Book Review: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

8/21/2012
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from ourtimeinjuvie.com In a world where a small percentage of people have an extreme skill called a Grace, King Leck's Grace allowed him to tell lies that everyone believed.

When Bitterblue became queen at ten years old, she thought her father's murder meant the end of his violent, sociopathic influence.

She was wrong.

Now eighteen and believing her advisers are overprotecting her, Bitterblue begins sneaking outside the castle at night to walk the streets of her own city, disguised and alone - risking her life

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Book Review: The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Reader's Edition by Michael Pollan

8/20/2012
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pic from civileats.com “What’s for dinner?” seems like a simple question. But do you really know… What happens to a field of potatoes destined to become french fries … or In how many disguises corn sneaks into your food? (Hint: it’s in your soda, your burger, and that Twinkie!) Do you know what that “organic” sticker on your banana actually means … or Where the chicken in your nugget grew up?
Do you know the secrets behind what you eat? In this book, you’ll go undercover at

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Artwork: Rapunzel

8/20/2012
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Inspired by the Rapunzel fairy tale, this one started out as just a head of freakishly long golden hair...


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Artwork: Morning Stroll

8/20/2012
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Yay. This is another bunny-themed piece, another collaboration with Mashimaro.


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Book Review: The Jellybean Club Begins by Sally Butler

8/18/2012
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pic from amazon.com When 9 year old Audrey and her best friend, Julianna, discover a tattered note in Audrey's mailbox, they embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever. A missing show dog worth a fortune, two dangerous villains and a series of mysterious clues come together in this first exciting adventure of the Jellybean Club.

It was cute. Really cute. Although I'm not a big fan of the mystery genre in general, I was kind of drawn to the cover. I liked the

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...Not Only a Flute

8/17/2012
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Prologue

You never would have noticed it just peeking out like a giant pearl lost in miles of white sand.

The second you first touched it though, you knew. You could feel how powerful it really was and how little every tomorrow would resemble its yesterday.

Its strength emanating from an unburdened mind, bringing you a whole world straight to your fingertips. Its voice reaching back through the decades, taking you on a musical sojourn through time. And its face transporting your to your own

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OMG this is cool. HAHAHAHAHA

8/17/2012
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So I found this site called thatssotrue.com. You can make GIF picture stories. Like this:

Reading the ranger's apprentice series








finishing the ranger's apprentice series








finding out that John Flanagan has started a new series








Make gif stories easily: That's So True.com!

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Book Review: Fact. Fact. Bullsh*t!: Learn the Truth and Spot the Lie on Everything from Tequila-Made Diamonds to Tetris's Soviet Roots - Plus Tons of Other Totally Random Facts from Science, History and Beyond! by Neil Patrick Stewart

8/17/2012
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Pic from goodreads.com Think you can spot the fake?


Think again. It's going to be a lot harder than you think to pick out the BS. Each entry hides one well-crafted fib among a pair of unbelievable truths. And it's up to you to figure out what's fascinating and what's fabricated on everything from koala bears to Confucius to high-fructose corn syrup.
Was Cleopatra the last Egyptian pharaoh?
Can you really make diamonds out of tequila?
Is the platypus actually poisonous?
A flip of the page

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May It Be

8/10/2012
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May it be an evening star

Stars... I remember when you could see the stars at night. Little twinkling lights, blinking at you, and you could imagine you could hear them laughing, a wonderful laugh, like it said in that book, oh, what was it called? Before the smog floated up and the stars went away. Now the night sky is dull and does not laugh, no, not anymore.

Shines down upon you

What a wonderful wish for days past. The light of the

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Book Review: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

8/09/2012
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Pic from ovrelia.blogspot.com Pygmalion is a 1912 play by George Bernard Shaw. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women's independence. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the creator of a statue which came to life and

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Book Review: Logic to the Rescue by Kris Langman

8/09/2012
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Picture from barnesandnoble.com When Nikki Murrow lost her first High School debating match she did what anyone would do – she hid in a closet. She found comfort hiding among the mops and cleaning supplies, but she also found two imps – tiny creatures from a magical kingdom who lead her on a strange journey into the Realm of Reason.

There is Fuzz, an imp with a fondness for breaking the rules. And Athena, a model of impish manners, decorum and spotlessly clean clothes. Together

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Writing Prompts #4

8/08/2012
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The prompt is from Kami Garcia, and the pic from star4laughs.blogspot.com.


The pic is from school.discoveryeducation.com and the prompt is mine.


The prompt is from creativewritingprompts.com and the pic from loverlydia.onsugar.com.

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Fall With Me

8/08/2012
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I'm falling. That much I can sense. At first my senses blur in confusion, jarred by the biting speed of my ineluctable path--I'm on a crash course with the pavement. What am I doing here again? The sun is blinking, climbing up over the top of the skyscraper as I ask myself this question. I can almost hear it yawning. So serene, so peaceful. For a moment I'm numb to the searing wind branding marks into my bare wrists, whipping at my jeans. I smile, and think

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Artwork - The Bunny Artist

8/07/2012
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This one's a bit different from what I normally do. I know. It was a bit of a collaboration between my fellow artist Mashimaro and myself. But it's cute, right?

Credit Starflower Hunting and Mashimaro!!

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Artwork - Drink In The Sky

8/07/2012
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Presenting.... "Drink In The Sky"!!!

Remember to credit me if you use it/are inspired by it!! And comment the link to the product!!!

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Writing Prompts #3

8/06/2012
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The prompt is mine, and the pic is from bigpicture.in.


































The pic is from Wikipedia and the prompt is mine.









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New Artwork - I Am The Queen

8/06/2012
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I made a new artwork called I Am The Queen. Remember, you can always use my work as a writing prompt - just comment the link to your result! I'd love to see how my work inspires others. Same goes for my writing prompts... but anyway, here's "I Am The Queen"!


Remember to credit me if you use it!!

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Artwork!!! - Mountain

8/05/2012
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This is another piece of artwork that I made on Procreate.... enjoy "Mountain"!!

Make sure you credit Starflower Hunting if you ever use it!! :)

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The Ghost City

8/01/2012
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I've decided to use one of my own prompts to write a sort of flash fiction. You're welcome to use the prompt and enjoy the story!


People bustle, frantic to finish their business before the rise. Children are hurriedly put to bed. Lights blink out. They have only the nights to live. They are forsaken.

The sky lightens with the first tinge of orange. Talking gets faster. Doors slam. Windows lock. A last goodbye to neighbors, until tomorrow night. In all this rush, a quiet

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Writing Prompts #2

8/01/2012
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More writing prompts :) :)






















The prompt is all mine, but the pic is from tutzone.net.



















The prompt is mine, but the pic is from slack12 on Flickr.

The prompt is mine, pic is from americanphotomag.com.

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Book Review: Mad Science Institute by Sechin Tower

8/01/2012
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Photo from wadingthrougheink.blogspot.com Sophia “Soap” Lazarcheck is a girl genius with a knack for making robots—and for making robots explode. After her talents earn her admission into a secretive university institute, she is swiftly drawn into a conspiracy more than a century in the making. Meanwhile and without her knowledge, her cousin Dean wages a two-fisted war of vengeance against a villainous genius and his unwashed minions. Separately, the cousins must pit themselves against murderous thugs, experimental weaponry, lizard monsters, and a nefarious doomsday device. When their paths

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