Breaking Information on Breaking Dawn from the Official Illustrated Guide!

'The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide': See Bella in her wedding dress -- EXCLUSIVE at Entertainment Weekly.
 And, these are lovely drawings!

Do you think Breaking Dawn will start a whole new spate of Twilight themed weddings?

I don't mean to tell you it's Third Sentence Thursday but yeah, really I do.

1) Take the book you are reading now and post the third sentence

2) Review this sentence anyway you want (funny and silly reviews encouraged)

3) Post a link to your sentence at Sniffly Kitty's Mostly Books or if you don't have a blog, just post it in the comments!

 I am reading the critically acclaimed Chime by Franny Billingsley and the third sentence is:

I don't mean to be difficult but I can't bear to tell my story.

Some one famous and quote worthy said once that when someone says "I don't mean to,...but,...," That what they really mean is, "I most certainly do mean to,...,but societal convention requires that I couch my insult/'helpful' suggestion deferentially regardless of how little I do know or how catty I really am."

As an example, your mother-in-law (I don't mean to disparage mothers-in-law but,...) might say something like, "I don't mean to tell you how to raise your children but do you really want to send him to public schools?"

What she really means is probably "I do mean to tell you exactly what you are doing wrong and if you had half a brain you would listen and do just what say."

Here is a slightly benign such quote from JK Rowling

"I don't mean to be rude—" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "-Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)


“I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.”
Bill Hicks quotes (American Comedian, b.1961)

And another example, perhaps more telling is that Simon Cowell wrote a book entitled I Don't Mean to be Rude. And we all know from how Mr. Cowell presents himself that he most certainly does mean to be rude;, it's his schtick, and a profitable schtick too!

The Girl Who Became A Beatle: Faust or Cinderella?

THE GIRL WHO BECAME A BEATLE
by Greg Taylor
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 288 pages
Paperback: 288 pages
Kindle Editione: 404 KB
Sold by: Macmillan
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (February 15, 2011)

ARC from publisher, no remuneration exchanged. All opinions are my own.

Ick factor - not really unless you count the smarmy new boyfriend. Cliche-component is as it should be for a morality tale.

No drug use, a couple of kisses, no mouth devouring.

 She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!
When Regina Bloomsbury’s band, the Caverns, breaks up, she thinks it’s all over. And then she makes a wish—
“I wish I could be as famous as the Beatles.”
The Beatles are her music idols. The next day, she gets up to find that the Caverns are not just as famous as the Beatles, they have replaced them in history! Regina is living like a rock star, and loving it. There are talk shows, music videos, and live concerts with thousands of screaming fans. And Regina is the star of it all.
But fame is getting the better of Regina, and she has a decision to make. Does she want to replace the Beatles forever?
Here is a rocking novel about the good and the bad of Hollywood, fame, and rock ’n roll. http://www.gregtaylorwriter.com/beatles.html

What happens to a sixteen year-old girl whose fairy godmother grants her desperate wish to be famous so she awakens in a world where she and her band, which in the real world disbanded the day she made the wish?

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As an aside, Regina, the main character and young wish-wisher,  is nothing like some contemporary young women whose maturity has yet to catch-up to their celebrity. But through this book you can see something of what the lost girls' lives are like and the kinds of pressures on them. Nor, is she a Cinderella. What she is is a young woman who is abandoned by  her fellow band members, The Caverns, because it has been impossible to get paying gigs. They are essentially a Beatles Cover band; essentially spurred on by Regina's Dad's devotion and thus Regina's devotion to the Beatles. Regina and her friend Julian who is also in the band never play any original music although they write plenty of it.

When Regina wakes up, she and The Caverns have not backed up in time to the nineteen-sixties, but they are as famous as the Beatles were, had the  Beatles ever existed. Furthermore Regina and the band are credited with all their songs. Fairy Godmother informs Regina that she'll have to choose between her life and her "Wish life" within the week

A note about parents in this story: In much YA parents are absent in some way: they don't have a clue, or are so wrapped up in themselves that they ignore their children. In this story the mother freely admits to being a poor parent, while her father is very good in both of Regina's worlds. Certainly he is not the perfect parent—he tries too hard to be the mother she needs as well as her dad. But, he is a positive, responsible, present and loving force in her life.

