Tag: You Read How Many Books Challenge

Review: Hollow City – The Monsters Are Coming

Posted May 27, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Hollow City – The Monsters Are ComingHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Series: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #2
Publisher: Quirk Books (2014)
Hardcover (400 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Library of Souls
Also in this series: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Library of Souls
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.
Complete with dozens of newly discovered (and thoroughly mesmerizing) vintage photographs, this new adventure will delight readers of all ages.

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Review: Frostbite – Ski Slopes and Mortal Vampires

Posted May 25, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: Frostbite – Ski Slopes and Mortal VampiresFrostbite by Richelle Mead
Series: Vampire Academy #2
Publisher: RazorBill (2008)
Paperback (327 pages)
Via: Library
Rating:
Also by this author: Vampire Academy, Shadow Kiss
Also in this series: Vampire Academy, Shadow Kiss
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…
It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s not taking any risks… This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.
But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…

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Review: The Jewel – Luxury or Slavery

Posted May 21, 2015 in Reading, Review / 0 Comments

Review: The Jewel – Luxury or SlaveryThe Jewel by Amy Ewing
Series: The Lone City #1
Publisher: HarperTeen (2014)
Audiobook
{10 hours and 12 minutes} (358 pages)
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Also by this author: The White Rose, The Black Key
Also in this series: The White Rose, The Black Key
Reading Challenges: Read 2015

Synopsis

The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring.
Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life.
Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence… and try to stay alive. But then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained for.

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Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Vintage Photographs and Magical Children

Posted May 20, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Vintage Photographs and Magical ChildrenMiss 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, Read 2015

Synopsis

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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Review: Island of the Blue Dolphins – A Story of Survival

Posted May 18, 2015 in Reading, Review / 2 Comments

Review: Island of the Blue Dolphins – A Story of SurvivalIsland 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, Read 2015

Synopsis

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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