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"I couldn’t help but wonder if she’d been running away from something, too. If I’d been judging her, thinking of her as a slut all this time when, in reality, we were living scarily similar lives. Calling Vikki a slut or a whore was just like calling someone the Duff. It was insulting and hurtful, and it was one of those titles that just fed off of an inner fear every girl must have from time to time. Slut, bitch, prude, tease, ditz. They were all the same. Every girl felt like one of these sexist labels described her at some point. So, maybe, every girl felt like the Duff, too?"

I recently finished The Duff and couldn't resist using one of the quotes for my Thursday Quotables. It's such an inspiring book on so many levels, and with so many morals to take from it that you just can't help but like it.

Bianca is like every school girl and isn't necessarily stereotypical in a bad way, she goes through ups and downs, has insecurities and learns lots about herself and others throughout the course of the book.

I don't really need to explain anything about this quote as it pretty much speaks for itself, and that's what makes this book so wonderful.

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"Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort." - Jace

I'm trying to finally finish The Mortal Instruments series and I'm currently on book 5. I'm still not a massive fan of this series; don't get me wrong, I like it, but it's not my favourite. I can't stand the romance aspect of this series and I believe that it plays a major role in this series and really directs Clary which really bugs me. The series could be just as amazing if it didn't have the romance playing such a big part; as with The Infernal Devices.

I'm constantly comparing the two series together and sometimes I feel as though I'm boring myself but it's what I believe (maybe it's because I read Clockwork Angel before City Of Bones, but who knows). Jace is like Will, or Will is like Jace. They are just as arrogant as eachother but Will has the clever wit that Jace doesn't, and I feel as though some of the quotes Jace speaks towards the end of the series are just becoming vulgar - not so vulgar that they cannot be written in a YA novel but a bit too sexually cringey for my likings. I mean, imagine if someone said half of the stuff that Jace says to you, I know I wouldn't be too impressed.

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