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What happens when Cinderella gets to the ball only to find that the ball is not all its cracked up to be—the damn glass slippers hurt, or maybe they break and she is left with shards of glass in her darling foot. What if the prince is handsome and romantic but only as deep as a reflecting pool and the sheep herder that passes by the hut every day is much more appealing, but on the other hand the ball has everything Cinderella thinks she has ever wanted. Do you choose fame, money and adulation (becoming royal) or do you head back to your hearth and humdrum life? Is your fairy godmother helping your life or is she the devil in disguise? I am not saying that the Cinderella who truly loves the prince and who is, after all, not really a peasant, is copping out to the easy life. In fairy tales, true love and innate goodness always trump evil.

The difference is that Regina would be accepting credit for work that is not hers, that she doesn't love the "prince" and that she would be leaving the real world including her loving parent behind. She would be taking the easy way out.

So how is this a Faustian tale, the Fairy Godmother only wants what's best for our bedraggled  young protagonist, right?  Maybe.  Is this a wish granted or is it a deal with the devil? If you accept credit for work not your own you have sold your soul. It is not the Djin who is the fulcrum upon which the beneficence or maleficence balance, it is Regina's choice  that saves or damns her.

Without being preachy Taylor, in this unique twist on the place-changing story, brings up the lesson of choices, consequences and  responsibility. Having grown up a few years too late to really be a screaming Beatles fan-girl, I did realize that in most cases this story would be great for Grandparents to talk about with their grandkids.   That's a depressing thought! It also brings to my mind the current debates about a certain young celebrity whose exploits are discussed in minute detail as her life is sucked into the tornado.

So if you "grooved" on the Beatles and want to share that musical experience with a grandchild, or if you have kids and know your parents grew up in the Beatle's era, what a great gift from a grandkid to a grandparent—a way to say,"I want to spend time with you."

Taylor really capture the voice of a teenage girl, and other characters. But he has gotten Regina to sound spot-on, true, girlish without whining.

Recommended read.

Happy Birthday Emerald Atlas & What I'm Reading Today!

Congratulations to John Stephens on the release today of his debut novel The Emerald Atlas.

THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens

• Kindle Edition File Size: 627 KB
• Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
• Reading level: Ages 9-12
• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (April 5, 2011)

I have read a few things this morning about the wonderful John Stephens book, the Emerald Atlas being released today:  It's Narnia like, it was the star of the Bologna Children's Book Fair in March, it is similar to Rowling, etc.  Stephen's debut novel though, was to me more reminiscent of a book from my own youth. While difficult and terrible things happen to the children in the book, they still retain an innocence I associate with earlier times.  And, I loved how the three siblings interacted.

Stephen's, a screen writer responsible for many episodes of several tween and teen TV shows has experience in writing for those kids, but what is really great is that there is not a speck of Glamor Girls or OC in the book.

If it reminded me of anything remotely current it would have to be the Lemony Snickett stories.
It is identified as Middle Grade so older teens will pooh pooh its lack of sparkling vampires, demons or avenging angels and any of the mildly suggestive scenes which might make it into a YA novel. But, middle graders will probably love it. And, it's long enough to keep them quiet on a car ride.

My Previous Review

Good interview at Culture Mob:

Opening The Books of Beginning – an interview with John Stephens, author of ‘The Emerald Atlas’

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• book review: The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (cherstinieveen.wordpress.com)

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Today I am reading The Girl Who Became a Beatle

by Greg Taylor (Macmillan, Imprint: Feiwel & Friends, February 2011
Grade Range: 5 and up, Age Range: 11 and up) and I am about halfway through.  This is not a book that has gotten much buzz, but I am enjoying it. It is young YA. I will talk about it more,  possibly tomorrow.

