tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20845849137590373062024-03-17T13:02:29.655+00:00Zili In The Sky Book BlogWhere I obsess over all things bookish, tv, movie and fandom related. Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-15556096446842401542024-03-13T10:30:00.001+00:002024-03-13T10:30:00.254+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Prisoner's Throne<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Prisoner's Throne - The Stolen Heir Duology #2 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Holly Black</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GhU0_JEYHhkDSM7HQNajrlSuhbPRnCv1v52aqqmKAjDThk8jo33DWTtyEsstMqFKvajLg6QK-5EvZ1oOxasD4MWJK1St853U7F-MjQR3rU2TFT0C3-2-oqyJ4wMCtEFl-VxN6dSLDZkA0ba2rpre0HA7M0uASHPIBz_XlwL3DxOS1zqu0TUWGhVyZg5v/s1806/123233308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1806" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GhU0_JEYHhkDSM7HQNajrlSuhbPRnCv1v52aqqmKAjDThk8jo33DWTtyEsstMqFKvajLg6QK-5EvZ1oOxasD4MWJK1St853U7F-MjQR3rU2TFT0C3-2-oqyJ4wMCtEFl-VxN6dSLDZkA0ba2rpre0HA7M0uASHPIBz_XlwL3DxOS1zqu0TUWGhVyZg5v/w426-h640/123233308.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive. With High King Cardan and High Queen Jude willing to use any means necessary to retrieve their stolen heir, Oak will have to decide whether to attempt regaining the trust of the girl he’s always loved or to remain loyal to Elfhame and hand over the means to end her reign—even if it means ending Wren, too. </div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">With a new war looming on the horizon and treachery lurking in every corner, neither Oak’s guile nor his wit will be enough to keep everyone he loves alive. It’s just a question of whom he will doom.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123233308-the-prisoner-s-throne">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-7141377300945811942024-03-06T10:30:00.001+00:002024-03-06T10:30:00.134+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Master of the Phantom Isle<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Master of the Phantom Isle - Dragonwatch #3 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Brandon Mull</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYmQ5JQk1EdnNJ27Knn46lwSNGyaqgzssUOX5twpskjve0QQNXaGZltQGU9ktYSKFgfHglqnI4XBM9fuYbeG-xjTf96te6aZvxkPc3wGAuOQ5G-qsZUPcNKXktL3tPS2PUPLx3NnxImlBHAo4Jk6Q4Fmcfp5azxh0apC1YtGxNXZFxGgzhow2PK-4tXKB/s499/44025146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="335" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYmQ5JQk1EdnNJ27Knn46lwSNGyaqgzssUOX5twpskjve0QQNXaGZltQGU9ktYSKFgfHglqnI4XBM9fuYbeG-xjTf96te6aZvxkPc3wGAuOQ5G-qsZUPcNKXktL3tPS2PUPLx3NnxImlBHAo4Jk6Q4Fmcfp5azxh0apC1YtGxNXZFxGgzhow2PK-4tXKB/w430-h640/44025146.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Cursed by the Key of Forgetting, Seth has lost all memory of his past—his relationships, his experiences, and who he really is. For now he will align with his new mentor, Ronodin, the dark unicorn, who takes him to the Phantom Isle, the secret gateway to the Under Realm. Though Seth is not formally a prisoner, Ronodin wants to use him and his shadow charmer powers for his own dark ends.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Kendra is frantic to find her missing brother, but the quest will take her and her companions, including Warren, Tanu, and Vanessa, far from Wyrmroost to Crescent Lagoon—a recently fallen dragon sanctuary made up of many islands and underwater domains. Its caretaker has regained a foothold on one of the islands. If Kendra and her friends can save that sanctuary, they might uncover the answers they need to rescue Seth.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">With each sanctuary the dragons overthrow, Celebrant, the Dragon King, comes closer to the dawn of a new Age of Dragons. With the forces of darkness on the march, can Kendra and her allies gather enough power to win the epic dragon war?</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44025146-master-of-the-phantom-isle">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-23983721117018432932024-03-03T11:00:00.001+00:002024-03-03T11:00:00.156+00:00Coming Soon - Under This Red Rock<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Under This Red Rock</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Mindy McGinnis</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2pAyJIfgntcZjGQAAYGJRKFhfSBhq6RmY37wM0biXhXEWwcU_iBIdSEqffWiBeQE-hRkyteYKn0b5SaleZ8xOcdYZ6-491rmhfN_8Y9MlP28tMPY6XUpLtktthtKtM_uKYPVkUSRb09Dz_A-wZFlVWJoEr0FTMaUEtdz9JAbLh4JElueeNv7xPlElP3w/s2048/156477842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2pAyJIfgntcZjGQAAYGJRKFhfSBhq6RmY37wM0biXhXEWwcU_iBIdSEqffWiBeQE-hRkyteYKn0b5SaleZ8xOcdYZ6-491rmhfN_8Y9MlP28tMPY6XUpLtktthtKtM_uKYPVkUSRb09Dz_A-wZFlVWJoEr0FTMaUEtdz9JAbLh4JElueeNv7xPlElP3w/w424-h640/156477842.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Neely’s monsters don’t always follow her rules, so when the little girl under her bed, the man in her closet, and the disembodied voice that shadows her every move become louder, she knows she’s in trouble.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">With a history of mental illness in her family, and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can’t follow—the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend to be normal. There . . . she meets Mila.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mila is everything Neely isn’t—beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely’s innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila’s lead . . . only to have her hallucinations escalate.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. With her monsters now out in the open, and her grip on reality slipping, Neely must figure out who killed Mila . . . and face the possibility that it might have been her.