Posted February 15, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Princess in the Spotlight by
Meg Cabot Series: The Princess Diaries #2 Publisher: Listening Library (2001)
Audiobook {4 hours and 47 minutes} (257 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Victoria and the Rogue,
The Princess Diaries Also in this series: The Princess Diaries Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books,
2016 Re-Reading,
2016 Royal Challenge,
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No one ever said being a princess was easy.
Just when Mia thought she had the whole princess thing under control, things get out of hand, fast. First there's an unexpected announcement from her mother. Then Grandmère arranges a national primetime interview for the brand-new crown princess of Genovia. On top of that, intriguing, exasperating letters from a secret admirer begin to arrive.
Before she even has the chance to wonder who those letters are from, Mia is swept up in a whirlwind of royal intrigue the likes of which hasn't been seen since volume I of The Princess Diaries.
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Tagged as 3 star, Read 2016
Posted February 13, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Miriam by
Mesu Andrews Series: Treasures of the Nile #2 Publisher: WaterBrook Press (2016 - March 15)
Paperback ARC (369 pages)
Via: Blogging for Books Rating: Also by this author: The Pharaoh's Daughter,
Isaiah's Daughter,
Isaiah's Legacy Also in this series: The Pharaoh's Daughter Reading Challenges: 2016 Royal Challenge,
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The Hebrews call me prophetess, the Egyptians a seer. But I am neither. I am simply a watcher of Israel and the messenger of El Shaddai. When He speaks to me in dreams, I interpret. When He whispers a melody, I sing.
At eighty-six, Miriam had devoted her entire life to loving El Shaddai and serving His people as both midwife and messenger. Yet when her brother Moses returns to Egypt from exile, he brings a disruptive message. God has a new name – Yahweh – and has declared a radical deliverance for the Israelites.
Miriam and her beloved family face an impossible choice: cling to familiar bondage or embrace uncharted freedom at an unimaginable cost. Even if the Hebrews survive the plagues set to turn the Nile to blood and unleash a maelstrom of frogs and locusts, can they weather the resulting fury of the Pharaoh?
Enter an exotic land where a cruel Pharaoh reigns, pagan priests wield black arts, and the Israelites cry out to a God they only think they understand.
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Tagged as 5 star, All Time Favorites, Read 2016
Posted February 11, 2016 in Reading, Review / 4 Comments
Not If I See You First by
Eric Lindstrom Publisher: Poppy (2015)
Hardcover (310 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2016 Synopsis
The Rules:
Don’t deceive me. Ever. Especially using my blindness. Especially in public.
Don’t help me unless I ask. Otherwise you're just getting in my way or bothering me.
Don’t be weird. Seriously, other than having my eyes closed all the time, I’m just like you only smarter.
Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That’s why she created the Rules: Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s blind, and never take advantage. There will be no second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy who broke her heart.
When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only one way to react—shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right, her eyes don’t work but her legs still do), doling out tough-love advice to her painfully naive classmates, and giving herself gold stars for every day she hasn’t cried since her dad’s death three months ago. But avoiding her past quickly proves impossible, and the more Parker learns about what really happened—both with Scott, and her dad—the more she starts to question if things are always as they seem. Maybe, just maybe, some Rules are meant to be broken.
Combining a fiercely engaging voice with true heart, debut author Erid Lindstrom’s Not If I See You First illuminates those blind spots that we all have in life, whether visually impaired or not.
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2016
Posted February 8, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
These Vicious Masks by
Tarun Shanker,
Kelly Zekas Publisher: Swoon Reads (2016 - Feb 9)
eARC (352 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Evelyn has no interest in marriage and even the dashing Mr. Kent can’t make her want to live up to society’s expectations. She’d much rather assist her beloved sister Rose in achieving her radical dream of becoming a doctor. But everything changes the night she meets Sebastian Braddock – not only is the reclusive gentleman both vexing and annoyingly attractive, he’s also quite possibly mad, and his interest in Rose is galling. So when Evelyn wakes up to discover that Rose has disappeared, she immediately suspects Sebastian.
But then she discovers that Sebastian’s strange tales of special powers are actually true, and that Rose’s kidnappers have worse in mind for her than simply ruining her reputation. Surrounded by secrets, lies, and unprecedented danger, Evelyn has no choice but to trust Sebastian, yet she can’t help but worry that Sebastian’s secrets are the most dangerous of all…
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Tagged as 5 star, All Time Favorites, NetGalley, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
Posted February 4, 2016 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Their Fractured Light by
Amie Kaufman,
Meagan Spooner Series: Starbound #3 Publisher: Disney Hyperion (2015)
Hardcover (425 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: These Broken Stars,
Illuminae,
This Shattered World Also in this series: These Broken Stars,
This Shattered World Reading Challenges: Read 2016 Synopsis
A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some say Flynn’s a madman, others whisper about conspiracies. Nobody knows the truth. A year before that, Tarver Merendsen and Lilac LaRoux were rescued from a terrible shipwreck—now, they live a public life in front of the cameras, and a secret life away from the world’s gaze.
Now, in the center of the universe on the planet of Corinth, all four are about to collide with two new players, who will bring the fight against LaRoux Industries to a head. Gideon Marchant is an eighteen-year-old computer hacker—a whiz kid and an urban warrior. He’ll climb, abseil and worm his way past the best security measures to pull off onsite hacks that others don’t dare touch.
Sofia Quinn has a killer smile, and by the time you’re done noticing it, she’s got you offering up your wallet, your car, and anything else she desires. She holds LaRoux Industries responsible for the mysterious death of her father and is out for revenge at any cost.
When a LaRoux Industries security breach interrupts Gideon and Sofia’s separate attempts to infiltrate their headquarters, they’re forced to work together to escape. Each of them has their own reason for wanting to take down LaRoux Industries, and neither trusts the other. But working together might be the best chance they have to expose the secrets LRI is so desperate to hide.
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Tagged as 4 star, Read 2016
