Posted December 31, 2015 in Life, Reading / 10 Comments
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Posted December 1, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Ruby Red by
Kerstin Gier Series: Ruby Red #1 Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (2011)
Hardcover (322 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Dream A Little Dream,
Sapphire Blue,
Emerald Green Also in this series: Sapphire Blue,
Emerald Green Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
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Gwyneth Shepherd’s sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!
Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon–the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.
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Posted August 17, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
The Rose Bride by
Nancy Holder Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2007)
Paperback (245 pages)
Rating: Also in this series: Snow,
Water Song,
Sunlight and Shadow Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Color Coded,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Mythology,
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When Rose’s mother dies, her only comfort is the exquisite rose garden her mother left behind. The purple blossoms serve as an assurance of her mother’s love. But Rose is dealt a second blow when her father dies and his greedy widow, Ombrine, and her daughter, Desirée, move in and take over the manor in true Cinderella fashion.
Fate has been cruel to Ombrine and Desirée, too. So despite their harsh ways, Rose has compassion. But these feelings are bitterly tested when, in a rage, Ombrine tears out the garden. Rose nearly gives up all hope—until a chance meeting with the king. Happiness might be within her reach, but first she must prevail over Ombrine. And then she must determine if she has the courage to love.
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Posted August 13, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Night Dance by
Suzanne Weyn Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2005)
Paperback (193 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Water Song Also in this series: Snow,
Water Song,
Sunlight and Shadow Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
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Under the stars, in a secret world…
Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters’ slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they’ve been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the suitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses.
Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the powerful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan’s challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both Bedivere and Rowena in a dangerous situation…one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.
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Posted August 3, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
A Thousand Pieces of You by
Claudia Gray Series: Firebird #1 Publisher: HarperTeen (2014)
Audiobook {9 hours and 18 minutes} (368 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Ten Thousand Skies Above You Also in this series: Ten Thousand Skies Above You Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
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Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own. But when Marguerite’s father is murdered, the killer—her parent’s handsome and enigmatic assistant Paul—escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite can’t let the man who destroyed her family go free, and she races after Paul through different universes, where their lives entangle in increasingly familiar ways. With each encounter she begins to question Paul’s guilt—and her own heart. Soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is more sinister than she ever could have imagined.
A Thousand Pieces of You explores a reality where we witness the countless other lives we might lead in an amazingly intricate multiverse, and ask whether, amid infinite possibilities, one love can endure.
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