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a powerful psychological thriller, deftly exploring the dark places in the earth and the human mind, where what is real and imaginary isn’t so easily distinguishable.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156477842-under-this-red-rock?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=jetOisdkI6&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-63051841356456727732024-02-28T10:30:00.001+00:002024-02-28T10:30:00.148+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Wonka<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wonka</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Sibéal Pounder, Roald Dahl, Simon Farnaby and Paul King</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_QGoXilqIr7h1AvASvqOSeVRpW7s4z15CI6TYSJ6V3-cEpbJXUQC7uyC_3ZAg1jGyb20g6ow3oBHPhosKT1ok2q_WX2SRY7hWWLdH26mtkJC_ei3qXvfDT8Xq3l0_QijcrPlmDJBGWPKfel7TR2SQTFKGp_kAusDVtKCZPZu5rCyh-bsh0RhAxjv1aVJ/s500/188183291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_QGoXilqIr7h1AvASvqOSeVRpW7s4z15CI6TYSJ6V3-cEpbJXUQC7uyC_3ZAg1jGyb20g6ow3oBHPhosKT1ok2q_WX2SRY7hWWLdH26mtkJC_ei3qXvfDT8Xq3l0_QijcrPlmDJBGWPKfel7TR2SQTFKGp_kAusDVtKCZPZu5rCyh-bsh0RhAxjv1aVJ/w418-h640/188183291.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">WONKA tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker becomes the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Based on the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures movie WONKA, created by Paul King and written for film by Simon Farnaby and Paul King.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">An intoxicating mix of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, all told with fabulous heart and humour - WONKA introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time . . . proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you're lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188183291-wonka">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-81257872403867011652024-02-14T10:30:00.001+00:002024-02-14T10:30:00.154+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Never After: The Missing Sword<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never After: The Missing Sword</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - The Chronicles of Never After #4 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Melissa de la Cruz</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o0SGjXuKjBUFGaFHGzHtgTOT4IU8j6Ek3k2XZ0_z9fsxxsnXSujBYrG_Dy8M4TE4y5BqWTX8XqTvJpilztXO4D4qo-kMGXFbFvJ9m4wm2iKR1M7KAZwJHgBVqW-GtQtEBlhkKE7zB8xxlOJcb9dTTyAE2HHGJq-JGb00U1ii0nuabZesaEL5xlchJ0QI/s400/63005205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o0SGjXuKjBUFGaFHGzHtgTOT4IU8j6Ek3k2XZ0_z9fsxxsnXSujBYrG_Dy8M4TE4y5BqWTX8XqTvJpilztXO4D4qo-kMGXFbFvJ9m4wm2iKR1M7KAZwJHgBVqW-GtQtEBlhkKE7zB8xxlOJcb9dTTyAE2HHGJq-JGb00U1ii0nuabZesaEL5xlchJ0QI/w414-h640/63005205.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">To save her mother from Olga's evil clutches, Filomena and her friends will set off for new lands and new adventures. Without a moment to lose, Filomena must travel to the legendary land of Camelot to find the sword of Excalibur - the only thing that can save Fil's mother from Olga's mysterious illness that has poisoned her body.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But Camelot is not all that it seems. Fil and the crew quickly realize that there is another fairy tale that has taken hold in the land of Arthurian Legend. . . that of the Wizard of Oz! With the help (and hindrance) of the Wicked Witches of the East and West, lions and tigers and bears will surely be the least of Fil and the gang's troubles. </div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">As the League of Seven follows the yellow brick road to retrieve the sword and complete their most important quest yet, they find nothing will thwart the ogres and their mission to destroy Never After. In a land where nothing is truly as it seems, will Fil and the League of the Seven survive the witch's tests? Or will Olga's perilous plans rip Fil's mother away from her forever?</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63005205-never-after">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-65548310205647417052024-02-07T10:30:00.001+00:002024-02-07T10:30:00.128+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Harp of Power<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Harp of Power</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Alex Dunne</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPYQ_4J3vOT_NVwwI2GNePk1qQQupVBd4bSAT8CFq3WPcQW6nVU1i8mFX6VA16iPK27kqUeWSAnoQxlSmRlBaxIpg76jLtMvo_ff-nkBbWttI9ZdqFj6zUlg_nI7Hf6f77CwZ5u5YAW4H0x6NIz5c1vGvfJPjCZ-WCJVMT4BlvQJ4qU_-_IH304cv-ykE/s400/156710513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="276" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPYQ_4J3vOT_NVwwI2GNePk1qQQupVBd4bSAT8CFq3WPcQW6nVU1i8mFX6VA16iPK27kqUeWSAnoQxlSmRlBaxIpg76jLtMvo_ff-nkBbWttI9ZdqFj6zUlg_nI7Hf6f77CwZ5u5YAW4H0x6NIz5c1vGvfJPjCZ-WCJVMT4BlvQJ4qU_-_IH304cv-ykE/w276-h400/156710513.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">When Cat finds out that her cool new neighbour, Dr Becca Ryan, is a witch, she’s fascinated. Cat already loves magic – she has The Sight – and she’s sure she can learn loads from Becca.