    

Twilight Breaking Dawn Extra

Linked: A great video interview by Pop Sugar with Rob Pattinson. I could not get the thing to embed properly so: Video Interview with Robert Pattinson.

Elf Love Anthology, edited by Brown, Mambert and Racicot

Pink Narcissus Press

ELF-LOVE

by Josie Brown (Editor), Rose Mambert (Editor), Bill Racicot (Editor)

Paperback: 302 pages (trade size)
Publisher: Pink Narcissus Press (February 1, 2011)
Kindle Edition File Size: 1628 KB
Publisher: Pink Narcissus Press (February 17, 2011)

Ick-factor because there were a number of stories that I did not like and because of the cover. 

Cliche-factor Does not apply.

Tales of lust, betrayal, murder and... elves.


20 original stories enchant, intrigue, and delight as they explore the theme of "Elf Love" in a variety of genres: fantasy, suspense, romance, noir, humor, and much more.

Edited by Josie Brown, Rose Mambert, and Bill Racicot, this one-of-a-kind collection features stories by Jon Bishop, Michelle Markey Butler, Rev Di Certo, Ed Cooke, Duncan Eagleson, Sarah Eaton, Joanna Fay, Athena Giles, Michael Takeda, Juniper Talbot, Otilia Tena, James Thibeault, and David Vernaglia.
Cover design and illustration by Duncan Eagleson.

I was contacted some time ago to review this book from a new independent press. The book arrived quickly, but the cover did little to convince me it was a professionally produced book. I was really put off by it. After checking out the illustrator I am surprised because most of his work is gorgeous. The parts I don't like specifically are the kiss, the male's hair, and the woman's physique. The kiss just isn't working. The wings are great.

So it sat until guilt and curiousity made me move it elsewhere, then it kept staring at me, telling me I was being a snob. Then this morning I decided I should at least check it out. 

Thinking about the book design: It is laser printed on the whitest paper I have ever seen. Granted this is an ARC so the final might be normally produced, but the bright white was kind of nice.  Some of the stories were good too. In general, I don't like short stories; if I like the story and characters they are too short. On the other hand if the story is not my cuppa then it is over sooner. These days I don't have the time to read what I don't like.

In this anthology, some of the stories simply weren't my thing. I am not into made up names in a high-fantasy way, where a rose is not a rose but something with no vowels.  The stories I did like were amusing or inventive; a private detective looking for a stripper, a mischief making elf who is mistaken for Edward Cullen, A woman who makes the spirit of Christmas live all  year, but not to remind her of the nativity.  There is a manga-type story that was a novel inclusion. The stories are each preceded by information on the author, I found it distracting. My preference is for the information/bio to be collected at the start or end of a book. Nothing was really badly written, just not my thing. 

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On a Personal Note and a short review of a short book: Hush Money by Susan Bischoff

I just got back from a "reading" by David Sedaris. Goodness is that man funny and  such a personable guy. I think he enjoys the interactions between himself and his readers.  His stories are sometimes entirely funny and sometimes poignant and hilarious at the same time. We are both half-Greek and around the same age, and I think some of the cultural Greek-American things created similar experiences in growing up.

So, after the show, I was getting his new book,
Squirrel seeks Chipmunk, signed and he told me a totally filthy joke (Why is a woman like KFC?) and I said I read erotica for a living, realizing after that "for a living" would be a stretch unless I could live on free books and the ego trip my blog provides. I feel I've read a lot of YA lately. I did review With This Ring I thee Bed because I love Alison Tyler's anthologies and several other pieces this week. In any event, David if you did decide to check it out there is plenty of good gutter-minded material just a few days back!

Hush Money 

By Susan Bischoff

Kindle Edition File Size: 581 KB

Sold by: Amazon Digital Services 
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (September 24, 2010)
Self-purchased.

No Ick-Factor, medium to high cliché-component

 Product Description

They call their abilities Talents, and that’s what they call themselves as well. Talents are people born with supernatural powers, feared by the population at large. Possession of an “unregistered ability” has become illegal, and those who are discovered are forcibly removed to government-run research facilities. They do not return.

