Author: Cassandra Clare

August 2015 in Review

Posted August 30, 2015 in Life, Reading / 10 Comments

Things that Happened in August

  • I returned home from summer camp! It was a fun time but I am glad to be home.
  • I survived the days of smoke so thick I could not see more than a block ahead of me. When I went to drive into town, my vehicle put the auto-lights on because it thought it was night. It has never been this bad that I recall. Yay for the forest fires of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Canada.
  • I started school again. Back in the classroom with fifth and sixth grade students.
  • Speaking of being back in the classroom, I’m going to leave you with one very short sentence: I hate lice! (Thankfully I do not have any.)

Books I Read in August

Sponsa VerbiIntroduction to the Devout LifeWalking with JesusFire Study
An Ember in the AshesBecoming DarknessA Thousand Nights
ForswornSeraphinaCity of GlassCode Name Verity
 

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The Classics Club 50 Question Survey

Posted August 29, 2015 in Reading / 0 Comments

I decided to join the Classics Club. I have a list of 50 books here and will try to read them all by September 1, 2020. That makes it about 10 classics from my list every year. Why? Because I like classics and this will give me an incentive to read them. 🙂 Anyway, they have this 50 Question Survey on their website. I am going to answer some of them for you.

  1. Share a link to your club list.
    • My list can be found here.
  2. When did you join The Classics Club? How many titles have you read for the club? (We are SO CHECKING UP ON YOU! Nah. We’re just asking.) 🙂
    • I’m just joining the Classics Club now so I haven’t read any books for my list yet. 🙂
  3. What are you currently reading?
    • I am currently reading Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein.
  4. What did you just finish reading and what did you think of it?
    • I just finished The City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and thought it was awesome. I will be posting a review of it later.
  5. What are you reading next? Why?
    • I will probably re-read Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier next because it is a library book.

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June and July 2015 in Review

Posted August 10, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 4 Comments

June and July 2015 in Review

It has been a crazy month and a half! I will share some of my summer camp experience here but most will wait until it’s own post with pictures!

Things that Happened in June & July

  • As you may recall from a previous post, I spent the summer working at a great Catholic summer camp. I really want to talk a lot about that but I promise I will post more with pictures later.
  • I survived 6 weeks without much cell phone service or internet. It was really great for me.
  • I also read things that I wanted to read rather than what I needed to read based on review copies and such.

Books I Read in June

City of AshesBlue Lily, Lily BlueA Whole New World
The Winner's CrimeThe Ring and the CrownThe Phantom of the OperaThe Isle of the Lost
Dream A Little DreamAll Fall DownA Wicked Thing
A Thousand Pieces of YouDaughter of Deep SilenceThe Wrath and the DawnThe Darkest Part of the Forest
The Night DanceThe Rose BrideThrone of Glass
In the Forests of the NightDemon in My View
 

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Review: City of Ashes – More Drama and Demons

Posted July 1, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: City of Ashes – More Drama and DemonsCity of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Series: The Mortal Instruments #2
Publisher: McElderry Books (2008)
Paperback (453 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: City of Bones, City of Glass, The Bane Chronicles
Also in this series: City of Bones, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what’s normal when you’re a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? Clary would love to spend more time with her best friend, Simon. But the Shadowhunters won’t let her go–especially her handsome, infuriating newfound brother, Jace. And Clary’s only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil–and also her father. When the second of the Mortal Instruments os stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor suspects Jace. Could Jace really be willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Authors I’d Love to Meet

Posted May 12, 2015 in Reading / 8 Comments

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

This week’s list is the Top Ten Authors I’d Love to Meet.

1. Kristen Britain

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Kristen Britain is the author of one of my favorite books of all time, Green Rider. I would absolutely love to meet her.

2. Marissa Meyer

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cressfairestwinter

I love the Lunar Chronicles so much. They are utterly amazing and Marissa Meyer must be awesome to write them.

3. Cassandra Clare

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So I’ve only ever read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare but I loved it and I will be reading the rest of the series soon.

4. Emily Wibberley

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I could take this time to say how much I adore Sacrificed and it would be completely true. Everyone should go read this awesome debut by this awesome author.
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