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But Cat has other things on her mind – her mum has a boyfriend and Cat’s not happy. When she turns to Becca for advice, she gets more than she bargained for. Cat and her friend Shane are sent off on a perilous quest for an ancient harp that, when played, can influence the thoughts of anyone who hears it – and it seems like Cat will go to any lengths to find it …</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">As they face shape-shifting wolves, demons and magic on the island of Hy-Brasil, Cat and Shane learn many things about themselves – and prepare to battle an ancient and terrifying power …</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/156710513-the-harp-of-power">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-1785487548369206112024-01-31T10:30:00.009+00:002024-01-31T10:30:00.159+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Chain of Thorns<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chain of Thorns - The Last Hours #3</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Cassandra Clare</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisONZpN35aU7BdvqRJazVU7W7X9WQtDi6WQZ06syKQ1n8UKKyftfmqfT_BGOGWHxbu8avOa8uZEvEgMfWndZjvJLvu1WT2M4UedRubk68AKy50DZqe8eRSLKwCyZYlO0fIaxEAaXF84o0MlXxMR274oPJcoXc_W5bNoBYFjRLQDTULcnFbdSgzQRal4GnA/s1225/17699859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="797" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisONZpN35aU7BdvqRJazVU7W7X9WQtDi6WQZ06syKQ1n8UKKyftfmqfT_BGOGWHxbu8avOa8uZEvEgMfWndZjvJLvu1WT2M4UedRubk68AKy50DZqe8eRSLKwCyZYlO0fIaxEAaXF84o0MlXxMR274oPJcoXc_W5bNoBYFjRLQDTULcnFbdSgzQRal4GnA/w416-h640/17699859.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her. In only a few short weeks, she has seen her father murdered, her plans to become parabatai with her best friend, Lucie, destroyed, and her marriage to James Herondale crumble before her eyes. Even worse, she is now bound to an ancient demon, Lilith, stripping her of her power as a Shadowhunter.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">After fleeing to Paris with Matthew Fairchild, Cordelia hopes to forget her sorrows in the city’s glittering nightlife. But reality intrudes when shocking news comes from home: Tatiana Blackthorn has escaped the Adamant Citadel, and London is under new threat by the Prince of Hell, Belial.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cordelia returns to a London riven by chaos and dissent. The long-kept secret that Belial is James and Lucie’s grandfather has been revealed by an unexpected enemy, and the Herondales find themselves under suspicion of dealings with demons. Cordelia longs to protect James but is torn between a love for James she has long believed hopeless, and the possibility of a new life with Matthew. Nor can her friends help—ripped apart by their own secrets, they seem destined to face what is coming alone.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">For time is short, and Belial’s plan is about to crash into the Shadowhunters of London like a deadly wave, one that will separate Cordelia, Lucie, and the Merry Thieves from help of any kind. Left alone in a shadowy London, they must face Belial’s deadly army. If Cordelia and her friends are going to save their city—and their families—they will have to muster their courage, swallow their pride, and trust one another again. For if they fail, they may lose everything—even their souls.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17699859-chain-of-thorns?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_34">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-61405602300819966662024-01-24T10:30:00.001+00:002024-01-24T10:30:00.146+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - A Door in the Dark<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Door in the Dark</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Scott Reintgen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE8hQVqiLbT9OVeBG-6HWe2fhOW1F6hs6xbwOhCHULgKRTSWlTWmXwO3fRqAAk16YlegDef9AdzaU62EKnnP5o6210DIyBoQdIBzuZKZT8LGApvl1evGFfebA2F0umRGdRZYZOn1A4NaV3GduC1QHh02rD2Dx1cxScPqxelyvzjfL0V6elmZBCHyPR75r/s2113/61273146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="1400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE8hQVqiLbT9OVeBG-6HWe2fhOW1F6hs6xbwOhCHULgKRTSWlTWmXwO3fRqAAk16YlegDef9AdzaU62EKnnP5o6210DIyBoQdIBzuZKZT8LGApvl1evGFfebA2F0umRGdRZYZOn1A4NaV3GduC1QHh02rD2Dx1cxScPqxelyvzjfL0V6elmZBCHyPR75r/w424-h640/61273146.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best wizards in her generation. But top marks at Balmerick University will mean nothing if she fails to get recruited into one of the major houses. Enter Theo Brood. If being rich were a sin, he’d already be halfway to hell. After a failed and disastrous party trick, fate has the two of them crossing paths at the public waxway portal the day before holidays—Theo’s punishment is to travel home with the scholarship kids. Which doesn’t sit well with any of them.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">A fight breaks out. In the chaos, the portal spell malfunctions. All six students are snatched from the safety of the school’s campus and set down in the middle of nowhere. And one of them is dead on arrival.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">If anyone can get them through the punishing wilderness with limited magical reserves it’s Ren. She’s been in survival mode her entire life. But no magic could prepare her for the tangled secrets the rest of the group is harboring, or for what’s following them through the dark woods…</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273146-a-door-in-the-dark?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Dk46DB97G0&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-53767699667974594332024-01-17T10:30:00.008+00:002024-01-17T10:30:00.140+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Powerless<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Powerless</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Lauren Roberts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdd_JIw5OUInMinPYDBr2IvsFRHum1tMfPYiy3oifzYNpzDJ-e44VCNYArEJZjKxTQnJVHqSLVPd3F1BeIzKU9rJ8RFP5ZEvGBYpvBZ7zgDUyA5gKqPnNa4A4I9GRqrbTnaKE8H3M9wll7WBx8jC3Smt4zGS4OkuP0cohZWo0_uYxfRloBnRYLUIu2Gl6/s2560/75513900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdd_JIw5OUInMinPYDBr2IvsFRHum1tMfPYiy3oifzYNpzDJ-e44VCNYArEJZjKxTQnJVHqSLVPd3F1BeIzKU9rJ8RFP5ZEvGBYpvBZ7zgDUyA5gKqPnNa4A4I9GRqrbTnaKE8H3M9wll7WBx8jC3Smt4zGS4OkuP0cohZWo0_uYxfRloBnRYLUIu2Gl6/w426-h640/75513900.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Only the extraordinary belong in the kingdom of Ilya—the exceptional, the empowered, the Elites.