And so the Talents try, as best they can, to keep their abilities secret–some more successfully than others. For some, keeping that secret begins to define who they are. That’s where Hush Money begins…

Be normal, invisible. Don’t get close to anyone. Those are the rules to live by for seventeen-year-old Joss. She spent years as an outsider, hoping to hide what she is, until the new girl, Kat, decides she’s friend material. Kat doesn’t realize her mistake when she stands up for Joss against Marco, a guy who’s been giving Joss a hard time since freshman year. Joss is horrified when these heroics lead to the reveal of Kat’s Talent. Now she has an unasked-for best friend, who is the victim of an extortion plot by the school bully, who used to like Joss. And if all that weren’t complicated enough, Dylan, Joss’s long-time crush, is finally starting to talk to her. But as Marco’s best friend, can Dylan be trusted at all? Can Joss keep her secret and still save her friend? And what’s more important, staying safe or doing what’s right?

Hush Money is a novel of approximately 50,000 words, and is rated PG-13 for strong language and one suggestive scene. It is recommended that parents read the sample provided by their retailer before purchasing this book for tweens/younger teens. (Amazon.com)

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In a town where almost everyone seems "talented," it's hard to imagine that the talented would not have already fomented an uprising, but it is bound to happen sometime. 

Kids dealing with complex issues of bigotry, bullying, felonious behavior, a dystopian branch of government, sex in one 192 page book is a lot. The book certainly has some flaws—it reminded me of the recent TV series Heroes, some characters and the backstory are a bit weak and the story feels rushed, but somehow it  captivated me. I think what I liked were the three main characters Joss, Kat and Dylan are quite likable and coming to grips with their reality. They are becoming adults and for Joss, she has begun reacting against the limits her parents have imposed on her, a sort of fugtive status and bomb shelter mentality all at once. Dylan is learning that childhood friendships don't necessarily translate into adult friendships. Kat is learning that just steamrolling over people with friendliness and with cheerful demands isn't always the best method of getting what you want. Joss is learning that being a loner makes you stick out as much as popularity.  I do envy the survival skills she has been taught. 

I am looking forward to seeing the writer slow her self down a bit in the next book. For a fast read it was quite enjoyable and something made it an interesting couple of hours.

As far as that suggestive scene. Kids see worse on daytime TV, but it is a sexual assault. 

The Demon Trapper's Daughter Caught Like A Biblio-Fiend in A Sippy Cup

US/UK Covers

by Jana Oliver

Reading level: Young Adult

Format: Paperback: 368 pages

Format: Kindle Edition: File Size: 562 KB

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Original edition (February 1, 2011)
Reviewer Purchase

It’s the year 2018, and with human society seriously disrupted by the economic upheavals of the previous decade, Lucifer has increased the number of demons in all major cities. Atlanta is no exception. Fortunately, humans are protected by Demon Trappers, who work to keep homes and streets safe from the things that go bump in the night. Seventeen-year-old Riley, only daughter of legendary Demon Trapper Paul Blackthorne, has always dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she’s not keeping up with her homework or trying to manage her growing attraction to fellow Trapper apprentice, Simon, Riley’s out saving citizens from Grade One Hellspawn. Business as usual, really, for a demon-trapping teen. When a Grade Five Geo-Fiend crashes Riley’s routine assignment at a library, jeopardizing her life and her chosen livelihood, she realizes that she’s caught in the middle of a battle between Heaven and Hell.
 http://www.demontrappers.com/

Sign me up for Oliver's fan club for writing a book that offers complex characters and a meaty, twisting plot filled with the kind of pathos requiring a box of tissue. Earlier this week a writer posited that it is easier to  write a bad review than a good one. That may be true, because when everything comes together in a story it can be hard to point to the things that make the book work. When a book doesn't work it is usually easy to figure out what one doesn't like.

