flung countries. As a child I did indeed spent a lot of time creating cartoons, writing short stories and making my own magazines - they weren't very good but I had fun making them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never thought way back then that I would have my own published novels, I also never believed that books would be used for anything other than reading, noting and writing information and stories. I know there's a lot of book worms and lovers of vintage books that I just had to create this top ten, Christmas book gift list for you guys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />What do you think, I absolutely love the book sculptures. Not only are those books being given a new purpose but the time taken to painstakingly fold each page so it creates this wonderful 3D sculpture blows my mind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of these items are personalised or customisable and come from one of my favourite gift stores called Not On The High Street. I shop there a lot and find the service is simply incredible. You can also go through<b><a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quidco.com%2F"> Quidco</a></b> to get cashback from your purchases over on<a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.notonthehighstreet.com%2F"><b> NOTHS</b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can still shop over on the site for your presents if you're looking for last minute gifts, there's not long though so best be quick. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the seventh, eighth and ninth days of Christmas our true love gave us... Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chances are you've heard of these books, read these books or watched the first movie. With a mixture of opinions this trilogy has been pretty hit or miss in some cases. Personally the stories and concepts are well thought out, show emotion in a pretty heartless situation but they're not captivating enough for me to go back and re-read them. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first book in the series is called <b><a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FHunger-Games-Trilogy%2Fdp%2F1407139797%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1386989967%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3Dhunger%2Bgames">Hunger Games</a></b>, this book was released back in 2008. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It become popular incredibly fast. I think after the Twilight movement this was a breath of fresh air, a concept similar in that it tells the story of young love in an unusual situation but there are no vampires or werewolves. The main character is a young lady called Katniss Everdeen who gives herself up as a tribute in place of her younger sister in the annual Hunger Games. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The games consist of at least one girl and one boy from each of the twelve districts of Panem. The aim of the games is to fight to the death, the person who wins of course is rewarded as are their district. The games themselves are vicious, scary even but throughout this battle for survival Katniss finds love... or does she? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Katniss and Peeta won the Hunger Games they return back to their districts as champions, champions who have spread hope among the districts. Although they won the evil President Snow isn't falling for their love and demands that they convince all of the districts and most importantly him that their love is genuine and true. If they can't then there will be major consequences for both themselves and their district. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During their tour of all districts they try to prove that they're love is true. Peeta asks Katniss to be his wife and marry him but this isn't enough for the President. District 11 start an uprising and the Quarter Quell which is the 75th anniversary draws Katniss once again into the scary world of the arena and the games. Will she survive?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a trilogy I recommend giving it a read, to get the full effect of what the author's trying to show you will need to read all three books. They can be purchased at all good book shops and also Amazon of course. Hunger Games costs £3.85 <b><a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FHunger-Games-Trilogy%2Fdp%2F1407139797%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1386989967%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3Dhunger%2Bgames">here</a></b>, Catching Fire costs £3.85 <b><a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FCatching-Fire-Hunger-Games-Trilogy%2Fdp%2F1407139800%2Fref%3Dsr_1_2%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1386990063%26sr%3D1-2%26keywords%3Dcatching%2Bfire">here</a></b> and Mockinjay costs £3.85 <b><a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FMockingjay-Hunger-Trilogy-Suzanne-Collins%2Fdp%2F1407139819%2Fref%3Dsr_1_3%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1386990136%26sr%3D1-3%26keywords%3Dcatching%2Bfire">here</a></b>. These prices include p&p - fab bargain huh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one needs no introduction, chances are you have seen the movie, read the book or heard someone fan-girling over vampires or werewolves. You may have even shed a tear after the final book or final movie. I know there were plenty of '<i>ehr-ma-gerd my life has no meaning</i>' moments for the COA Team. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have been hiding under a rock for the last few years this story stars Bella. Bella is a kooky teenager who keeps herself to herself in these days she would totally pass as a hipster but that movement doesn't apply to this story unfortunately. Bella decided to go and stay with her dad who lives in a little town called Forks, at first she kind of plods along and doesn't have a connection with her dad. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bella doesn't expect anything amazing to happen in Forks after all it's a dreary little town but she's so wrong - At school she spots a mysterious but beautiful stranger who she finds out is called Edward Cullen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edward's different from the other boys, he gets her, shows so much passion and truly cares for Bella. He sees into her soul. The two get tangled up in a passionate-full on romance and it isn't too long before Bella realises that he truly is different from the other boys. She tells him 'You can run faster than a mountain lion. Stop a moving car with your bare hands.... I know what you are' Edward demands she says it, 'You're a vampire.