![]() ![]() The Horns of Ruin, by Tim Akers (Audible) Cusimano & Satomi Ichikawa (Penguin) Fantasy / Paranormalĭark Dealings, by Kim Knox (Carina Press) Violet Comes to Stay, by Melanie Cecka & Emily Arnold McCully (Penguin) Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun, by Arvella Whitmore (Penguin) Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, by Virginia Hamilton (Penguin) Spain or Shine, by Michelle Jellen (Penguin)Ī Stir of Bones, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Penguin) Sidewalk Story, by Sharon Bell Mathis (Penguin) ![]() Phoebe the Spy, by Judith Berry Griffin (Penguin) Phillis Wheatley: A Revolutionary Poet, by Jacquelyn McLendon (Audible) The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flournoy (Penguin) Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, by Alan Schroeder & Jerry Pinkney (Penguin) Let the Circle Be Unbroken, by Mildred D. Jazmin’s Notebook, by Nikki Grimes (Penguin) San Souci (Penguin)įlossie and the Fox, by Patricia C. ![]() Andy and the Lion, by James Daugherty (Penguin)Ĭhicken Sunday, by Patricia Polacco (Penguin)Ĭorduroy Lost and Found, by Don Freeman (Penguin)Ĭut From the Same Cloth, by Robert D. ![]()
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![]() Cast out of his religious order for using the new science to question old superstitious beliefs, Luca is recruited into a secret sect: The Order of the Dragon, commissioned by Pope Nicholas V to investigate evil and danger in its many forms, and strange occurrences across Europe, in this year-the end of days. Seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is brilliant, gorgeous-and accused of heresy. Let’s get into the synopsis and review! This review will be spoiler free. ![]() Most of Gregory’s books are geared toward a New Adult/Adult audience but this series was her first foray into the Young Adult genre. It is book one of a four book, YA series called Order of Darkness. One of her books that I had never read, however, was Changeling. ![]() Most of her books I read before I ever started blogging but I do plan to reread and review them. One of my favorite historical fiction authors is Philippa Gregory and oddly enough, I haven’t reviewed much by her on my blog. ![]() ![]() ![]() Spouting terms like plausible deniability and in flagrante delicto, Rex makes for a hilariously bombastic (if unlikable) first-person narrator. Will Rex become “a Sherlock without a Watson,” or can the two make amends in time to solve the mystery? This second outing effectively carries the “ghost-mist” torch from its predecessor without feeling too much like a formulaic carbon copy. For starters, Sami Mulpepper hugged him at a dance, and now she’s his “accidental girlfriend.” Even worse, Darvish develops one of what Rex calls “Game Preoccupation Disorders” over role-playing game Monsters & Mayhem that may well threaten the pair’s friendship. But the mystery is only one of Rex’s many roadblocks. A ghost narwhal’s visit gives Rex his next opportunity in the form of the clue “bad water.” Rex enlists Darvish-his Pakistani American human best friend-and Drumstick-his “faithful (dead) chicken”-to help crack the case. In this sequel to The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter (2020), sixth grader Rex is determined to once again use his ability to communicate with dead animals for the greater good. ![]() An animal ghost seeks closure after enduring aquatic atrocities. ![]() ![]() ![]() There’s actually an entrance fee ($75 entry fee for each desired entry category) to enter all Pulitzer Prize categories. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, Doerr illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another.īook Review: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrĪll the Light We Cannot See has won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction category for Anthony Doerr. ![]() Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments and is enlisted to use his talent to track down the resistance. In a mining town in Germany, Werner Pfennig, an orphan, grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find that brings them news and stories from places they have never seen or imagined. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel. ![]() When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. It’s about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Narrator: Third person, mostly present tenseīook Summary: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ![]() ![]() At times, travelogue and cultural history trump plot, but the sights, smells and ideas of India make interesting, evocative reading (Mary's foray into the dangerous sport of pig-sticking is particularly fascinating). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. ![]() Ultimately, their journey intersects with the paths of the Goodhearts and the mysterious Jimmy. Charleston Light: Stories Inspired by Sullivans Island Lighthouse - Kindle edition by Larsen, Laurie, Budd, Kelsey R, Henderson, Melissa, Miley, Dianne, Sibley, Laurie Ingram, Stallings, Jody, Sinisi, Christina, Wiley, Annette. With some local intelligence supplied by Geoffrey Nesbit, an Englishman of the old school, and accompanied by Bindra, a resourceful orphan, the couple travel incognito as native magicians (Mary, it goes without saying, learns Hindi on the voyage out). ![]() En route, they encounter the insufferable Tom Goodheart-a wealthy young American who has embraced Communism-traveling with his mother and sister to visit his maharaja friend, Jumalpandra ("Jimmy"), an impossibly rich and charming ruler of the (fictional) Indian state of Khanpur. Fearing some kind of geopolitical crisis in the making, Mycroft Holmes sends his brother and Mary to India to uncover what happened. It's 1924, and Kimball O'Hara, the "Kim" of the famous Rudyard Kipling novel, has disappeared. ![]() ![]() ) may well be the best King has yet devised for her strong-willed heroine. The seventh Mary Russell adventure (after 2002's Justice Hall ![]() ![]() However, Hawthorne keeps quiet for fear of losing his job. In London, nobody except Hawthorne, the only one to know that Wormold sells vacuum cleaners, doubts this report. ![]() Hasselbacher, about his spy work, hiding the truth from Milly.