I liked just about everything in The Demon Trapper's Daughter. I had a dialogue issue and was able to clear it up with Jana. It was about writing a main character, Beck,  with his southern accent intact. She very graciously answered me back:

His hometown (the mythical town of Sadlersville) is the southern part of Georgia down by the swamp. You'll definitely hear ya's, yer's and a ton of y'alls in that area. (In contrast, Atlanta is very metropolitan so it's difficult to hear a true Southern accent and even those vary by region.) From the first time I typed out a line of Beck's dialog, those ya's, yer's, and dropped g's were there. I thought of just saying that he had a Southern dialect, but that didn't seem true to the character..…… It will become a plot thread in Book #3 as his life (and future opportunities) change. But at the core of him, that's who he is.

The emotional breadth of the plot is wide but realistic, and the emotions are heartbreaking. As I was reading the saddest chapters at the gym, I was crying—less noticeable than laughing hysterically while reading a David Sedaris book, but still hope people just thought I was sweaty. The realism comes from not having a bi-polar set of mood swings. We don't go from heart wrenching  to the disco in just a few days. What we do see is someone in the midst of their grief sharing a laugh with a friend and then, suddenly, remembering.
In real life, it is those moments that help us come through the pain of loss.

And, what hasn't Riley lost? In a post-economic apocalyptic world, this girl on the verge of her adult life has pretty much lost everything, but then learns there is really no end to what you can lose. No matter how bad it is now, it can always get worse. Now matter how careful you are, chaos can reign. And, some people seem to live under a cloud.

For someone non-religious, like me, the rise of angels and demons in the PNR/UF landscape can be difficult terrain.  It's hard to know when an author is constructing the world with its logical needs and when they are promoting an agenda.  This world is definitely a world where Christianity is the religion, but Riley is not so certain exactly what she believes. Although, they say there are no atheists in foxholes, she has been in plenty and still hasn't signed up for a convent.  I like the uncertainty she feels and the ambiguity of the otherworldly creatures. While the humans may be Christian, none of the non-human creatures profess allegiance to a specific religion or sect.

The relationships between characters are as complicated as the characters and their lives. I wasn't sure who was a sell out and  who was a real "white hat." Beck, one of the main guys is really hard to figure out and reminds me a little of Stacia Kane's Chess, the main character in the books Unholy Ghosts, Unholy Magic and City of Ghosts. He is fighting his own demons.
RIley is special, sometimes a teen wearing pink lipgloss and her nicest shirt, and at other times fighting for her life like a practiced warrior. Another apprentice, Simon, is super religious, but I wasn't sure  of him.

As Jana herself said, "I tried really hard to layer some depth into the series because I wasn't finding that in many of the young adult books I read. I have to watch myself that I don't get too crazy, but I like books that have some "meat" to them."  I was constantly surprised by the completeness and the complexity of Riley's world. It is very thought out, but not so much that you need a chart.

There isn't much more I can say about the story without spoilers, so I won't.  The plot goes to places I didn't see coming. And, Riley can not only shovel demon excrement as she has to for her Master Trapper trainer,Harper, she has it rain on her again and again and seems to find the strength to rise above it.

Check the book out and then you'll be all set for the next one, Soul Thief(US)/Forbidden(UK), August 30/September 2.

The 's a good e-freebie available  on Amazon as an intro to the series:

Additionally, you can buy it from here:

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Learning to Face the Changes & Challenges of Being a Teen Werewolf! REDUX

The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group

Catherine Jinks

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

Hardcover ; 416 pages

Publication Date: 04/04/2011

Grade Range: Grades 7+

E-ARC Provided by publisher through Net Galley

No remuneration was provided. 

Read October 6 

Originally posted October 7, 2010 with intent to repost around publication date!

Book Description

I still hadn't fully absorbed the terrible possibility that I might actually be a werewolf. A werewolf. I kept stumbling over that word; it made no sense to me. How could I be a werewolf? Werewolves didn't exist.

When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found by the police. At Featherdale Park. In a dingo pen.

As if that isn't weird enough, suddenly a very menacing looking guy and a priest show up at his door.

