Monday, August 19, 2013

High School Advice #10 - Do your BEST!! Guest post by Taylor Lavati @taylorjaneeeee, author of The Thousand Year Curse

Time for another guest post :)  This one comes to you from Taylor Lavati, the author of The Thousand Year Curse.

Onto her post and words of wisdom to share:

If I learned one thing from high school it’s that I didn’t try nearly enough. I skated by my classes, was an average athlete and had a normal social life, but I could have done so much more. I never really had anyone push me to excel until I was in college where my academic life was rocked on it’s side.

Looking back, I wish that I had tried harder in sports and in class. I could have gotten better grades or made captain but I chose not to. I think what held me back was a lack of motivation. If I was able to pass a class by not studying then that was okay for me and I could focus elsewhere. 

Time goes by way too fast and you can never get a rewind or a redo. Just this summer has gone by in a flash and it’s already August! I think when I was in high school I was always telling myself, tomorrow I’ll study or tomorrow I’ll spend extra time working out. But tomorrow came and went and nothing happened.

Before I knew it high school was over and I was in the same place I was the day, month or year before. Don’t get me wrong, high school was great for me. I honestly loved high school but thinking back, I don’t even know what I did back then. I just drifted by and never really got a chance to discover myself until I went to college. 



About the Author:  I am a twenty-two year old student. I study Early Childhood Education. I am an author, a reader and avid blogger. I enjoy everything that has to do with literature. My favorite genres are fantasy, paranormal, young adult, and romance.


I am from a small town in Connecticut, called Ridgefield. I graduated from Ridgefield High School in 2009. I danced in the Ridgefield Studio of Performing Arts dance company and played on the Varsity Girls Ice Hockey Team.

I enjoy being outside, whether it be hiking, swimming, playing sports or just sunbathing. My flat coated retriever Beau loves to be walked by myself and my boyfriend, Chris.

I am the author of, The Curse Books series. The Thousand Year Curse is the first in the installment and will be out this August. I also operate a book review website and really enjoy that. 

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Taylor’s book just released, check it out!!


The Thousand Year Curse
by Taylor Lavati

Goodreads blurb:  Being a teenager isn't all fun and games for seventeen year old Ryder. After being thrown down the social hierarchy, Ryder Mason has one goal for her senior year-survive.

Within the first month of school, Ryder goes from bullied teen to a cursed half goddess with two boyfriends. As if that wasn't enough, she travels into the Underworld to confront Hades about the curse and her missing mother.

Ryder delves head first into a Godly world as her knights fight to seek her approval, her best friend's loyalties are tested and people's true intentions are shown in the first Curse Books novel.

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My Thoughts:  I like mythology, so I’m looking forward to reading this in the future :)  What do you think?  As always, share what’s on your mind :)


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