Category: Reading

Review: Water Song

Posted February 17, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Water SongWater Song by Suzanne Weyn
Series: Once Upon A Time
Publisher: Simon Pulse (2006)
Paperback (189 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: The Night Dance
Also in this series: Snow, Sunlight and Shadow, The Night Dance
Reading Challenges: 2015 Fairytale Retelling, 2015 Re-Reading, Read 2015

Synopsis

Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does.
Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out.
With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren’t always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Book Related Problems I Have

Posted February 17, 2015 in Reading / 8 Comments

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

This week’s list is the Top Ten Book Related Problems I Have.

1. Bookshelf Space

This is currently my biggest problem. I do not have enough space for all of my books. My sister says I have too many books. I do not agree. When we moved a year and a half ago, I sold quite a few of my books. And I still don’t have enough shelf space. 🙁

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This is half of my current bookshelf space. It obviously isn’t enough.

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Review: The Kiss That Saved Her

Posted February 12, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: The Kiss That Saved HerThe Kiss That Saved Her by E M McCarthy
(2015)
eARC (280 pages)
Via: Author
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup, 2015 Fairytale Retelling, Read 2015

Synopsis

Princess Joanna is expected to marry to protect her kingdom from the threat of war but she loves David, a common man. She will only marry if she loves her husband. Her dearest friend, Prince Samuel, has loved her since he met her. Rumors swirl about Prince Samuel’s relationship with a princess whose country has had a major discovery of gold. Will there be a change of heart? Is there really such a thing as love at first sight?

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Review: The Winner’s Curse

Posted February 11, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: The Winner’s CurseThe Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
Series: The Winner's Trilogy #1
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (2014)
Hardcover (355 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: The Winner's Crime, The Winner's Kiss
Also in this series: The Winner's Crime, The Winner's Kiss
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she can join the military or get married. But Kestrel has other intentions. One day, she is startled to find a kindred spirit in a young slave up for auction.
Arin’s eyes seem to defy everything and everyone. Following her instinct, Kestrel buys him—with unexpected consequences. It’s not long before she has to hide her growing love for Arin. But he, too, has a secret, and Kestrel quickly learns that the price she paid for a fellow human is much higher than she ever could have imagined.
Set in a richly imagined new world,
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski is a story of deadly games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

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