Posted May 11, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Divergent by
Veronica Roth Series: Divergent #1 Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books (2011)
eBook (487 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is–she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are–and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she’s chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she’s kept hidden from everyone because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
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Posted May 8, 2015 in Reading / 8 Comments
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.
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Posted May 7, 2015 in Life / 0 Comments
Happy Birthday!!
Today is my little sister’s birthday!
You are growing up so fast, querida, and making me feel so old. 🙂
I hope you have a wonderfully amazing day!! <3
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Posted May 6, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Tortall and Other Lands by
Tamora Pierce Series: Tortall Publisher: Bluefire (2010)
Paperback (369 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Alanna the knight, Numair the mage, Daine the wolf-speaker and more! Favorite and unfamiliar characters in 11 tales, including three brand new stories!
Collected here for the first time are six tales from the land of Tortall, featuring both previously unknown characters as well as old friends. Filling some gaps of time and interest, these stories, some of which have been published before, will lead Tammy’s fans, and new readers into one of the most intricately constructed worlds of modern fantasy. Also included are four other fantasy stories . . . one set in a remote desert, two in an unknown town, and one set in a very familiar locale: New York City, in the present day. Also, as a bonus, there is a non-fantasy story set in contemporary Idaho that proves that Pierce’s ability to spin a tale is not limited to realms of dragons and magic.
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Posted May 4, 2015 in Faith, Reading, Review / 4 Comments
Arriving At Amen by
Leah Libresco Publisher: Ave Maria Press (2015)
eARC (192 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
A former atheist makes sense of Catholicism and learns to pray by relying on the rosary and the rumba, avoiding sin and the sunk cost fallacy, and finding communion along Cartesian coordinates.
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