A Narrator with PTSD & the Need for Answers – See How They Run {Review}

Posted August 8, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

A Narrator with PTSD & the Need for Answers – See How They Run {Review}See How They Run by Ally Carter
Series: Embassy Row #2
Publisher: Scholastic (2015)
Paperback (336 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: All Fall Down
Also in this series: All Fall Down
Reading Challenges: Read 2016

Synopsis

Inside every secret, there's a world of trouble. Get ready for the second book in this new series of global proportions--from master of intrigue, New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.
Grace's past has come back to hunt her . . . and if she doesn't stop it, Grace isn't the only one who will get hurt. Because on Embassy Row, the countries of the world stand like dominoes, and one wrong move can make them all fall down.
The twists get twistier and the turns get even more shocking in the second thrilling installment of Embassy Row.

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July 2016 in Review

Posted August 7, 2016 in Faith, Life, Reading / 8 Comments

July 2016 in Review

Things that Happened in July

  • As you probably heard, I went to Europe for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland. It was amazing! Pictures will soon be following (and a longer post about it).
  • Because of the aforementioned trip, I was only in the country the first half of July.
  • I only managed to read three books.

My Favorite Book of July

The Crown's Game

The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

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The Ending of an Era – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows {Review}

Posted July 30, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

The Ending of an Era – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows {Review}Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling
Series: Harry Potter #7
Publisher: Scholastic (2007)
Hardcover (759 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Also in this series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books, 2016 Re-Reading, Read 2016

Synopsis

Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing - if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him?

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Descendants of the Famous Detective and Companion? Yes, Please! – A Study in Charlotte {Review}

Posted July 25, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Descendants of the Famous Detective and Companion? Yes, Please! – A Study in Charlotte {Review}A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
Series: Charlotte Holmes #1
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books (2016)
Hardcover (321 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Retelling Challenge, Read 2016

Synopsis

The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament. From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte, it seems safer to admire her from afar.
From the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else. But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other.

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Love is a Disease – Delirium {Review}

Posted July 23, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Love is a Disease – Delirium {Review}Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Series: Delirium #1
Publisher: HarperTeen (2011)
Hardcover (441 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Reading Challenges: 2016 Backlist Books, Read 2016

Synopsis

Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing.
They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.

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