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All the Light We Cannot See by

12/22/2017

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​All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
3 Stars
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From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.

Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.

In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.

Doerr’s “stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors” (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer “whose sentences never fail to thrill” (Los Angeles Times).

My Thoughts:

This book as many people said had a unique point of view telling the story of two children growing up in world war II. We see the story of a blind girl in France and a boy in German who goes to a Nazis school to train boys to be soldiers. Marie Laure, and her father flee Paris after the German occupation to live with her granduncle who is a little crazy (he has PTSD). While Werner the German boy goes to a German school for sceince where is also trained for war. He is brilliant at math and works with the Germans to take out people that have illegal radios by triangulating their location.  Eventually the two timelines collide when Werner is sent to the same town that Marie Laure is staying in.
​This book is complimented time and time again for it's rich descriptions. I do agree that it had some wonderful descriptions. Doerr's descriptions were very vivid and kept your grounded. But I found it difficult to keep engaged. This was my second attempt at reading this book this year, so at times I was bored because I knew what was going to happen. But at others there just wasn't  enough going on. It is ironic that I should feel this way because Doerr chopped up the narrative and inserted it back into the text out of order, so you are always wondering how did the characters get to this point? But for me that wasn't enough to grip me. 
Overall I found the accuracy to be correct for aspects of history. Overall did enjoy reading it but it was not my favorite book by far. This book may have been to literary for me at this time, but I did want to get through it, which is why I picked it up again. Which says something about it. If you are a fan of at times dense literary reading, or historical fiction I think that you would enjoy this book. Many other people have really enjoyed this book. So, maybe you will too.
Katelyn 
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Waterfall (River of Time, #1) Lisa Tawn Bergren

6/5/2017

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Waterfall (River of Time #1)
by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Paperback
, 369 pages
Published February 1st 2011 by David C. Cook
​3 stars
Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents. Stuck among the rubble of the medieval castles in rural Tuscany, on yet another hot, dusty archaeological site, Gabi and Lia are bored out of their minds...
until Gabi places her hand atop a handprint in an ancient tomb and finds herself in fourteenth-century Italy. And worse yet, in the middle of a fierce battle between knights of two opposing forces.

Suddenly Gabi's summer in Italy is much, much more interesting.

My Thoughts

I first read this when I was in high school. I want to say about 10th grade. I have to admit I liked it more as a 10th grader then I did now. I found the characters to be sort of flat. The main characters main goal is to get home from medieval Tuscany. But she gets caught up in all of the wonders of the time. Those wonders mainly being Marcello. She doesn't really care about anything but him and her sister who is missing for most of the book. 
I felt that Gabi's character had to many convenient skills, such as: knowing how to fight IE Fencing, basic herbal medicine and how to speak medieval Italian because she read Dante's Inferno. While if one of those things were to happen I feel like I would be okay with it. But all of them? Not to mention that her sister was an acclaimed archer. To many coincidences for my taste.
Another issue I  found with it was the instalove. As soon as Gabi falls into the past, she sees Marcello and instantly fell in love with the gorgeous italian man.
So what did I appreciate? I liked the fact that Bergren did quite a bit of research into the times before writing and kept with the historical contexts throughout the book. I loved the details about the castles and about all of dresses and servants.  So for me it gathered 3 stars. It wasn't the worst thing, but it wasn't the best either.
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February Reading Wrap up and March TBR

3/3/2017

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Hello Bookworms,
Here we are as the shortest month comes to an end. I was quite busy at the begining of the month but I made time to read. I have found that my night ends around 10 pm, unless I am still trying to get things done, I normally shut down and crawl into my bed with a book. I try to read until like 11 or so and then head to sleep. I admit that this month I sort of ignored that rule.... (cough cough ACOMAF cough) and stayed up till closer to 2 in the morning. That made getting up the next day sort of difficult. Opps. So this month I read 4 books, and my average rating for the month was 3.85. So not a super high month for reading.
My TBR List was
  1. Etiquette and Espionage 
  2. The Perks of Being a Wall Flower
  3. The Sun Is Also A Star
So, I only  read Etiquette and Espionage but its okay cause I read several other books! More than I thought I would read in February. I am also reading Moby Dick for class by Herman Melville... It is so dense, I am having real trouble getting through it. I find listening to the audio book on Spotify is my saving grace. 

