Posted August 25, 2020 in Faith, Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Living Memento Mori by
Emily DeArdo Publisher: Ave Maria Press (2020)
eARC,
Paperback (128 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2020 Synopsis
Emily DeArdo knows what it’s like to live with a keen awareness of her own mortality. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age eleven.
DeArdo draws on the medieval Christian practice of memento mori (remember you must die) and shares her personal story with unique and compelling insight into the meaning of Christian life and death. Using the Stations of the Cross to frame her explorations, DeArdo leads us to trust in God’s providence as we confront suffering and death, develop enduring spiritual strength, and courage along the way.
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Tagged as 5 star, Read 2020
Posted January 21, 2020 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Queen of Nothing by
Holly Black Series: The Folk of the Air Publisher: Little Brown Books (2019)
Hardcover (308 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown,
The Darkest Part of the Forest Reading Challenges: Read 2020 Synopsis
He will be destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne.
Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king, Cardan, in exchange for immeasurable power.
Now as the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is powerless and left reeling from Cardan’s betrayal. She bides her time determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril.
Jude must risk venturing back into the treacherous Faerie Court, and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan, if she wishes to save her sister. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing. As Jude slips deep within enemy lines she becomes ensnared in the conflict’s bloody politics.
And, when a dormant yet powerful curse is unleashed, panic spreads throughout the land, forcing her to choose between her ambition and her humanity…
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2020
Posted December 26, 2017 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Isaiah's Daughter by
Mesu Andrews Series: Prophets and Kings #1 Publisher: WaterBrook Press (January 2018)
Paperback ARC (384 pages)
Via: Blogging for Books Rating: Also by this author: The Pharaoh's Daughter,
Miriam,
Isaiah's Legacy Also in this series: Isaiah's Legacy Synopsis
In this epic Biblical narrative, ideal for fans of The Bible miniseries, a young woman taken into the prophet Isaiah's household rises to capture the heart of the future king.
Isaiah adopts Ishma, giving her a new name--Zibah, delight of the Lord--thereby ensuring her royal pedigree. Ishma came to the prophet's home, devastated after watching her family destroyed and living as a captive. But as the years pass, Zibah's lively spirit wins Prince Hezekiah's favor, a boy determined to rebuild the kingdom his father has nearly destroyed. But loving this man will awake in her all the fears and pain of her past and she must turn to the only One who can give life, calm her fears, and deliver a nation.
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Tagged as 5 star, Blogging for Books, Read 2017
Posted May 8, 2017 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Black Key by
Amy Ewing Series: The Lone City #3 Publisher: HarperTeen (2016)
Audiobook {8 hours and 9 minutes} (295 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Jewel,
The White Rose Also in this series: The Jewel,
The White Rose Reading Challenges: Read 2016 Synopsis
For too long, Violet and the people of the outer circles of the Lone City have lived in service to the royalty of the Jewel. But now the secret society known as the Black Key is preparing to seize power.
And while Violet knows she is at the center of this rebellion, she has a more personal stake in it—her sister, Hazel, has been taken by the Duchess of the Lake. Now, after fighting so hard to escape the Jewel, Violet must do everything in her power to return to save not only Hazel, but the future of the Lone City.
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Tagged as 3 star, Read 2016
Posted May 1, 2017 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Once Upon a Prince by
Rachel Hauck Series: Royal Wedding #1 Publisher: Zondervan (2013)
Audiobook {10 hours} (343 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2016 Re-Reading,
2016 Royal Challenge,
Read 2016 Synopsis
Once Upon a Prince, the first novel in the Royal Wedding series by bestselling author Rachel Hauck, treats you to a modern-day fairy tale.
Susanna Truitt never dreamed of a great romance or being treated like a princess---just to marry the man she has loved for twelve years. But life isn't going according to plan. When her high-school-sweetheart-turned-Marine-officer breaks up instead of proposing, Susanna scrambles to rebuild her life.
The last thing Prince Nathaniel expects to find on his American holiday to St. Simon's Island is the queen of his heart. A prince has duties, and his family's tense political situation has chosen his bride for him. When Prince Nathaniel comes to Susanna's aid under the fabled Lover's Oak, he is blindsided by love.
Their lives are worlds apart. He's a royal prince. She's a nordinary girl. But everything changes when Susanna receives an invitation to Nathaniel's coronation. It's the ultimate choice. His kingdom or her heart? God's will or their own?
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2016
