Series: Throne of Glass

Item: Crown of Midnight
Rating: 5
Author: Amanda Marie

{Review} Crown of Midnight – Celaena’s Back!

Posted January 4, 2016 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #2
Publisher: Bloomsbury (2013)
Paperback (418 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Heir of Fire
Also in this series: Throne of Glass, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

An assassin's loyalties are always in doubt but her heart never wavers.
Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become the King's Champion. But she is far from loyal to the crown. Though she hides her secret vigilantly, her deadly charade becomes difficult when she realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. No one is above questioning her allegiance—not the Crown Prince Dorian; not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard; not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.
Then, one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie ... and whom she is willing to fight for.

Find the book: Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository

Tagged as 5 star, All Time Favorites, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge

2015 in Review (& End of Year and Statistics Surveys)

Posted December 31, 2015 in Life, Reading / 10 Comments

Big Things That Happened in 2015

I mentioned the school talent show in which the teachers sang Yellow Submarine.
I worked at a Catholic summer camp for the summer and had a blast. I wrote about it and shared some pictures.
I survived over a week of blinding smoke due to forest fires. It was insane. I talked about that here.
I had my very first ever Blogversary which was exciting.

Analysis of Books I Read in 2015

This was the very first year that I ever kept track of the books that I read. My stats have amazed me.

I read 141 books.
Almost all of the books I read this year were 4 or 5 stars. I must be pretty good at choosing books I know I’ll enjoy.
Over two-thirds of the books I read this year were from the library or books I own.
Over half of the books I read this year were hard copied (Paperback or Hardcover) while over a quarter were ebooks. Audiobooks made up the rest.
About a quarter of the books I read this year were debuts.

I made some pretty nifty looking pie charts in Excel (you can just pretend they are totally awesome).

Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Mythology Reading Challenge, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge

December 2015 in Review

Posted December 30, 2015 in Faith, Life, Reading / 4 Comments

It has been a crazy month and so I don’t have a whole lot for you other than the books I read and reviewed this month. My 2015 in Review post will be coming up tomorrow and this is a lot more interesting than this one. This post is, I know, rather pathetic but here it is anyway.

Things that Happened in December

Christmas!
I am (still) kitty-sitting for my sister’s two kitties while she and the rest of my family are visiting family in another state.
Somehow I managed to read only 5-star books this month; I’m not sure how that happened.

Books I Read in December

Tagged as Catholic Book, Christmas, Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Saint John Paul II

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

Tagged as Fairy Tales, Family, Monthly Wrap-Up, Pope Francis, Saints, School, Sister, Summer, Summer Camp

Review: Throne of Glass – An Accused Assassin and a Challenge

Posted August 20, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #1
Publisher: Bloomsbury (2012)
Paperback (406 pages)
Rating:
Also by this author: A Court of Thorns and Roses, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire
Also in this series: Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Meet Celaena Sardothien.
Beautiful. Deadly.
Destined for greatness.
In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake: she got caught.
Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament—fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin’s heart be melted?

Find the book: Goodreads

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