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">The powers these Elites have possessed for decades were graciously gifted to them by the Plague, though not all were fortunate enough to both survive the sickness and reap the reward. Those born Ordinary are just that—ordinary. And when the king decreed that all Ordinaries be banished in order to preserve his Elite society, lacking an ability suddenly became a crime—making Paedyn Gray a felon by fate and a thief by necessity.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Surviving in the slums as an Ordinary is no simple task, and Paedyn knows this better than most. Having been trained by her father to be overly observant since she was a child, Paedyn poses as a Psychic in the crowded city, blending in with the Elites as best she can in order to stay alive and out of trouble. Easier said than done.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">When Paeydn unsuspectingly saves one of Ilyas princes, she finds herself thrown into the Purging Trials. The brutal competition exists to showcase the Elites’ powers—the very thing Paedyn lacks. If the Trials and the opponents within them don’t kill her, the prince she’s fighting feelings for certainly will if he discovers what she is—completely Ordinary.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75513900-powerless?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RDA09n4Xsq&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-81908631481603556592024-01-03T10:30:00.002+00:002024-01-03T10:30:00.146+00:00Coming Soon - Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Dav Pilkey</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp5MbT7bXgPR_lrb9wEHxlfRNS5F22qY8tG6iCfJ1MBt38q_H8Gmv9Lv54pren4hCeUZNM2l0k-qpzkFH2wnvUe6TOngNg7i42mGWEpSxKJE9ENAWHbmDUsZHbfltwY-n8G89nO3-qT0shikTbhwqwl1gl0QSKBTtU4YMUMSU2UAwa6Co9Qq6T9PlD1pa/s1500/91q6YJUqiAL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1015" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp5MbT7bXgPR_lrb9wEHxlfRNS5F22qY8tG6iCfJ1MBt38q_H8Gmv9Lv54pren4hCeUZNM2l0k-qpzkFH2wnvUe6TOngNg7i42mGWEpSxKJE9ENAWHbmDUsZHbfltwY-n8G89nO3-qT0shikTbhwqwl1gl0QSKBTtU4YMUMSU2UAwa6Co9Qq6T9PlD1pa/w434-h640/91q6YJUqiAL._SL1500_.jpg" width="434" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red color remains. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196037552-dog-man?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dhyDZ6aMTu&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-19548869269379552512024-01-01T10:45:00.001+00:002024-01-01T10:45:00.137+00:00New Year, New Books<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy 2024</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;">Instead of focussing on the future releases I'm excited to read this year, I'm going to spend time looking at my out of control TBR and see how many I can finally find the time to read this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's reading challenge time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Z x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY3W1-JKAqc3jngogdn9vAvjf02MzpZlalCEf2FQa1pZAWP3yiye4BTbRCbk37qroslAsYCWGAoeIIDQ_-VNR_3IFnfbhcs_0lcfX8HjsNaXZZpGyUyngZBrDNrW0d42mkL7euJE0pwvLn9kFb6q5X5L6xT-l9O31b92EKFMUDMaIqG57UyANHVA0V6hv/s300/2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="250" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY3W1-JKAqc3jngogdn9vAvjf02MzpZlalCEf2FQa1pZAWP3yiye4BTbRCbk37qroslAsYCWGAoeIIDQ_-VNR_3IFnfbhcs_0lcfX8HjsNaXZZpGyUyngZBrDNrW0d42mkL7euJE0pwvLn9kFb6q5X5L6xT-l9O31b92EKFMUDMaIqG57UyANHVA0V6hv/s1600/2024.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-29424745259707236952023-12-31T11:00:00.001+00:002023-12-31T11:00:00.138+00:00Am Reading - Disney Classics Hades: Fire & Fate<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Disney Classics Hades: Fire & Fate - Villain Tales</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Serena Valentino</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9llpqABzfdz33a53t1_d1FYKZMuDW_4GowmBwiB7Ara2aqPKlQTAI6Caz_2YUWW_H9hpA4mRfxQr7dKXEM6v3iFY9py34_qpf9vR8tC5G68OFh_co8a6RYpvtx_T9BOqIG6MHLuI0bMllkCXsBfjg-wxm2FWx0NIrXjniEOG7XemLDOf8rHV1mnHYeL8/s500/201482783.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9llpqABzfdz33a53t1_d1FYKZMuDW_4GowmBwiB7Ara2aqPKlQTAI6Caz_2YUWW_H9hpA4mRfxQr7dKXEM6v3iFY9py34_qpf9vR8tC5G68OFh_co8a6RYpvtx_T9BOqIG6MHLuI0bMllkCXsBfjg-wxm2FWx0NIrXjniEOG7XemLDOf8rHV1mnHYeL8/w418-h640/201482783.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">After helping Zeus defeat the tyrannical titans, Hades is given dominion of the Underworld. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Though it's a role he never wanted, Hades tries to make the best of a lonely situation. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">However, he soon finds that when your own family treats you like a villain, it is far too easy to become one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201482783-disney-classics-hades?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ePov8yPsyg&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-21046394257538770782023-12-27T10:30:00.010+00:002023-12-27T10:30:00.130+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Every Time You Go Away<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Every Time You Go Away</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Abigail Johnson</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqunzWgXkxM6i-AjeOv-62ZcXU3pua7aX1GsUQTQsQTkUtoNc0J-WYonf4-To-6SUS3Yke5OOLvmvZvtfyHm62DEGEbi0qUmBKBd0IYZyTyZrpRF3Iz8cHN42yU5tlb0KPF3mXcvTtWXmv0HaxDlJw9_dVApO9BHZhaCjZWxkTMF6msWFlffG57Y6fBk82/s2636/60840492.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2636" data-original-width="1713" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqunzWgXkxM6i-AjeOv-62ZcXU3pua7aX1GsUQTQsQTkUtoNc0J-WYonf4-To-6SUS3Yke5OOLvmvZvtfyHm62DEGEbi0qUmBKBd0IYZyTyZrpRF3Iz8cHN42yU5tlb0KPF3mXcvTtWXmv0HaxDlJw9_dVApO9BHZhaCjZWxkTMF6msWFlffG57Y6fBk82/w416-h640/60840492.