​The Race (Issac Bell #4) By Clive Cussler

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 3.5 Stars 
Hardcover
, First Edition, 404 pages
Published September 6th 2011 by G.P.Putnam's Sons
It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates-an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost-and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.
Frost's violent-tempered husband has just killed her lover and tried to kill her, and he is bound to make another attempt. Bell has tangled with Harry Frost before; he knows that the man has made his millions leading gangs of thieves, murderers, and thugs in every city across the country. He also knows Frost won’t be after just his wife, but after Whiteway as well. And if Bell takes the case . . . Frost will be after him, too.
The Full Review >

A Court of Mist and Fury (Book 2 ACOTAR) By Sarah J. Maas

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5 Stars
​Kindle Edition
, 626 pages
Published May 3rd 2016 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights. 
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Etiquette and Espionage by
Gail Carriger 

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Etiquette and Espionage
​Gail Carriger
 3 Stars
​Hardcover
, 307 pages
Published February 5th 2013 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ​
It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners--and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. 

But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. At Mademoiselle Geraldine's, young ladies learn to finish...everything. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but they also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage--in the politest possible ways, of course. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year's education.

Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard

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​This is a world divided by blood – red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance – Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.

My March TBR is a selfish one, I fully admit that now. The first book on my list is 
The Elven Tales: The Company of the Rose by 
Fabi Ghittoni. I was sent a copy of the ebook for an honest review so, obviously it is on my list.
 Wicked by Gregory Maguire I am going to see wicked on the first of April! I have seen Wicked before, when I was in 8th grade. It was my favorite musical at the time, now it isn't as high on the list but I am super excited to see it. Maybe I can do like a comparison of the book and the theatrical adaption? Let me know if that is something that you would like to see.​
The next books on my list are a series. On April 5th I will be going back to my old high school to see Michael Scott the author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. This is an amazing opportunity and I can't wait to share my experiences with you!
So this is a six book series that I am praying I can get through over break since my spring break comes in mid march. I am not sure how I want to do reviews yet. Since I will be marathoning the books should I do a full series recap or would you like normal individual reviews? Tweet me @scripturienting to let me know!
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"Power Is a Dangerous Game" A Book Review

2/27/2017

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 Red Queen
Victoria Aveyard

Hardcover, 383 pages
13 hours audiobook

Published February 10th 2015 by HarperTeen
Rating: 4 Stars
Synopsis
This is a world divided by blood – red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance – Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.
My thoughts:

​This is another book with a strong female character who hates the system. Simular to Katniss Everdeen, Mare finds herself in a situation she didn't expect after trying to take the fate of her family into her own hands. 
Like Game of Thrones in a Young Adult Fantasy world, the fight for power is never ending. 
Aveyard creates a world wracked by war, a war that, we don't really see to much of in the first book. I was under the impression that the Lakelanders, were on the side of Norta for most of the book. Oops. But I have heard that we find out more about the world in the second book. Though I do feel like the lack of world building in the first book left me lost for part of it. 
It took me about four hours to really get into the story. I did find the action scenes beautifully written.
My biggest issue with the book was how, it kept seeming like it was going to end, then would keep going. It kinda got annoying because I wasn't physically reading it. But I knew there was more to listen too. 
The characters in this book were all flawed. This was something new and fresh for me, having read so many "perfect chosen" one books lately. 
I am curious as to how the world will grow, and how things will pan out so I will continue this series. It might just not be right away.

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How I Got Started Writing

2/17/2017

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Hello Bookworms,
Today I thought I would show you an article that I wrote last year when I was a writer for the Odyssey Online. (Most annoying semester of my life.) But I thought maybe some of you would like to hear about my reading and writing journey:
"The first time I remember a book being read to me was when I was two or three years old. My dad tucked me up into my bed and began to read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to me. But I didn’t really want to hear that book. The irony of it. I remember the first book that I really loved was Red Wall by Brian Jacques. Mom got it out for me from the library and I listened to it so fast. I was fascinated by all the little woodland creatures going on their adventures and fighting the rats. Thus started my love of reading. We went to the library all the time. The moment I turned old enough and got my own library card? That was a really big day for me.
I remember when we moved. I was so sad because I wouldn’t know where all the books were in our new town. But low and behold the library was right up the road! I didn’t need Mom to drive me anymore I could walk up on my own. At my new school, I had to do reading tests, I think it was because I was a new student. I remember leaving class and going to Mrs. Harks and reading in groups. I remember reading one short story about a boy who fell down a well. The things that stick with you.
By fourth grade, I was flying through books. I would go to the library and checking out stacks off books. I was ordering books so much I actually memorized the fourteen digit code on the back of my library card a fact I was very proud of, I didn’t need to have my card with me in order to order books. (I still have it memorized) I should say that I never had any restrictions on my reading habits. If I wanted to read it I could. I remember one car trip where my mom was listening to the Lake House by James Patterson. In it, a machine is emptying the body of all its organs. At the time I thought “Ew, that’s yucky.” But it never really occurred to me what was happening I just thought the people with wings were so cool. Now I know differently.
I would like to say that I was always a storyteller. My childhood games have extensive plots, with lots of backs stories and normally some sort of fantasy element. The first time I put one of these stories on paper was when I was twelve. The advanced English class had the chance to go to a storytelling workshop at a local college and I really wanted to go. So, I begged my teacher to let me go. I probably was annoying. But I really wanted to go, I wrote a short story out by hand and then rushed to type it. I ended up having my best friend finish typing it for me the night before because she was faster. It turns out it was supposed to be more directed towards poetry or pieces that were one to two pages in length. Mine was closer to 30. So when we did our presentations everyone read their piece, I ended up sitting there reading for a good 15 minutes. I still have the notebook I wrote it all out in.
That experience started a new passion for me. I was reading but I was writing just as much. It became my dream. I want more than anything to one day walk into a bookstore or a library and see my book. I love the creative process, that first initial spark that gets the wheels turning, building the world so vividly in your mind that when you close your eyes it is like you are. That is what I love, it’s the creating those images and finding the words to put on a page.

