Author: Kiera Cass

Item: The Heir
Rating: 4
Author: Amanda Marie

June and July 2015 in Review

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

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

Tagged as Consecrated Virginity, Fairy Tales, Monthly Wrap-Up, Pope Francis, Saints, School, Summer, Vocation

Review: The Heir – A Spoiled Princess and a New Selection

Posted June 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

The Heir by Kiera Cass
Series: The Selection #4
Publisher: HarperTeen (2015)
Audiobook
{8 hours and 48 minutes} (352 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: The Elite, The One, The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard
Also in this series: The Elite, The One, The Selection Stores: The Prince & The Guard
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon—and they lived happily ever after. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. If it were up to her, she’d put off marriage for as long as possible.
But a princess’s life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can’t escape her very own Selection—no matter how fervently she protests.
Eadlyn doesn’t expect her story to end in romance. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn’s heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her . . . and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she’s always thought.

Find the book: Goodreads

Tagged as 4 star, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge

May 2015 in Review

Posted May 31, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 4 Comments

Things that Happened in May

The last full week of school has been completed! Really, this is a party worthy event.
We celebrated the Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday. That is three great Sundays in a row.
You can tell that summer is fast approaching. The sun beats me up at 5am and it is still bright when I try to fall asleep after 9pm. It is crazy to think that just a few months ago (like December) it was dark when I was walking to work at 7:30am and dark when I was walking home at 4:30pm.
The school talent show was this past Tuesday. The teachers decided to do our own thing this year. We all got a variety of instruments and played Yellow Submarine. I will give you just one word for it: HILARIOUS!

Books I Read in May

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Monthly Wrap-Up, Mythology Reading Challenge, Polish, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, School, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge

January 2015 Monthly Wrap-Up

Posted January 31, 2015 in Reading / 2 Comments

The first month of 2015 is completed. That just sounds crazy. I am finally remembering to write 2015, at least most of the time.

Things that Happened in January

My sister was home from college over break.
We took my sister back to college and I was able to visit a WalMart and a bookstore and more than a two lane road!
Montana Winter Fair started Friday and ends Sunday. The best thing about this is the library used book sale. Paperbacks for 25-50¢ and hardcovers for $1. It is amazing… when they have books I want to read rather than just westerns and such.

Books I Read in January

Ancient Christian Worship by Andrew B McGowan

A Book of Uncommon Prayer by Brian Doyle

My Sisters the Saints by Colleen Carroll Campbell

The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkien

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Covers

Posted January 20, 2015 in Reading / 6 Comments

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

This week’s list is a freebie so I looked back at the archives and choose my Top Ten Favorite Covers. Some of these are books I’ve read and some aren’t.

Tagged as Top Ten Tuesday