Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (Magic Shop #5) by Bruce Coville Release Date: September 1, 2003 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers 208 Pages Received: BookMooch Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5 Nuts Description: Shy Juliet Dove leaves Mr. Elives’ magic shop with Helen of Troy’s amulet–a virtual man magnet. Juliet doesn’t know what she’s got, but […]
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and Bookish. This week is Ten Book Related Problems I Have. Oh boy, this is going to be bad. 🙂 1. Impulse buying. Once I see a pretty cover or an intriguing synopsis for a book on Book Outlet I’m lost. That site is my kryptonite. 2. […]
“When the Dark comes rising six shall turn it back;Three from the circle, three from the track;Wood, bronze, iron; Water, fire, stone;Five will return and one go alone.Iron for the birthday; bronze carried long;Wood from the burning; stone out of song;Fire in the candle ring; water from the thaw;Six signs the circle and the grail […]
Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott Release Date: February 24, 2014 Publisher: Scholastic Press 320 Pages Received: From Publisher Format: ARC Rating: DNF Description: What would you do to save someone you love? In Fire & Flood, Tella Holloway faced a dangerous trek through the jungle and across the desert, all to remain a Contender […]
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted at Tynga’s Reviews. You guys know the drill. This is a big week (again) and I’m about to head downtown to see Pippin! Let’s get to it! Juliet Dove, Queen of Love by Bruce Coville (BookMooch) The Lost Kingdom (ARCycling) Invaded by Melissa Landers (Traded for) Loki’s Wolves […]
Every day I get more books. Between book mail and my buying habits my shelves fill up quick. And that’s fine, because I regularly clear my shelves of books that I’m not going to read, have already read but don’t want to keep, or that I’ve gotten a duplicate of. Sometimes I give my books […]
Bruce Coville is one of the most prolific children’s authors I’ve ever read. I read his Unicorn Chronicle duology (which I now find out has had two more books I really must get my hands on) a very long time ago. However, they were not the first introduction I had to this author. That […]
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Release Date: February 10, 2015 Publisher: HarperTeen 400 Pages Received: Borrowed Format: Hardcover Rating: Description: Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard’s sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king’s palace. Will her power save […]
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish where we answer topics posed by the host. This week is Things I Dislike in Romances. 1. Love triangles- Kill me, please. 2. Abusive relationships disguised as romance- Seriously, how is this attractive? 3. Insincere sentiment- It usually comes from the […]
ABOUT ENSLAVEMENT (ONE BRIGHT FUTURE #1) Title: Enslavement (One Bright Future, #1) Publication date: October 31, 2014 Publisher: Rebelight Publishing Inc. Author: Melinda Friesen “One world. One currency. One bright future.” That’s the promise made by OneEarth Bank after a global economic collapse–but only for those who accept the insertion of a commerce chip. When Rielle’s parents refuse to comply, government […]