It’s not easy. I am by no means a master I don’t think anyone really is. But that’s a good thing about it. Most people have a part they don’t feel confident in. Once the words are on a page my confidence falters. Grammar is not my strong suit it never has been. For me when I edit my work I get lost in the story, I stop seeing the words and see the images I created. As you can guess it’s not very helpful. I have to separate myself from my work.
Odyssey is the next step in my writing journey. It is a challenge for me because it is not like anything I have had the chance to do before. But I am really enjoying it. I’m sharing a new voice, it’s not the voice of my characters but my own."
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January Reading Wrap Up

1/27/2017

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Hello Bookworms,
January has passed clearly lol, we have made it into our first month of 2017 and this month has flown by for me. I am back at school now and am itching to read... just not the books I need to read for school.... oops. But I did get through several books. So how did I do on my list.... not great...
1. Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
2. The Inquasition by Taran Mathuru 
3. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
4. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
5. Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson

I did get through my first book on my list. The review of this one will be up in February. I didn't get through any of the others... mainly because the list of people waiting for it from the library was longer than I was at home. I am waiting on ebooks now so they are still on my list just shifted around a bit now that I have moved on through the month. Check back in next week for what is on my February TBR.

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Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses Book #1)
By Sarah J. Maas
When I read this I went in blind, I knew relatively nothing about it, I just heard how amazing it was. I thought it was pretty good, until I heard that it was a Beauty and the Beast Retelling! Then oh baby oh, it got 10x better for me. It seems more like a romance set in a fantasy world then just straight up fantasy to me. But hey that isn't the worst thin in the world now is it?

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Illuminae (Book #1 The Illuminae Files)
By Amie Kaufman
Rating:4.5
As I said in my review that came out Monday, this was my first Sci-Fi book in a really long time, it did not disappoint. With a very strong, okay a Bad-ass female protagonist named Kady, and a  broken Artificial Intelligence named AIDAN they clean up the mess left by higher ups. 
Review>

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Witch and Wizard 
By James Patterson 
I did a reread of Witch and Wizard, I have reread the first few books a few times but never finished the series. I am hoping this time I will actually be able to finish the series. I have never felt like there was anything wrong with it, other things just come up first.
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DNF

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Stieg Larsson
2 stars 
This book, so this book came out in 2008... I wouldn't say I have been trying to read it since then but I have tried to get through it several times.... I just don't think it is going to happen. I made it about 4 and a half hours into the audiobook and I don't really have an interest in following through to the end. So I think this one is going to have to go back onto the DNF pile where it came from.

Currently Reading 

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The Race (​Issac Bells #4)
​By Clive Cussler
​It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring one of the prime candidates-an intrepid woman named Josephine Frost-and that's where Bell, chief investigator for the Van Dorn Detective Agency, comes in.

Frost's violent-tempered husband has just killed her lover and tried to kill her, and he is bound to make another attempt. Bell has tangled with Harry Frost before; he knows that the man has made his millions leading gangs of thieves, murderers, and thugs in every city across the country. He also knows that Frost won't be only after his wife, but after Whiteway as well. And if Bell takes the case . . . Frost will be after him, too.

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A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2)
By Sarah J. Maas
​​Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court—but at a steep cost. Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.

Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms—and she might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future—and the future of a world cleaved in two.

With more than a million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive and action-packed series to new heights.

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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) By Sarah J. Maas

1/23/2017

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A Court Of Thorns and Roses
​By Sarah J. Maas
Hardcover, 1st Edition, 416 pages
5 Stars
Published May 5th, 2015 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens​
Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Goodreads
Goodreads Summary:
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.

