Author: Maria V Snyder

Review: Magic Study – Things Aren’t So Easy in Citia

Posted June 4, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Magic Study – Things Aren’t So Easy in CitiaMagic Study by Maria V Snyder
Series: Study #2
Publisher: Luna (2006)
Audiobook
{11 hours and 35 minutes} (392 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: Poison Study, Fire Study
Also in this series: Poison Study, Fire Study
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

You know your life is bad when you miss your days as a poison taster…
With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she’d been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can’t help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don’t think it’s for the better….
Despite the turmoil, she’s eager to start her magic training—especially as she’s been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia’s throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians.
If that wasn’t bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies…

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May 2015 in Review

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

Month in Review

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 ChildrenFrostbiteHollow CityRuin and RisingIsland of the Blue DolphinsMagic StudyThe HeirDark TriumphThe Plain ChoiceShadow KissThe Sea of MonstersA Wrinkle in TimeMortal HeartThe Dream ThievesThe Titan's Curse
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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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I love the Lunar Chronicles so much. They are utterly amazing and Marissa Meyer must be awesome to write them.

3. Cassandra Clare

city of bones

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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Review: Poison Study

Posted February 9, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Poison StudyPoison Study by Maria V Snyder
Series: Study #1
Publisher: Mira (2005)
Audiobook
{10 hours and 26 minutes} (416 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: Magic Study, Fire Study
Also in this series: Magic Study, Fire Study
Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup, Read 2015

Synopsis

About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She’ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren’t so clear…

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