Year: 2015

Review: Siege and Storm – A Whole Lot of Waiting

Posted April 16, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Siege and Storm – A Whole Lot of WaitingSiege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Series: The Grisha Trilogy #2
Publisher: Square Fish (2013)
Paperback (432 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: Shadow and Bone, Ruin and Rising, Six of Crows
Also in this series: Shadow and Bone, Ruin and Rising
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.
The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her–or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.

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A Review By My Students: Number the Stars

Posted April 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments

A Review By My Students: Number the StarsNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell (1989)
Paperback (137 pages)
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup, 2015 Re-Reading, Read 2015

Synopsis

Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It’s now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are “relocated”. Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen’s life.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Inspiring Quotes from Books

Posted April 14, 2015 in Reading / 22 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly link-up hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week’s list is the Top Ten Inspiring Quotes from Books. I haven’t gotten into the habit of copying down quotes. I really want to but I’m not quite there yet. So, the following quotes are either from books I have read recently or books I have read multiple times and am very familiar with. And they might not all be “inspiring.” 🙂

A Little PrincessSunlight and ShadowSeven Revolutions
The Girl Death Left BehindSpelledHarry Potter and the Deathly HallowsAnne of Green Gables
Green RiderA College of MagicsGrave Mercy
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Review: Shadow and Bone – Good vs Evil… and Russian!

Posted April 13, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Shadow and Bone – Good vs Evil… and Russian!Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Series: The Grisha Trilogy #1
Publisher: Square Fish (2012)
Paperback (372 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising, Six of Crows
Also in this series: Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.

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