As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever. ​

My Review:
This book was amazing.
I have been hearing about this book for months, but couldn't get my hands on it at school (I need to fix this ASAP) but OMG. I started this out not really knowing much about besides that it was great. It wasn't until I was part of the way through and saw my friend Emily's review of it (you should totally check her out @paperbackthrills (Instagram) and paperbackthrills.tumblr.com) that I realized that it was a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Okay so I have book obsession, but I also have a Disney obsession.... I can name most Disney songs by the first few cords..... yeaaaa so long story short Belle is my favorite Disney princess.  

Freyre is such a wonderful strong character, who I have to admit at times I didn't like. They girl is just to stubborn at times, but when you look at her past, you see why she has put us such a stiff wall against her emotions. 

I thought Maas created a very interesting world, I would love to see her notes about the world. I haven't read many retellings, but I enjoyed the fact that if you knew the tale, you could see where Maas twisted the tale to fit her own. Lucien is my favorite, he is like the dorky sidekick, that really isn't all that dorky. 
This story was a book that pulled me in, and I felt things for, I didn't want to put it down. I may or may not have been yelled at because I sat in the same place for six hours... while my brother got me food and water. What can I say? I was comfy.
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I am reading the second book now, and I can't wait to finish it and for the third book to come out! Court of Wings and Ruin Book #3 out May 2nd 2017

Happy Reading!
Katelyn Costello

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Writing Update #5

1/11/2017

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Hello Bookworms,
This week has been a very busy week for me writing wise. As you may already know, I have been actively going over my first draft of The Frituals. But I also have another book that I have had done for a while. About two years. I have done some things I regret it, which I won't get into too much right now but if you want to hear more about the publishing (or lack of) that I have done with Silver Manor, I have been thinking of doing a series of post on it. 
So I have two books almost 3 in the works right now. Silver Manor has gone out to Beta readers: 2 I found on Goodreads and one is a family friend and former teacher of mine. Thanks, Peggy <3  I am still looking for a few more Beta's so if you would like to help with that there will be a thing at the bottom of this post. 
The Frituals
The Frituals is all editing right now. I have been reading it, and fixing grammar, finding out where I need to expand chapters and fill plot holes. Yesterday I posted this photo:
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I started writing out the chapter number, and details of that chapter, You can kinda tell that some of the cards are different colors. That is because I have multiple points of view in this book, so this way I can see where I need to focus more.
Shauna: Blue
Taytra: Orange
Jamie: Light Green
Moraine: Pink
Paulo: Dark Green
Damian: Black
Lyra: Yellow
Phillipe: Red
                                                                                                Ward: Brown
For example, in part one there are twelve chapters, the characters we see are Shauna, Taytra, and Jamie. Shauna is the main character, so it makes sense that we read from her POV the most. Shauna has 8/12 Taytra has 3/12, and Jamie has 1/12.
I plan on continuing this process this week mapping out the rest of this book before going back in and editing it. If you want to start reading to get a taste of it, the first three chapters have been posted to Wattpad.
I also will need to go back in and start planning for the second half of my second book in this series.
My goal is that this first book will be available for beta reading by May. Keep checking back here for updates and future application for that! 
Thanks for reading,
If you have any questions about this outlining style you can tweet me at @scripturienting
or I suggest checking out Vivien Reis's Video 
How to Outline your Novel- The Storyboard- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3XmqvUmVn0
Or ShaelinWrites Video
How to Outline Your Novel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNcaL1pDC5A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BCnLYNe94c
Both of these writers/ YouTubers have a ton of writing knowledge, and I have enjoyed watching their videos lately.

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    58,000 ~ words
    Romance, History, Dabbles in Mystery

    Silver Manor is owned by the seemingly rich Alabaster family, but all know that it is a lie. The manor is going bankrupt. Lord Frederick Alabaster must decide to what lengths he will go to ensure his family legacy will stay pure, will he set up a marriage he knows his daughter will hate or simply take loans from a man he can never repay? But secrets lie in the shadows of the house, the kind Lady Alabaster is murdered. The murder goes unsolved for nine years, as the family falls deeper and deeper into debt, with no son for an heir. It is up to young Rose Alabaster to decide if she will follow her father’s wishes or forever be a thorn under the heel of the cruel Cicero family. Rose sets her mind to finding out who would kill her mother and why. But walls block her path at every turn. Rose with the help of the local Dr. John Coulson work to see every angle of the situation. But a shadow has fallen over the manor, there is no going back now. Set just before World War I, Silver Manor is a story of fighting for what you believe in, knowing how much you can trust someone, and how desperation can bring out the worst in us all.

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