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Title: This Savage SongAuthor: Victoria SchwabPublication Date: 2016Publishing House: Greenwillow Books I first heard of the author V.E. Schwab as I was wondering through Barns and Noble one day and came across her book A Darker Shade of Magic. I have since read all three books in the Shades of Magic trilogy and loved them. Schwab writes some interesting characters. Nothing in her
Title: The Boneless MerciesAuthor: April Genevieve TucholkePublication Date: 2018Publishing House: Farrar Straus Giroux This book was described to me as a gender-flipped version of Beowulf. I happen to love that epic. That description of this book though is not sufficient because this story is so much more. If you do go into this story looking for Beowulf
Title: The Darkest Part of the ForestAuthor: Holly BlackPublication Date: 2015Publishing House: Hachette Book Group I have a good friend that is a librarian and during one of her visits over the summer we ended up at a used book store – not an uncommon occurrence for us. One of the books that she suggested and was The Darkest Part of the Forest. This Holly
Title: The OutsidersAuthor: S.E. HintonPublication Date: 1967Publishing House: Speak I don’t know about other readers out there but sometimes I just feel like reading books that I’ve read before; I feel like meeting those old friends between the pages. Whenever I do this it tends to really mess with my reading list. So instead of
Good morning! With Thanksgiving getting closer I have not had time to finish my book this week. So I thought that I wold talk about some of my favorite books. Here are my rules: If the book is part of a series I can only pick one I’m not going to put these in a
Title: Tempests and Slaughter Author: Tamora Pierce Publication Date: 2018 Publishing House: Random House Reading this book brought back my childhood. I started reading Pierce’s books as a little 6th grader with The Immortals quartet and have read all of her books since them. If you are familiar with the worlds of Tamora Pierce this book
I’m a bit behind on reading Tempests and Slaughter this week so I thought it with be the perfect time to respond to a book tag. I don’t do these too often and I’m excited to do this one. I was tagged by BookWormMuse, thank you! 1. NOPE Ending: A book ending that made you go
Title: A Conjuring of Light Author: V.E. Schwab Publication Date: 2017 Publishing House: Tor A Conjuring of Light is the third and final book in Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy. A Darker Shade of Magic, book one, starts off fast and plunges you into a world of parallel Londons. Introducing characters that the readers loves and craves
Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Publication Date: 2012 Publishing House: Simon & Schuster This book made me tear up a bit but they were happy tears. The best way I can describe this book is simply beautiful. Aristotle and Dante is a book about change and
I’m traveling this week and a bit behind on my reading but I wanted to share what I am reading because the book is brilliant and beautiful. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe By: Benjamin Alire Saenz Loving this book. It is full of complex ideas written simply. I didn’t know what
