Currently Reading: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

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Here is the synopsis:

In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles, but years from home. And she's inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she's never heard of. Until now.

Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods-a powerful family in the Colonies-and the servitude he's known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can't escape and the family that won't let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, his passenger, can find. In order to protect her, Nick must ensure she brings it back to them-whether she wants to or not. 
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods' grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home forever.

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My latest book purchases....book 2

This book has been on my goodreads to read list (and to buy list) for quiet sometime; I finally got around to buying it today on my trip to Barnes and Noble. The book is the first in a series; it's a Young adult fantasy novel....well here is the synopsis.

From www.amazon.com

In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. 

The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.

I just finished Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson

I usually never stay up all night with a book but once I got back into reading this one I just had to finish it. Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson is just perfect. It has it all. Its witty, intelligent, romantic and extremely funny. Marianne is such and easy character to love and to root for. She is trying to make it in a world that confines her to certain societal standards. She wants to have the carefree and independent life that she had as a child on the family farm; especially since she is now removed from that happy life and sent to Bath to live with her grandmother. Of course, her grandmother wants to tame Marianne's ways; she wants her to catch a good husband and the best way to do that is through being a little more "lady like". So off to Edenbrooke she goes to visit with a friend of her mothers; Lady Caroline and her son Phillip. Of course; the trip to Edenbrooke is not smooth and they are robbed along the way. It is at the end they are laid over in after the robbery that Marianne first meets Phillip. She finds him to be a boorish, inconsiderate young flirt. She wants nothing to do with him. But, wouldn't you know it that she ends up falling in love with him by no fault of her own. Phillip reminds me a lot of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice (by Jane Austen); he is good look, a man of good wealth and he has this "air" about him that makes you want to kiss him and strangle him at the same time. As the book progressed I fell head over heels with Phillip and I could not understand why Marianne does not take the bate right away; she was so convinced that her sister Cecily (who was also on her way to Edenbrooke from London) would be able to steal his heart. Mainly because Cecily is just everything that Marianne is not. However, Phillip is not interested in a woman that wants him for his wealth. So he does all he can to not draw attention to his fortune. He spends time with Marianne, taking her riding, watching her draw/paint and talking about books. He shows her a side of him that he only shares with his family; he begins to gain back the happiness he has lost since the death of his father and brother. The book could not have come together more perfectly. The two get together beautifully and with a bit of confusion. Marianne is unsure of the way Phillip feels and he does all that he can to prove his love. Honestly what I loved most about the book was that it was indeed a "proper" romance. There is no sex; no real need to talk about it either. I got everything that I loved about Jane Austen books in this book little book about a dreamy country estate in Kent. I see this book being on my to recommend list for a very long time.

Summer 2014 Book Suggestions

Hey everyone....this is my first ever book suggest list for the summer. This book list and all book lists to come will consist of new and previously released books. Most of the books listed will be ones owned by yours truly. I will try my hardest to get through all of the books listed within a timely manner so that I can review them. I will also try to give you prices and information on each book and where it can be found for purchase. Now that the formalities are out of the way we can get on with the list!

1) Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase - Riboud (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $13.00
2) Mr. Penumbra's  24 Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $9.00
3) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (pretty much everywhere) Price $12.00*
4) The Demonolgist by Andrew Pyper (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $13.00
5) I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $16.00
6) Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $8.00
7) The Cuckaoo Calling by R. Galbraith (available on Amazon/B&N) Price $18.00
8) The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phillip Sendker (available on Amazon/B&N) Price$ 10.00

*** My copy of The Fault in Our Stars is signed, check your local target for signed copies of the book***

Book I just purchased....The Dove Keepers by Alice Hoffman

This is a book that I had been waiting to see in Paperback; but I never expected to find it at Barnes and Noble for 6$. Alice Hoffman is an amazing author and is most famous for Practical Magic. The synopsis for the book is below....

Synopsis as found on Goodreads.com

Blends mythology, magic, archaeology and women. Traces four women, their path to the Masada massacre. In 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean desert, Masada. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. 

Four bold, resourceful, and sensuous women come to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her twin grandsons, rendered mute by their own witness. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman, who finds passion with another soldier. Shirah is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power. The four lives intersect in the desperate days of the siege, as the Romans draw near. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets — about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.