Posted March 5, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
The Magician's Nephew by
C S Lewis Series: The Chronicles of Narnia #1 Publisher: HarperTrophy (1955)
Paperback (202 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Re-Reading,
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When Digory and Polly are tricked by Digory’s peculiar Uncle Andrew into becoming part of an experiment, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime. What happens to the children when they touch Uncle Andrew’s magic rings is far beyond anything even the old magician could have imagined.
Hurtled into the Wood between the Worlds, the children soon find that they can enter many worlds through the mysterious pools there. In one world they encounter the evil Queen Jadis, who wreaks havoc in the streets of London when she is accidentally brought back with them. When they finally manage to pull her out of London, unintentionally taking along Uncle Andrew and a coachman with his horse, they find themselves in what will come to be known as the land of Narnia.
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Posted March 4, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Scarlet by
Marissa Meyer Series: The Lunar Chronicles #2 Publisher: Square Fish (2013)
Paperback (454 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Cinder,
Cress,
Fairest Also in this series: Cinder,
Cress,
Fairest Reading Challenges: 2015 Color Coded,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 What's In A Name?,
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Cinder is back and trying to break out of prison—even though she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive if she does—in this second installment from Marissa Meyer.
Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother, or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana.
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Posted March 2, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Franciscan by
WR Park Series: The Franciscan Trilogy #1 Publisher: WR Park Publishing Group (2015)
Paperback (337 pages)
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“The pope is not infallible.” When the newly elected Pope Francis utters this bold and unprecedented statement, he captures the attention of the world’s population. His reforms leave no corner untouched as he strips away the mask so long held before the face of the papacy. Bringing with him and open-minded candor rarely seen by public figures – he’s an inspiration to his followers – and a threat to those who oppose him.
“When I penned this novel about a fictitious Pope Francis fourteen years ago, I never envisioned that a future pope would select the name, Pope Francis I. This novel’s Pope Francis is a bold and courageous pope whose sweeping reforms reversing ancient Vatican edicts place his life in grave danger. The world can only hope and pray that today’s Pope Francis, as bold as he is, will be fruitful in his endeavors and have a lengthy and healthy reign,” said WR.PARK.
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Posted February 23, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Cinder by
Marissa Meyer Series: The Lunar Chronicles #1 Publisher: Square Fish (2012)
Paperback (390 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Scarlet,
Cress,
Fairest Also in this series: Scarlet,
Cress,
Fairest Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
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Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
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Posted February 17, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Water Song by
Suzanne Weyn Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2006)
Paperback (189 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Night Dance Also in this series: Snow,
Sunlight and Shadow,
The Night Dance Reading Challenges: 2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does.
Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out.
With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren’t always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.
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