Posted June 4, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Magic Study by
Maria V Snyder Series: Study #2 Publisher: Luna (2006)
Audiobook {11 hours and 35 minutes} (392 pages)
Rating: Also by this author: Poison Study,
Fire Study Also in this series: Poison Study,
Fire Study Reading Challenges: Read 2015 Synopsis
You know your life is bad when you miss your days as a poison taster…
With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she’d been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can’t help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don’t think it’s for the better….
Despite the turmoil, she’s eager to start her magic training—especially as she’s been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia’s throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians.
If that wasn’t bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies…
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Tagged as 5 star, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
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 June 1, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Spelled by
Betsy Schow Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire (2015)
eARC (352 pages)
Via: NetGalley Rating: Reading Challenges: 2015 Fairytale Retelling,
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Fairy Tale Survival Rule #32: If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your Prince Charming to save the day.
Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks—like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the brooding prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future.
Talk about unhappily ever after.
Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called “Kansas.” Now it’s up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse…before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The End for the world of Story.
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Tagged as 3 star, Catholic, Catholic Connections, Fairy Tales, Fairytale Retelling Challenge, NetGalley, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
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 28, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments
Ruin and Rising by
Leigh Bardugo Series: The Grisha Trilogy #3 Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (2014)
Hardcover (422 pages)
Via: Library Rating: Also by this author: Shadow and Bone,
Siege and Storm,
Six of Crows Also in this series: Shadow and Bone,
Siege and Storm Reading Challenges: 2015 Finishing the Series,
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The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.
Now the nation’s fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.
Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.
Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova’s amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling’s secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.
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Tagged as 4 star, Finishing the Series Challenge, Library, Read 2015, You Read How Many Books Challenge