Īt one point, he decides to make his reports "exciting" by sending to London sketches of what he describes as a secret military installation in the mountains, actually vacuum cleaner parts scaled to a large size. Wormold tells only his friend and World War I veteran, Dr. Some of the names in his network are those of real people (most of whom he has never met), but some are made up. ![]() Because he has no information to send to London, Wormold fabricates his reports using information found in newspapers and invents a fictitious network of agents. Since Wormold does not make enough money to pay for Milly's extravagances, he accepts the offer of a side job in espionage. ![]() Wormold's wife had left him and now, he lives with his beautiful 17-year-old daughter, Milly, who is devoutly Catholic, but also materialistic and manipulative. James Wormold, a vacuum cleaner retailer, is approached by Hawthorne, who tries to recruit him for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). ![]() The novel, a black comedy, is set in Havana during the Fulgencio Batista regime. ![]() ![]() ![]() On alighting, he looks for signs of God around. The book chronicles the chain of events that builds up to where two unsuspecting millennials meet and fall in love in what I tag the sweetest serendipity story written yet.Įvents in the book are eerily connected: Daniel hears a preaching on the train on his way to Times Square. The Sun Is Also A Star is one amazing love story between two young lovebirds. The author equally infuses chapters that help explain some parts of the plot that may seem vague, all in a perfectly successful attempt to carry the reader along. ![]() Chapterization takes the form of different characters giving their separate account of events as they unfold in the plot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() įrom 1965 to 1970 Hughart was the manager of the Lenox Hill Book Shop in New York City.īarry Hughart's writing career started with his novel Bridge of Birds, published in 1984, which won the 1985 World Fantasy Award for best novel and also won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in 1986, followed by The Story of the Stone in 1988 and Eight Skilled Gentlemen in 1990. His connection to China continued after his military service, as he worked with TechTop, a military surplus company that was based in Asia, from 1960 to 1965. ĭuring Hughart's military service he began to develop his lifelong interest in China that led him to plan a series set in "an Ancient China that never was". Upon his graduation from Columbia, Hughart joined the United States Air Force and served from 1956 to 1960 where he was involved in laying mines in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Following his release he attended Columbia University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1956. ![]() After graduating from high school, he suffered from undiagnosed depression, which was classified at the time as schizophrenia, and was treated in the Kings County Psychiatric Ward. Hughart was educated at Phillips Academy (Andover). His mother, Veronica Hughart, was an architect. His father, John Harding Page, served as a naval officer. ![]() Hughart was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 13, 1934. ![]() ![]() Add Cruel Prince to your Goodreads TBR: Make sure to vote for CRUEL PRINCE for August’s Most Anticipated Reads: Ĭruel Prince by Ashley Jade is the highly anticipated beginning of her new young adult/new adult series, Royal Hearts Academy! All books in the series are interconnected BUT can be read as standalones. ![]() This series is recommended for mature readers due to graphic language and sexual content. At all! Please don’t say you weren’t warned. If you’re looking for a safe, sweet romance, this series is NOT for you. And when I say bad, I mean they are assholes with a capital A. WARNING: Royal Hearts Academy is a New Adult/High School series of standalones filled with drama, a touch of angst, and boys who are bad to the bone. If Jace Covington wants me gone…he’ll have to try harder.īecause I’ve never been the kind of girl to play by the rules. They expect me to worship the ground they walk on like everyone else, but I’d rather eat dirt. This new Jace is as cruel as he is gorgeous.Īnd he’s determined to make my life a living hell.Īlong with the rest of his glorified family and crew of tyrants. Only-he isn’t the same boy I gave my heart to. I never thought I’d step foot in Royal Manor again.īut four years later, here I am…back to finish my senior year at Royal Hearts Academy. Royal Hearts Academy #1 Cruel Prince By: Ashley Jade Genre: YA/NA, Bully Romance, Friends To Lovers then Enemies To Lovers Release Date: August. ![]() ![]() ![]() The book's format as a TV show adds a ton of flavour, with ad breaks, credits and intro paragraphs that help move the action along. ![]() ![]() The final story, The Last Halloween was also a cracker, with its mix of coming of age and ghost story with heart. This is a wicked tale with hints of The Good Son, Poison Ivy and similar 90's thrillers with another great sting at the end. The Harmless One sees two recently orphaned teens come to stay with a wealthy family and the twisted games begin when their new stepsister develops feelings for the brother. But where are their parents, and who is that man that approaches the border of their property, eager to get in? With shades of Red Riding Hood, this is an excellent opener and a good indicator of the many strings to Robertson's bow. ![]() My favourites included The Cottage In The Woods, dark fairytale perfection about two sisters living in a cottage surrounded by foreboding woods. The stories all vary in terms of sub-genre, but all have that balance of fun and spooky and end with a classic anthology horror twist ala Creepshow. We are introduced to the October Society, a group of friends who meet by the Hallowed Fire in October to share scary tales. But any ideas of mere homage are quickly dispelled by the author's imagination and writing, which is sharp, poppy and most importantly for this type of book, fun. Christopher Robertson’s new book delves back into the 90s era of kid-friendly horror, taking a leaf or two from RL Stine and Are You afraid of the Dark's books. ![]() |