In the future, after the Something That Happened, people’s places in society are determined by the color they can see. Purples are the ruling class and Greys are sort of the untouchables. Eddie Russett is a bit of a rogue. He thought of a new idea for queuing and new ideas are frowned upon. After […]
Eddi McCandry is a rocker with a big heart. She attracts the attention of the Seelie Court and her life is turned upside down. I absolutely loved this. If you know me, and maybe if you don’t, you know that Charles de Lint is my favorite author. This is something very much in the same […]
This week, Booking Through Thursday asks, How do you feel about illustrations in your books? Graphs? Photos? Sketches? I can’t say that I always spend a lot of time looking at them, but I like them. They just add a little extra something. I loved the illustrations China Miéville did for his own book, Un […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books. Finished and Reviewed:Cybele’s Secret by Juliet MarillierThe Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Currently Reading:Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde Up Next: Again, I’m not sure. I recently checked a stack of “new” young adult books […]
David Martín is a writer of penny dreadfuls who is offered a huge sum of money to write a book for a French publisher. He can’t find any evidence that the publisher actually exists though, and violent things start happening to David’s friends and colleagues. I was rocking through the first half of the book, […]
I don’t have a review written up for this book, but I have loved it since the first time I read it. It was summer break, I must have been in high school, and I had finished all the books I had checked out from the library. I didn’t feel like re-reading anything, so in […]
Paula is accompanying her father to Constantinople on a trading trip. She might “only” be a seventeen-year-old girl, but she’s an intelligent, able assistant. They’re in search of an ancient religious artifact, Cybele’s Gift. Once in Constantinople, Paula starts seeing strange visions, visions that she feels sure are coming from the Other Kingdom, the fairy […]
In honor of National Grammar Day … it IS “March Fourth” after all … do you have any grammar books? Punctuation? Writing guidelines? Style books? More importantly, have you read them? How do you feel about grammar in general? Important? Vital? Unnecessary? Fussy? Bad grammar drives me crazy. I can see my family bracing for […]
Sheila at One Person’s Journey Through a World of Books wants to know what we’re reading this week. Reviewed:Persuasion by Jane Austen Finished and Reviewed: Between, Georgia by Joshilyn JacksonLife of Pi by Yann Martel Currently Reading: Cybele’s Secret by Juliet Marillier Up Next: I’m not too sure. Possibly Daughter of My People by […]
Piscine Molitar Patel’s family owns a zoo in India. When they decide to immigrate to Canada, they sell all the animals, book them all on a cargo ship, and head off to deliver them en route to their new home. The ship promptly sinks and Pi is left alone in a lifeboat with some of […]
4 Stars. This wasn’t exactly what I expected when I started it. I was expecting a typical shy-girl-meets-handsome-guy story. But it wasn’t exactly like that. This was more about finding the courage to get to know yourself. The importance of female friendships. The jealousies between mothers and daughters. Surrounding yourself […]