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Eight years ago</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">, Ethan and Rebecca met, two trouble-making kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a treehouse, until Ethan’s mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his only goodbye was a flower on Rebecca’s windowsill.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Three years ago</span><span style="background-color: white;">, Ethan left for the last time to take care of his mother, who’s struggled with addiction his whole life.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Two years ago</span><span style="background-color: white;">, Rebecca was in a car accident that killed her father. She’s been learning to navigate life as a wheelchair user ever since.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Now</span><span style="background-color: white;">, they discover if their hardships have torn them apart…or will bring them closer than ever.</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60840492-every-time-you-go-away">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-42285763634344395252023-12-20T10:30:00.008+00:002023-12-20T10:30:00.136+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Hunting Moon<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Hunting Moon - The Luminaries #2</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Susan Dennard</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_EKStEeFs5glih1jjCN0EiHO-mH0TQkVWf4R8YMnCM66BJQKoCQj_lWwJ8ISIihAa8HZkmUIuZ_JHqN4a9MLMUXb0O9AX8dq65gzwaU4gJARUb9i2aaQK7JlD4Pkz3dcG3ETM5Itw2t2lpIDGEcaeSLwIyVeybiMmoNhID5TZdrfXRIH7BRYn6viuurk/s2560/58163757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_EKStEeFs5glih1jjCN0EiHO-mH0TQkVWf4R8YMnCM66BJQKoCQj_lWwJ8ISIihAa8HZkmUIuZ_JHqN4a9MLMUXb0O9AX8dq65gzwaU4gJARUb9i2aaQK7JlD4Pkz3dcG3ETM5Itw2t2lpIDGEcaeSLwIyVeybiMmoNhID5TZdrfXRIH7BRYn6viuurk/w422-h640/58163757.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Winnie Wednesday has gotten everything she thought she wanted. She passed the deadly hunter trials, her family has been welcomed back into the Luminaries, and overnight, she has become a local celebrity.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Girl Who Jumped. The Girl Who Got Bitten.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, it all feels wrong. For one, nobody will believe her about the new nightmare called the Whisperer that's killing hunters each night. Everyone blames the werewolf, even though Winnie is certain the wolf is innocent.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">On top of that, following her dad's convoluted clues about the Dianas, their magic, and what happened in Hemlock Falls four years ago is leaving her with more questions than answers.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Then to complicate it all, there is still only one person who can help her: Jay Friday, the boy with plenty of problems all his own.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">As bodies and secrets pile up around town, Winnie finds herself questioning what it means to be a true Wednesday and a true Luminary—and also where her fierce-hearted loyalties might ultimately have to lie.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58163757-the-hunting-moon">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-53690621246771550692023-12-13T10:30:00.009+00:002023-12-13T10:30:00.139+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Library of Shadows<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Library of Shadows</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Rachel Moore</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOCJSiW6uXulW1zrYa8dvNNoY0bvZKpWSJsrD5cYnXggufNy_6uG1XMc0wRl-0P1LIBe9mLE6hsZSBpbk3rbebQOc_plu32F1Q7e-WFVXumc0Rok8RvGr80gy_OY991443Hl-P4ZAnses6g_UZOH4l7jDcUbvFrieYWfxRyYx8z0gbGtGiNpDBrVt9f-x/s859/64627957.jpg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="567" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOCJSiW6uXulW1zrYa8dvNNoY0bvZKpWSJsrD5cYnXggufNy_6uG1XMc0wRl-0P1LIBe9mLE6hsZSBpbk3rbebQOc_plu32F1Q7e-WFVXumc0Rok8RvGr80gy_OY991443Hl-P4ZAnses6g_UZOH4l7jDcUbvFrieYWfxRyYx8z0gbGtGiNpDBrVt9f-x/w422-h640/64627957.jpg.png" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Radcliffe Prep. The third most haunted school in the country, where a student disappearance isn’t uncommon and no one dares stay in the library after dark. And Este Logano enrolls with the hopes of finding her dead father.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Not literally, of course. She doesn’t believe in ghosts. Going to her dad’s school just seems like her best hope at figuring out who he was.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But then Este meets Mateo, who is maybe—probably—definitely—a real ghost. And an annoying one at that.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">When Mateo frames Este for the theft of a rare book from the library’s secret spire and then vanishes, Este will have to track him down or risk being expelled and leaving Radcliffe early just like her father did.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Except following her father’s footsteps might be more dangerous than Este ever anticipated. As she investigates the library with its secret passageways, hidden tunnels, and haunted halls, she learns that the student disappearances aren’t just myth. And if she isn’t careful, she’ll be next.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64627957-the-library-of-shadows?