Posted August 13, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
The Night Dance by
Suzanne Weyn Series: Once Upon A Time Publisher: Simon Pulse (2005)
Paperback (193 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Water Song Also in this series: Snow,
Water Song,
Sunlight and Shadow Reading Challenges: 2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Fairytale Retelling,
2015 Re-Reading,
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Under the stars, in a secret world…
Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters’ slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they’ve been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the suitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses.
Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the powerful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan’s challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both Bedivere and Rowena in a dangerous situation…one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.
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Posted June 3, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
A Wrinkle in Time by
Madeleine L'Engle Series: Time Quintet #1 Publisher: Yearling Newburry (1962)
Paperback (256 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Re-Reading,
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It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
“Wild nights are my glory,” the unearthly stranger told them. “I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract”.
Meg’s father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?
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Posted May 31, 2015 in Faith, Reading / 4 Comments
Tagged as Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge, Birthday Month Reading Challenge, Catholic, Catholic Book, Color Coded Challenge, Finishing the Series Challenge, Monthly Wrap-Up, Mythology Reading Challenge, Polish, Read 2015, Rereading Challenge, School, What's In a Name Reading Challenge, You Read How Many Books Challenge
Posted May 20, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by
Ransom Riggs Series: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1 Publisher: Quirk Books (2011)
Paperback (356 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Hollow City,
Library of Souls Also in this series: Hollow City,
Library of Souls Reading Challenges: 2015 Re-Reading,
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A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs.
A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
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Posted May 18, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments
Island of the Blue Dolphins by
Scott O'Dell Series: Island of the Blue Dolphins #1 Publisher: Laurel Leaf (1960)
Paperback (208 pages)
Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Alphabet Soup,
2015 Birthday Month,
2015 Color Coded,
2015 Re-Reading,
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In the Pacific there is an island that looks like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. Around it, blue dolphins swim, otters play, and sea elephants and sea birds abound. Once, Indians also lived on the island. And when they left and sailed to the east, one young girl was left behind.
This is the story of Karana, the Indian girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Year after year, she watched one season pass into another and waited for a ship to take her away. But while she waited, she kept herself alive by building a shelter, making weapons, finding food, and fighting her enemies, the wild dogs. It is not only an unusual adventure of survival, but also a tale of natural beauty and personal discovery.
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