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of scaring Bella off she is drawn in more, she wants more and falls passionately in love with this supernatural being. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the novel Bella's very open to the fact that Edwards a vampire, she sees his soul and knows he's a good person - she feels no fear from him. Edward however is very apprehensive, he's scared he will break his delicate girlfriend and tries to take a step back. Every time he does so Bella takes a step forward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We personally loved the writing in this novel; it was warm, passionate and full of angst as well as having elements of action, suspense and supernatural edge. It's considered to be a modern day romance - forget Romeo and Juliet as they had nothing on this super couple. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can purchase Twilight over on Amazon<a href="http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=51934X1384333&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FTwilight-Saga-Stephenie-Meyer%2Fdp%2F1904233651%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1386379807%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3Dtwilight"> <b>here</b></a><b> </b>for only £3.85. We plan to pass our copy down each generation, that's truly how much we adore this story. Have you read Twilight? where you team Edward or team Jacob? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's behind door number five?....... Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forget the movie, the book is so much better in every way. Thoughts, emotions and even character personality comes across so much clearer when you read the novel; personally we found the movie to be a bit hit-or-miss as the emotions of the novel form characters just didn't transfer. The book however clearly shows rather than tells which is where I think the movie got it so wrong. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The book tells the tale of Lena Duchannes and a boy called Ethan Wate who both reside in a small town called Gatlin in South Carolina. Nothing ever changes in this small town and there's never any excitement. Those that stay in Gatlin have always lived there as far back as history goes. Ethan hates living in Gatlin, he years for some excitement and can't wait to turn sixteen so he can get the heck out of there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ethan's starting to have these lucid dreams about a beautiful girl and a song about sixteen moons. Having never met the girl before he wishes he knew who she was but he needn't wish any more as the girl literally walks into school - the girl is called Lena Duchannes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the students at school are scared of Lena as her family are known to be sorcerers, witches and evil. As a god-faring town this is not something you want to get involved in except Ethan does; he wants to get to know Lena more than anything in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lena's troubled but once he breaks through her emotional barrier she opens up a new world to him one that he never thought was possible especially in Gatlin. As each day passes the threat of the sixteen moons get's closer. With Lena's sixteenth birthday nearing the book of moons promises to take what it's due - does this spell death for Lena? If so how can Ethan save her? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our fourth advent kicks off with Mater's Tall Tales behind door number four. Mater's the dizzy hill billy best friend of Disney Car's leading superstar - Lightning McQueen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a PR team kids favourite, if you're child loves Disney's Cars movie then I urge you to purchase this book or tune into the Mater's Tall Tales shorts over on the Disney Channel on Sky. So what's the difference between Disney Cars and Mater's Tall Tales? The difference is pretty drastic, Mater takes centre stage with Lightning being his accomplice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a child you may have been told to stop telling 'tall tales' these stories are based on Mater's tall tales or made up scenarios. Mater likes to tell everyone stories of times he did a variety of things such as when he was a fire-truck and saved Lightening, when he was a matador and won and also when he was a superstar jumping cars and breaking records. Of course Lightning tells Mater 'It didn't happen' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But did it happen? Is it that Lightning can't remember being apart of these scenarios or is Mater lying through his teeth? Usually at the end there's something that makes Lightning doubt that it didn't happen leaving him utterly confused. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stories are short but are hilarious and as a parent they're a joy to read to my son. He laughs every time Mater does something (especially when he 'jumps' the cars) which results in me laughing at his laugh - it's enough to cure any amount of stress I can promise you that. Also because the books colouring and easy to follow children of all ages will get use of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can purchase this book over on Amazon<b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maters-Tall-Tales-Frank-Berrios/dp/0736426388/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385925707&sr=1-1&keywords=maters+tall"> here</a></b>. It's currently £4.92 including delivery and would make an excellent stocking filler for boys or girls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are holding our first ever Christmas giveaway as a way to say thank you for your support. All you need to do to be entered into the giveaway is head over to our Facebook page and answer a simple question. There is no right or wrong answers guys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The competition will run from December 5th until December 15th midday UK time. Unfortunately due to the postal services at this time of year the giveaway is only open to UK followers - apologies. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner will be drawn after the 15th and will win the items you see above which retail at around £70. Perfect prize for the perfect season don't you think? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The competition will run from December 5th until December 15th midday 2013 GMT. The winner will be announced after the 15th. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me.... Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Twenties Girl is like no other Sophie Kinsella novel let me tell you that straight off the bat. It tells the story of Lara who is the main character, she finds herself crying over her life, romance and well, basically everything - her life is not going how she planned it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without going hugely into the story, mainly because it's a story worth reading and I really don't want to give too much away, Lara's great-aunt Sadie pops into the story in ghost form looking for a missing necklace. Lara's the only one that can see her so debates if she might be loosing her mind. Great-aunt Sadie decided to return looking like her twenty three year old self and all that being a flapper girl brings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a lot of laughs along the way as Sadie tells it as it is, honestly I want to be her friend! she's a hilarious or as some say 'amazeballs' She grabs Lara's life by the horns and shakes it up - Sadie's demands on Lara are infuriating of course but as a reader I can only imagine the cheekiness of Sadie and feel the empathy that she has for her great-niece. As much as she's a pain in the butt she's a caring pain in the butt and that's OK - isn't it? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way both ladies lives change but not in the traditional sense that you maybe thinking of right now. Sadie is a book form comic-act and Lara not so much, the two characters definitely bounce off each other in the right way so that neither grate on you. I know it's so frustrating when a character stands out for the wrong reasons or there doesn't seem to be chemistry at all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fully recommended for comedy lovers or those just looking for an easy read to brighten up your day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day too kicks off with a PR team favourite - The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff. If you're a fan of supernatural stories with a storyline that borders on romance without the sappiness then you're going to love The Replacements. If you're a fan of the rom-com genre or chick-lit then it's not going to be romantic enough. There's a definite storyline to this and it is aimed at the YA reader but any book worm will tell you YA books are fantastic for all ages, especially if you're just trying to get back into reading or want to ignite that imagination. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Replacements are fey that have taken the place of a human baby; human babies were being stolen by the naughty fairies and taken to the fey underworld of Gentry which was known as Mayhem. Mackie Doyle is a replacement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mackie Doyle became a replacement sixteen years ago when he took on the life of a stolen baby in the small town of Gentry - Mackie's real home is the fey world which consists of tunnels, dark and murky waters and trash. That world is run by a group of living dead girls that are ruled by a little tattooed princess - it all sounds very nice but it's not, it's a horrible way to live which is why most of the fey want to be replaced. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mackie's fey blood has given him fatal allergies to iron, blood and consecrated ground and slowly but surely is dying in the human world. He just want to be a normal human being, play the guitar, live quietly and spend time with his crush Tate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tate's baby sister goes missing and Mackie has a feeling he knows where she's been taken too - The fey underworld. To help his crush get her sister back he's drawn back to his old abode back in the underworld of Gentry where he must face those dark creatures to rescue the child. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going back means that Mackie will ultimately find his rightful place - either in our world, or theirs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find The Replacement over on Amazon </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Replacement-Brenna-Yovanoff/dp/1847388396/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1Z6147M4L9U54&coliid=IWFU9N9NIC3TV">here</a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The countdown has begun, happy first of December to everyone! We wanted to kick off December with an advent of such which we've named 'book-vent' (terrible play on words we know) Basically behind each door you will find a suggested book. We do plan on covering all genre's and book tastes so please keep checking back each day to find what's behind each door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those not familiar with the series it's set in the 31st millennium, the year of the Great Crusade. The Emperor has left the front lines and has trusted Horus who is his favourite son to carry out his crusade. Horus finds himself promoted to Warmaster but his brothers are jealous and the seeds of heresy and rebellion have been sowed amongst them. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Emperor returns to isolation to undertake a secret project that he doesn't even share with Horus - Will this cause Horus to rebel against his own father - The Emperor of Mankind? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're a fan of action, fantasy or even Warhammer you're going to undeniably love the Horus Rising series. Book one has received fantastic reviews across the world and remains a firm favourite with Warhammer fans of any age. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hold my hands up to the fact that I may have the brain of a young child - imagination wise anyhow. I've always been able to imagine the most creative scenarios and worlds that could be out there somewhere, characters that completely inspire and others that draw out thoughts of hatred just from a few actions. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I maybe creative and passionate I have been struggling recently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The major obstacle in my journey is what comes after the writing. I've spent so many hours trying to figure out how to wade through the sea of authors, writers and books trying to get my novels to the philosophical shore that I've gotten to the point where I've just blanked out. Mind Freeze is a pain in the ass. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to look into the services of PR's and Marketing companies to see if they could my novels out there - hello world, can you hear me? I decided to appoint Silver PR in the interim to manage my small business. You will see them posting as 'The COA Team' and while they are appointed I do still hold full access to my accounts and I make the decisions so don't worry no personality will be lost in the process. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel positive about this change, we all need a helping hand at some point and I've known the owner of Silver PR since I was seven and fully trust that they will help me move along and achieve my goals and aspirations while making this website and my Facebook page a fun place to visit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pop over to my Facebook </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chroniclesofastoriaseries?hc_location=stream">here</a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, come say hi, leave a comment or suggestion or just some randomness nonsense - it's all important to me. You can also email the PR team directly with your thoughts, questions and comments on </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">chroniclesofastoriapr@gmail.com</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From here we now have to add in some special effects, flashing imagery and basic animations so that you guys can really delve into the story and enjoy yourselves. This process has been very exciting for me and as we get closer to the end I really believe I am just as excited as you guys are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final stage is the music as it can definitely helps portray emotional significance. We all have favourite songs that ignite past emotions and memories, we have songs that simply turn us off and there are sections of music that can bring a tear to someone who had been elated only a few minutes prior to hearing the piece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because this final hurdle has such huge implications for Crystal I am sending our finished work to a lovely woman who lives up north. She's been an absolute superstar and I am so thankful for her services as she shall be writing the music to match the tone and mood of the story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will keep you updated with progress but if all goes to
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don’t know what happened</i>, <i>one minute it was in the vial.. The next it chased me
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test it on something, hold on, here let’s try burning it</b></i>" Ariana's excitement
was plain to see. Pepsy looked unimpressed as she stood there before her
looking at the blow torch that Ariana had found on the other workbench and was
now ready to use on her.</span><br />
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"<b><i>Do you really think I am going to let you burn my arm</i>?" </b></span><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><i style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No
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Ariana moved in and, turning on the torch, applied the searing white cone of
the burner to the silver surface of Pepsys vambrace. Under the intense heat Pepsy should have expected to feel her arm getting
warmer underneath but surprisingly she felt nothing. As Ariana pulled back the
torch they both looked on and observed the scorch mark that was left upon its
shiny surface from where the white hot tip of the flame has been applied. They
then both observed the mark vanish before their very eyes and the gleaming
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"<i><b>Wow</b></i>" Ariana exclaimed and once again she fell completely silent.
Pepsy turned and walked to the door of the room, her every step was slow and
careful, lost in thought from the events previously. Out in the main lab she then
turned and hurried about, scurrying her way around the lab in search of
something that Ariana could not understand. She stood at the doorway of the
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the debris from the tops of the lab tables, her eyes darting left and right
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story itself takes place three months after part one and continues each sub-story accordingly. My advice to anyone that has completed part one is to re-read it as it will make part two even clearer. Re-reading part one will definitely be worth your time and will only add to your enjoyment - especially if you love fast moving action. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On its own this part stands strong. It has action right from the start and the sub-story details the trials that an aspirant must go through to become an Angel, and earn their prestigious armour. It's a case of the classic good versus evil theme; along with various other themes such as ' a hero that falls' and also an enemy that repents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cant wait for my copy to arrive. I like to detach myself from the fact that I've spent so many waking moments building on each of the characters personalities, working out the plot twists and really delving into the story. For me receiving the physical books enables me to read the story as if I wasn't the actual author and that in itself is a moment of pure bliss.Even though I've written the story I do feel that the characters take on additional personality traits and evolve into something I never quite imagined they would become. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can pick up Part II from Amazon <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=chronicles+of+astoria">here</a></b>, do let me know your thoughts, likes and dislikes. </span></div>
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months since Astoria was thrown into chaos by the sinister workings of the dark
Lord and the Angels are doing everything that they can to piece it all back
together. It is Chances’ hope that the Superfuse World Championship will bring
the people closer once more and return happiness to their once beautiful city...
but, an even darker plan has already been set in motion</span></div>
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Raphael is heckled, hated and generally unwanted. He just cannot understand it.
Some Astorians even go as far as assaulting him with produce from their stalls.
