Posted April 16, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Siege and Storm by
Leigh Bardugo Series: The Grisha Trilogy #2 Publisher: Square Fish (2013)
Paperback (432 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Shadow and Bone,
Ruin and Rising,
Six of Crows Also in this series: Shadow and Bone,
Ruin and Rising Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long.
The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling’s game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her–or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.
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Posted April 15, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Number the Stars by
Lois Lowry Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell (1989)
Paperback (137 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It’s now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are “relocated”. Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen’s life.
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Posted April 13, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Shadow and Bone by
Leigh Bardugo Series: The Grisha Trilogy #1 Publisher: Square Fish (2012)
Paperback (372 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Siege and Storm,
Ruin and Rising,
Six of Crows Also in this series: Siege and Storm,
Ruin and Rising Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha . . . and the secrets of her heart.
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Posted April 6, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Sunlight and Shadow by
Cameron Dokey Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2004)
Paperback (192 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Winter's Child,
Wild Orchid Also in this series: Snow,
Water Song,
The Night Dance Reading Challenges: 2015 Color Coded,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Re-Reading,
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In a time when the world was young and many things were quite commonplace that are now entirely forgotten, Sarastro, Mage of the Day, wed Pamina, the Queen of the Night. And in this way was the world complete, for light was joined to dark. For all time would they be joined together. Only the ending of the world could tear them apart. In other words, in the days in which my parents married, there was no such thing as divorce….
Thus begins the tale of Mina, a girl-child born on the longest night of the darkest month of the year. When her father looked at her, all he saw was what he feared: By birth, by name, by nature, she belonged to the Dark. So when Mina turned sixteen, her father took her away from shadow and brought her into sunlight.
In retaliation, her mother lured a handsome prince into a deadly agreement: If he frees Mina, he can claim her as his bride.
Now Mina and her prince must endure deadly trials — of love and fate and family — before they can truly live happily ever after….
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Posted March 23, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Cress by
Marissa Meyer Series: The Lunar Chronicles #3 Publisher: Square Fish (2014)
Paperback (592 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Cinder,
Scarlet,
Fairest Also in this series: Cinder,
Scarlet,
Fairest Reading Challenges: 2015 Fairytale Retelling,
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Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.
Their best hope lies with Cress, who has been trapped on a satellite since childhood with only her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker; unfortunately, she’s just received orders from Levana to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice.
When a daring rescue goes awry, the group is separated. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a high price. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing stop her marriage to Emperor Kai. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only ones who can.
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