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=2Tm9xHgZ5T&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-87853391918693645192023-12-06T10:30:00.001+00:002023-12-06T10:30:00.137+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Ruined<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Ruined</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Renée Ahdieh</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5e88iOWaQv5j6ZH46EouTUvW16fb21QtuLH61DW-unbonAnKHuldTy0nGZXYTtKgDcEESws31XSVRhu2uRz9_LS-_Ph_AJE2Oq48tWu7n3qVy2aTya6cnX83UN3cUFfL-Y-22cuSBXhKWYoTEbVvJqV4jC1pppeRbGhxFDbHX_iqVQXnEeNXGZFEyo39l/s2560/61105796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5e88iOWaQv5j6ZH46EouTUvW16fb21QtuLH61DW-unbonAnKHuldTy0nGZXYTtKgDcEESws31XSVRhu2uRz9_LS-_Ph_AJE2Oq48tWu7n3qVy2aTya6cnX83UN3cUFfL-Y-22cuSBXhKWYoTEbVvJqV4jC1pppeRbGhxFDbHX_iqVQXnEeNXGZFEyo39l/w422-h640/61105796.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust. She cannot get word to Bastien, and does not understand why he has not returned. When she realizes war between the fey courts is imminent, she journeys with Ali in an effort to find the time traveling mirror and change their fate.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But when Celine's rivals realize Bastien has rallied his allies in the mortal world, they decide to take the fight to him.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61105796-the-ruined">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-74686787742209911922023-12-03T11:00:00.010+00:002023-12-03T11:00:00.136+00:00Coming Soon - Ruthless Vows<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ruthless Vows - Letters of Enchantment #2 </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Rebecca Ross</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_XKZmPUDieFaxSTr0V46sT-Ax3nJhXOcoP5KYTrRULaL4NTcpPULC8IM01AayKy-Ah3eDZrI2U1-UlZ76AzPEYlPvZ0iRoe_i8NdZXmpxi8kOEuvLhFkwwGynY-k-Llk_GO-qUViR5hbz8UUnB-hIjT4vZXE8B4QP4iJvTXB-yByziea_SD6RO8d-qkN/s1544/127280062.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_XKZmPUDieFaxSTr0V46sT-Ax3nJhXOcoP5KYTrRULaL4NTcpPULC8IM01AayKy-Ah3eDZrI2U1-UlZ76AzPEYlPvZ0iRoe_i8NdZXmpxi8kOEuvLhFkwwGynY-k-Llk_GO-qUViR5hbz8UUnB-hIjT4vZXE8B4QP4iJvTXB-yByziea_SD6RO8d-qkN/w414-h640/127280062.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Coming 26th Dec 2023</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre’s movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it’s only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city that’s unprepared and fracturing beneath the chancellor’s reign.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Since waking below in Dacre’s realm, Roman cannot remember his past. But given the reassurance that his memories will return in time, Roman begins to write articles for Dacre, uncertain of his place in the greater scheme of the war. When a strange letter arrives by wardrobe door, Roman is first suspicious, then intrigued. As he strikes up a correspondence with his mysterious pen pal, Roman will soon have to make a decision: to stand with Dacre or betray the god who healed him. And as the days grow darker, inevitably drawing Roman and Iris closer together…the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127280062-ruthless-vows">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-26282502128969007822023-11-29T10:30:00.001+00:002023-11-29T10:30:00.146+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fourth Wing </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Rebecca Yarros</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCg7V-guCNG2zGNjDI8pRvC3_Yte-IypkAYMu7dLY5R-vEkaG5Fz0O6Z0-rNSKJEAGn2t75RXZiuAQbbqaVKkPbuV6YholHcXP_UW56Lp2rdpFgzn_nm9I0WJ8BLkuyQkq9rTBayR_whvvVTFDIPkYg2LDVXKf-y4AE5i2dNXBIIxGOsUI87IYLNirCV2/s750/61431922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPCg7V-guCNG2zGNjDI8pRvC3_Yte-IypkAYMu7dLY5R-vEkaG5Fz0O6Z0-rNSKJEAGn2t75RXZiuAQbbqaVKkPbuV6YholHcXP_UW56Lp2rdpFgzn_nm9I0WJ8BLkuyQkq9rTBayR_whvvVTFDIPkYg2LDVXKf-y4AE5i2dNXBIIxGOsUI87IYLNirCV2/w426-h640/61431922.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: </span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">dragon riders</i><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">graduate or die</i></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61431922-fourth-wing">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-52290194495639831972023-11-22T10:30:00.001+00:002023-11-22T10:30:00.141+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - The Cursed Moon<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Cursed Moon</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Angela Cervantes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4qDbvda48yzuMtjd2-cqZrPFUFuoug7z0VxOhIH-vIScYcjoV224BrUfpZTN7KD0zaOAD5pEjRRnZvuQCtiHdr5fxaSUZwVGn2Zcom6aSbbmfLMS01VceakufoHLxRn3ZRsmGrRwAYrYXMEerDnlCUnE_S3qdtorBjay7kAX1VwSzWt7KDXiL4e4bfsB/s1505/129164287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1505" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4qDbvda48yzuMtjd2-cqZrPFUFuoug7z0VxOhIH-vIScYcjoV224BrUfpZTN7KD0zaOAD5pEjRRnZvuQCtiHdr5fxaSUZwVGn2Zcom6aSbbmfLMS01VceakufoHLxRn3ZRsmGrRwAYrYXMEerDnlCUnE_S3qdtorBjay7kAX1VwSzWt7KDXiL4e4bfsB/w426-h640/129164287.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">One two, the Caretaker’s coming for you. Three-four, you’ll breathe no more. Five-six, you’ll float like sticks. Seven, eight, you’ll meet your fate. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Rafael Fuentes isn’t easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafa’s incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit of fear growing in his stomach. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">To take his mind off his mom’s return, Rafa spends an evening crafting the scariest ghost story he’s ever told. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. The Caretaker is an evil ghost who lures unsuspecting kids into the neighborhood pond. . . and they don’t ever come out. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him. With a sinking feeling, Rafa realizes the Caretaker is real. Rafa has brought the ghost to life―and only he can stop him.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/129164287-the-cursed-moon">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-88032212207416031472023-11-15T10:30:00.001+00:002023-11-15T10:30:00.134+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Slime Doesn't Pay!