He finds himself lying to Chance more and more each day, lies that he believes
are not going unnoticed and he blames her lack of affection toward him on
himself. He has dark secrets that he needs to tell her but with her attention
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with an inner turmoil. She is pregnant and hasn’t told Raphael yet. She feels
him slipping further and further away from her and she begins to analyse just
how badly she treats him and blames herself for the unsaid truths that are now
constantly passing between them. She needs to tell him about the baby but can’t
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gets vandalised and all fingers are pointing at Raphael, the sinister scheme is
set in motion. Have both Angels left it too late to confess their truths?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoyed the blurb, you can now pick up your copy over on Amazon <b><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=chronicles+of+astoria">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am so excited to reveal that chronicles of Astoria Part II Epsilon will now be released on the first of June 2013, it will be available to purchase on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle e-book formats. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's felt like a long five months since part one's release. I would however describe part two as my 'baby' as the story has really started to heat up, it's all very exciting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made a few changes to the look of this book, I've opted for the more traditional cream paper this time around and also increased the font size. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can confirm that there are five to six plot-lines that flow through this episode and will continue throughout to part six which is still a long way off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep an eye out also for a new short story coming out which is based on the series and will follow the story of Crystal and how she came to be in Astoria. I hope you are all as excited as I am, when I hear that you've enjoyed it and when I'm asked 'what's going to happen next' it really makes everything so worthwhile and for that, I thank you greatly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is now my second video blog [vlog] for Chronicles of Astoria fantasy novel series. I know it needs further work such as bringing the camera in closer and improving the sound but it's definitely a work in progress and at this stage I'm very proud of it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy this Temple Scene video. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over on the Official Facebook Page<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chroniclesofastoriaseries?hc_location=stream"> here</a></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I for one have fallen into this trap as I near the end of writing Part II of my <a href="http://www.mrshields.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chronicles Of Astoria</a> novel series. I had finished all the fun parts,
eg the creative story writing part and have now reached the mundane stage of
checking for errors before sending it on to my proofreading team.The whole thing
began to feel like a chore and before I knew it, I was ordering takeaways and
eating fast food because I ‘thought’ I didn’t have the time to make healthy
food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well my lazy ways led to more lazy ways, I'd reach the gym
and my usual forty minute workout had become more like four minutes plus a really long shower and
slowly but surely, the time that I had set aside to proofread was filled with playing the Xbox, watching movies, terrible daytime TV and basically I'd become the king of procrastination. I struggled to get up in the morning, I'd wake up nice and early
and just sit on Facebook using my phone while hiding under my duvet covers away from
the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took a loving girlfriend and a caring best friend to
point out that I had in fact been buying crisps more often than normally (which
was never) that I looked sluggish, seemed stressed and generally not my happy,
creative self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to take action! Luckily for me I'm a personal
trainer and nutritional adviser by trade although lately I have been far better
at advising others than taking my own advice. I decided that it was the best time to implement change.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My good friend asked me 'What's most important to you?' I replied naturally “finishing my book” and she swiftly scolded me (as a caring
friend does, it was over the phone but I'm pretty sure she was waving her finger
like a school teacher) she told me that my health comes first and once I was
back to</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my usual bouncy self, the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doing as I was told, I went home and re-evaluated my own
diet and realised that the takeaway foods (as we all know) are filled with
carbs, fat and very little in the way of healthy nutrients; this all had to
change and so I addressed each section of my nutritional life carefully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, as a man I had to increase my protein intake. knowing that proteins break down into amino acids blah-blah-blah, (I wont bore you too
much) but basically I need to increase my nitrous oxide levels which in turn
increase levels of testosterone - which for a guy is important for thousands of
factors but the main two were, getting out of bed in the morning and also having
more drive and stamina in the gym, those 4 minute workouts just wouldn't cut it for long! </span><br />
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also supplemented zinc, just at the standard dosage as it is very important for
men’s health, I added in my eggs at breakfast, some chicken at lunch and then
red meat or tuna for dinner. I'll add in some salmon next week once I am paid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next I aimed to increase the good fats in my diet so that I could balance
out my good cholesterol, strengthening cell walls and improve my brain health. To do this I supplemented with cod liver oils and added in some avocados - I even experimented with making guacamole and also added in peanut butter - spread of brown toast of course. I LOVE milk
and sometimes avoid it for, well I actually don’t know why but I added it back
in at 500ml per day to increase my calcium and to add in some good fats to the diet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then focusing on both good hydration and high fibre I added in porridge alongside some healthy vegetables and brown bread. Ensuring all the while that I drank a minimum of three litres of
water per-day.I found it was easier to fill a big three litre jug in the morning, making sure it was done by the end of the night - some days it was a case of easier said than done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last stop was Vitamin C. This little vitamin packs a hefty punch, it's fantastic for generally increasing mood as well
as all adding very important nutrients into the body that are needed to ensure it functions correctly. Personally I just
wanted to feel better and so I ensured I ate more fruit in the form of apples,
tomatoes and more avocados which are very high in Vitamin C.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Within three days of following the new regime (yes that soon) I
can feel myself springing out of bed in the morning, feeling less stressed, more
focussed and more determined than I have in a long time. I have proofed a further fifty pages to my book
which is 300% more than I'd done in the previous three weeks and this accomplishment has seriously made me more determined and all round happier than before.</span><br />
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