Posted March 9, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Victoria and the Rogue by
Meg Cabot Publisher: Avon Books (2003)
Paperback (241 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: The Princess Diaries,
Princess in the Spotlight Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
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Growing up in far-off India, wealthy young heiress Lady Victoria Arbuthnot was accustomed to handling her own affairs — not to mention everyone else’s. But in her sixteenth year, Vicky is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband. With her usual aplomb, however, Lady Victoria gets herself engaged to the perfect English gentleman, even before setting foot on British soil.
Hugo Rothschild, ninth earl of Malfrey, is everything a girl could want in a future husband: he is handsome and worldly, if not rich. Lady Victoria has everything just as she’d like it. That is, if raffish young ship captain Jacob Carstairs would leave well enough alone.
Jacob’s meddling is nothing short of exasperating, and Victoria is mystified by his persistence. But when it becomes clear that young Lord Malfrey just might not be all that he’s professed to be, Victoria is forced to admit, for the first time in her life, that she is wrong. Not only about her fiance, but about the reason behind the handsome ship captain’s interference.
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Posted March 7, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Green Angel by
Alice Hoffman Series: Green Angel #1 Publisher: Scholastic (2003)
Paperback (116 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Birthday Month,
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This is how it happened.
Left on her own when her family dies in a terrible disaster, fifteen-year-old Green is haunted by loss and by the past. Struggling to survive physically and emotionally in a place where nothing seems to grow and ashes are everywhere, Green retreats into the ruined realm of her garden. But in destroying her feelings, she also begins to destroy herself, erasing the girl she’d once been as she inks darkness into her skin. It is only through a series of mysterious encounters that Green can relearn the lessons of love and begin to heal enough to tell her story.
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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,
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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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