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Slime Doesn't Pay!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by R.L. Stine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Cy53LM6gfe58jO8XjXHPVAlPylzDRIc1vSxyzlH45Y1qDz6hoCo6JFX9QIj2lRz2G3OpXqAog2ae2IwtPv1rF6KzV2as7cwX5JwVEzbuDAPzbxH-9lPMalYpizJmlHK-Hnr82BRxr9_aClwndgGAnEsqGGf8x-kW0HPVs291RrKnQ83AOdOq-LfCglED/s400/123740049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Cy53LM6gfe58jO8XjXHPVAlPylzDRIc1vSxyzlH45Y1qDz6hoCo6JFX9QIj2lRz2G3OpXqAog2ae2IwtPv1rF6KzV2as7cwX5JwVEzbuDAPzbxH-9lPMalYpizJmlHK-Hnr82BRxr9_aClwndgGAnEsqGGf8x-kW0HPVs291RrKnQ83AOdOq-LfCglED/w400-h640/123740049.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Lots of little brothers can be pests and trouble-makers -- but Amy's brother Arnie is a MONSTER ... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In this R.L. Stine family-friendly scare fest, Amy and her friend, Lissa, don't know what to do about Arnie's bullying, bad-boy behavior, and mean jokes and pranks. The little monster is ruining their lives! The girls decide it's payback time. Total humiliation for Arnie. They find a recipe for blue slime on a YouTube channel and mix a big bucket to pour over Arnie at his birthday party. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To their horror, the girls instantly discover that SLIME DOESN'T PAY! Before their eyes, Arnie's whole body starts to change. The slime turns him into a real monster. Can they save their town from the raging Arnie Monster? And is there any way to turn the monster back into Arnie?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123740049-slime-doesn-t-pay">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-38829427439170482382023-11-08T10:30:00.002+00:002023-11-08T10:30:00.137+00:00Book Spotlight - Curious Tides<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Curious Tides</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Pascale Lacelle</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF56FVgXxwpXYfHtCCJMr1zJj2Wb_Hru4rR7xLzY_sKVlagI1_kZP5HNAdxiobUQb8RGY1wzGXoTT7BhFG9ceVmuPssDlTjjqMn5MUdWcA3tFzf72ngLx89NBYX08wrdUBp0AZlZA7DLukmdwhwqfo4qA-wiiWLU_dYSe5dqMD9dXlhBPRoFZVqP_hHSl/s1117/101141871.jpg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="740" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrF56FVgXxwpXYfHtCCJMr1zJj2Wb_Hru4rR7xLzY_sKVlagI1_kZP5HNAdxiobUQb8RGY1wzGXoTT7BhFG9ceVmuPssDlTjjqMn5MUdWcA3tFzf72ngLx89NBYX08wrdUBp0AZlZA7DLukmdwhwqfo4qA-wiiWLU_dYSe5dqMD9dXlhBPRoFZVqP_hHSl/w424-h640/101141871.jpg.png" width="424" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Emory might be a student at the prestigious Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, but her healing abilities have always been mediocre at best—until a treacherous night in the Dovermere sea caves leaves a group of her classmates dead and her as the only survivor. Now Emory is plagued by strange, impossible powers that no healer should possess.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Powers that would ruin her life if the wrong person were to discover them.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">To gain control of these new abilities, Emory enlists the help of the school’s most reclusive student, Baz—a boy already well-versed in the deadly nature of darker magic, whose sister happened to be one of the drowned students and Emory’s best friend. Determined to find the truth behind the drownings and the cult-like secret society she’s convinced her classmates were involved in, Emory is faced with even more questions when the supposedly drowned students start washing ashore— alive —only for them each immediately to die horrible, magical deaths.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">And Emory is not the only one seeking answers. When her new magic captures the society’s attention, she finds herself drawn into their world of privilege and power, all while wondering if the truth she’s searching for might lead her right back to Dovermere…to face the fate she was never meant to escape.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101141871-curious-tides?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=375e5lXH2V&rank=1">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-10178761135425191392023-11-05T11:00:00.001+00:002023-11-05T11:00:00.133+00:00Spotlight - A Curse for True Love<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Curse for True Love</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Stephanie Garber</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E7QmU_PUiK9oNAZbqCWfgCJS1sO9-zYUDI0_doeR0hOgdc0G0Hxmw9KOAgVqIX2VbDHI41uPyV7L1CSeXQ8VqpHJ_CEOEAGg3zs-KMHgeAP7zdtsY7pLCPqx8fxF2nSHBb30xsRf0MbX5upDRWPmnJk5sDMx1TXJ3Q0Ze13pD_PU13dDmh9ai5Tg3-dX/s2560/62816044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1684" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6E7QmU_PUiK9oNAZbqCWfgCJS1sO9-zYUDI0_doeR0hOgdc0G0Hxmw9KOAgVqIX2VbDHI41uPyV7L1CSeXQ8VqpHJ_CEOEAGg3zs-KMHgeAP7zdtsY7pLCPqx8fxF2nSHBb30xsRf0MbX5upDRWPmnJk5sDMx1TXJ3Q0Ze13pD_PU13dDmh9ai5Tg3-dX/w422-h640/62816044.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Curse for True Love</i>, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62816044-a-curse-for-true-love">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-89116097033051870612023-11-01T10:30:00.001+00:002023-11-01T10:30:00.133+00:00Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Beholder<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Beholder</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Ryan La Sala</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYYymK2dh3Bv_pGSL5I0UeYY0DdGji1SQLpQvG3jntaSNEyuqcox65cLuHXNxC6w7qhrcp10jIXXWtqTfC8yDM1BYsqJu4TxnZ-60V3iVVs7krd9cborwhRtybSirzARo3H26cKRGJlVDL9dmvzMhN6kmfrp2oPf7VNLpA-xzS-W0tVfLYyb4lemokgo0/s1354/61779957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="908" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdYYymK2dh3Bv_pGSL5I0UeYY0DdGji1SQLpQvG3jntaSNEyuqcox65cLuHXNxC6w7qhrcp10jIXXWtqTfC8yDM1BYsqJu4TxnZ-60V3iVVs7krd9cborwhRtybSirzARo3H26cKRGJlVDL9dmvzMhN6kmfrp2oPf7VNLpA-xzS-W0tVfLYyb4lemokgo0/w430-h640/61779957.