Posted March 13, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Vampire Academy by
Richelle Mead Series: Vampire Academy #1 Publisher: RazorBill (2007)
Paperback (332 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Frostbite,
Shadow Kiss Also in this series: Frostbite,
Shadow Kiss Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever.
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Posted March 12, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Shiver by
Maggie Stiefvater Series: The Wolves of Mercy Falls #1 Publisher: Scholastic (2009)
Hardcover (390 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: The Scorpio Races,
The Raven Boys,
The Dream Thieves Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can’t seem to live without.
Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
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Posted March 11, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Joy of the Gospel by
Pope Francis Publisher: Image (2013)
Hardcover (196 pages)
Via: Blogging for Books Rating: Also by this author: Walking with Jesus,
Encountering Truth,
The Name of God is Mercy Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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Pope Francis apostolic exhortation is a passionate call for every Christian to be constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others. He envisions a church of Spirit-filled evangelizers who exude joy and care for God’s people, especially the poor. “Evangelii Gaudium” is thought provoking, wide-ranging, and challenging to every Catholic. Those who carefully read it, study it, and pray with it will be ready for take up, with the whole Church, this new phase of evangelization, one marked by enthusiasm and vitality and, most especially, joy.
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Posted March 9, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Victoria and the Rogue by
Meg Cabot Publisher: Avon Books (2003)
Paperback (241 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Princess Diaries,
Princess in the Spotlight Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs — not to mention everyone else’s. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English gentleman, even before setting foot on British soil.
Hugo Rothschild, ninth earl of Malfrey, is everything a girl could want in a future husband: he is handsome and worldly, if not rich. Lady Victoria has everything just as she’d like it. That is, if raffish young ship captain Jacob Carstairs would leave well enough alone.
Jacob’s meddling is nothing short of exasperating, and Victoria is mystified by his persistence. But when it becomes clear that young Lord Malfrey just might not be all that he’s professed to be, Victoria is forced to admit, for the first time in her life, that she is wrong. Not only about her fiance, but about the reason behind the handsome ship captain’s interference.
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Posted March 7, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Green Angel by
Alice Hoffman Series: Green Angel #1 Publisher: Scholastic (2003)
Paperback (116 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Color Coded,
2015 Re-Reading,
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This is how it happened.
Left on her own when her family dies in a terrible disaster, fifteen-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she’d once been as she inks darkness into her skin. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters that Green can relearn the lessons of love and begin to heal enough to tell her story.
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