Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
This week’s list is the Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR List.
Month: March 2015
Review: City of Bones – Wow… Just WOW!
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Series: The Mortal Instruments #1
Publisher: Simon Pulse (2007)
Paperback (485 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: City of Ashes, City of Glass, The Bane Chronicles
Also in this series: City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels
Reading Challenges: Read 2015
Synopsis
When Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder. Much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with odd markings. This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons–and keeping the odd werewolves and vampires in line. It’s also her first meeting with gorgeous, golden-haired Jace. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in an ordinary mundane like Clary? And how did she suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know.
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The Friday 56: The Scorpio Races
The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice.
Rules
- Grab a book, any book.
- Turn to page 56 (or 56% on ebook).
- Find any sentence that grabs you.
- Post it.
- Link it at Freda’s Voice.
Review: Vampire Academy – Hey, it’s set in Montana!
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.
Find the book: Goodreads
Review: Shiver
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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