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Athanasios “Athan” Bakirtzis hasn’t had an easy life. Orphaned by a fire at a young age, he’s had to rely on his charm, his under-the-table job as an art handler, and the generosity of family friends to care for his ailing Yiayia, his grandmother.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But Athan also has a secret: a hereditary power that allows him to rewind the reflection in any mirror, peering into its recent past. Superstitious Yiayia calls the family ability a curse, and has long warned him never to use it. For Athan, who’s survived this long by keeping to the realm of the real, this is a perfectly agreeable arrangement.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Until the night of the party. After being invited to a penthouse soiree for New York’s art elite, Athan breaks his grandmother’s rule during a trip to the bathroom, turning back his reflection for just a moment. Then he hears a slam against the bathroom door, followed by a scream. Athan peers outside, only to be pushed back in by a boy his age. The boy gravely tells him not to open the door, then closes Athan in.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Before Athan can process what’s happening, more screams follow, and the party descends into chaos. When he finally emerges, he discovers a massacre where the victims appear to have arranged themselves into a disturbingly elegant sculpture—and Athan's mysterious savior is nowhere to be found.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Something evil is compelling people to destructive acts, a presence that’s been hiding behind Athan’s reflection his whole life, watching and biding its time. Soon, he’s swept up in a supernatural conspiracy that spans New York, of occult high societies and deadly eldritch designs. If beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, what can it do to us once it’s inside?</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61779957-beholder">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-89638934396484387262023-10-29T11:00:00.002+00:002023-10-29T11:00:00.152+00:00Spotlight - Field of Screams<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Field of Screams</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Wendy Parris</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NeVdvmARP44kQJUiPmF2lOHMjL603aV1dGhkYPA1jMOxI2lLxWPpmUORl7MsvN3y0kB2-LxHx7Ht2hDVSXXxzcC-ySwZkFB8gUE5M0jhq-V-usgyHUIASpD4dMAjshRgAMB43dK6a9nHJlETSLCwcLq2N3tAf1QBlhmJ0xs4OlXGPOpOo-ExFCYCt3mk/s400/63249817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NeVdvmARP44kQJUiPmF2lOHMjL603aV1dGhkYPA1jMOxI2lLxWPpmUORl7MsvN3y0kB2-LxHx7Ht2hDVSXXxzcC-ySwZkFB8gUE5M0jhq-V-usgyHUIASpD4dMAjshRgAMB43dK6a9nHJlETSLCwcLq2N3tAf1QBlhmJ0xs4OlXGPOpOo-ExFCYCt3mk/w428-h640/63249817.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say: </b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Paranormal enthusiast Rebecca Graff isn’t happy about being dragged to Iowa to spend the summer with family she barely knows. But when she tracks a ghostly presence to an abandoned farmhouse, she starts to think the summer won’t be a total lost cause!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">The trouble is no one believes her. Then Rebecca finds a note stashed in a comic belonging to her late father—a note that proves the same spirit haunted him when he was twelve. Suddenly she feels a connection to the dad she pretends not to miss, and she is determined to uncover the story behind the haunting.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">But the more Rebecca discovers, the scarier the ghost becomes. Soon she is in a race to piece together the puzzle and recover a family legacy before it is lost forever and a horrible tragedy repeats itself.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63249817-field-of-screams">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2084584913759037306.post-44630617936369988502023-10-25T10:30:00.001+01:002023-10-25T10:30:00.141+01:00Book Spotlight - Ghost Book<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ghost Book</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">by Remy Lai</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotl1vdV7f_tjQHN7KyyqOTznjLJdLNSB1yQmroSYesJOhUzIFH1IPWlPOnMazfw-3TgThC4PDZ_RPI-z_l8OoG4uz33_ReH3X-YKPPe19jEUbLqP_nANyqvEMf8Ib8Q7NAeuJXFkU2CV4yHBBbeKNEsHV9oN2BmmYNW5a6gw6GUFBUegaSGK8O93SEYGa/s400/61317665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotl1vdV7f_tjQHN7KyyqOTznjLJdLNSB1yQmroSYesJOhUzIFH1IPWlPOnMazfw-3TgThC4PDZ_RPI-z_l8OoG4uz33_ReH3X-YKPPe19jEUbLqP_nANyqvEMf8Ib8Q7NAeuJXFkU2CV4yHBBbeKNEsHV9oN2BmmYNW5a6gw6GUFBUegaSGK8O93SEYGa/w440-h640/61317665.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>What they say:</b> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;">Twelve years ago, the boy and the girl lived. But one was supposed to die.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren’t real. So she pretends they don’t exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He’s a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends embark on an adventure to return William to his body, they unearth a ghastly truth―for William to live, July must die.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(30, 25, 21); color: #1e1915;"><div style="text-align: center;">Inspired by Chinese mythology, this dark yet resoundingly hopeful tale about friendship, sacrifice, and the unseen world of ghosts is a dazzling heir to beloved Studio Ghibli classics.</div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">More <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61317665-ghost-book">info</a></span></div>Zili Robinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289825650535869019noreply@blogger.com0