As the mystery unfolds, Toby finds himself keeping company with some very strange and sickly looking people - members of a suburban vampire support group. And when he's abducted in broad daylight, he will need all their help to break free ... and to come to terms with his own incredibly rare condition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

On the heels of The Reformed Vampire Support Group, winner of  2010 ALA* Best Books for Young Adults, Jinks moves on to the next exciting group of paranormal creatures, Werewolves.  As a spin-off of the Reformed Vampires Support Society where vamps are neither cool, nor happy, nor well-off (apparently) we have the vampires assisting their sort of enemies the wolves.  But, it would be hard to hate a group of individuals who are hunted, sold and forced to fight each other, so for the time being, they are there to help.

Told from a first-person point of view, the story is both "fantastic" and chillingly real.  One can imagine Jinks has come upon such terrifying locales herself. The main-character is Toby, a nice, but reckless adopted son of a widow.  They live a marginally middle class life in a middle class neighborhood near his two best friends, Fergus and Amin. Toby is pretty thoughtful, for a thirteen year-old

boy.  Other than that he more or less typical and his friends are typical as well.  In my head, Fergus looks like reminds me a bit of a young Ron Weasely (Harry Potter) but is outgoing, reckless, and brash. Amin looks like someone but I can't place him; he is smart, shy, husky, helpful.  Toby is a bit like Harry Potter himself - totally ordinary (although without the abuse Harry suffered) until he wakes up in the dingo pen, unconscious. 

Toby and his mother are very reluctant and unbelieving of the idea of werewolves. They each show a good degree of resolve before relinquishing their world view. I like that because, I think we would all have a hard time believing, even with evidence. Often in YA, or other genres of fantasy, humans are too quick to accept the paranormal but people don't shift their paradigm that fast.

But, I don't really think of this as a werewolf book.  I think it is more about "coming-of-age," accepting oneself, and being with family and friends who understand and accept you as well. You could substitute almost anything that would make it tough to accept yourself. Other werewolves' family were not as nice as Toby's mother. This is reinforced by the concept that the first change to wolf doesn't happen until puberty when kids are changing and confused and parents often forget what that time was like.

Most of the adult supporting characters are not really drawn much. Toby's mom is  harried, tired. loving and protective. Another were creature , Reuben, is good for Toby, and helps him when they all got into a situation that went all wrong.  But, he is flawed. Of course we are all flawed but whether from the abuse he suffered growing up or just part of his were-nature we don't know. Reuben and another were, Danny, are explosive and dangerous.  That is were the similarity ends as Reuben has an essentially decent streak and Danny is a lunatic.

Another aspect of the book is in Toby's needing a father figure.  He was adopted by his mother and father but the father promptly passed on.  Nowhere are there male authority figures mentioned until we meet the Werewolf Rescue Society.  This may be why the kids are obsessed with bombs and rockets.

The landscape is interesting; mostly the dry desert of Australia. There is a complex where werewolves are forced to fight each other.  I found it a trifle hard to believe that it would be located so far out in the outback!

Toby is a facile story teller, and the voice sounds like a youth of that age. I don't know whether the target demographic is just youths, or girls, or boys.  I think Toby is too nice for the boys to enjoy reading, but that girls will see him as a romantic hero.

The Abused Werewolf Rescue Society is clean, has some danger and violence, but that is the nature of fantasy.  I would encourage a 13 - 16 year old to read this; it is funny, sad, and entertaining. In fact while older teens might pooh-pooh it, I think adults would enjoy Toby's style of narration and droll wit.

  * I think it is in Australia

No Mystery, But Wheres My Post?

I want to review a new fave, Jana Oliver's, The Demon Trapper's Daughter—a little later today. I got caught up in other things. And, now, I find myself nodding off as I type. I don't like to write long reviews. I hope it is up by mid-morning.

I apologize for my tardiness. 

Since you're here, why not check out my Pick 3 Fool for Books. You don't have to follow to enter!

In the meantime we actually got about ten inches of snow today. I was happy the power stayed on because my back is in no condition to drag the generator out! 

On Sunday please check out my Post on the Abused Werewolf Rescue Society by Catherine Jinks with an official release date of April 4.

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