1. Initial Attraction: A book you bought because of the cover- City of Bones. It was December 28th 2007, I got a gift card to Chapters for Christmas. Since I got the books I asked for as presents, I was looking for something new. I saw the cover for City of Bones and I was drawn in by the design (*cough* and maybe...
After finally accepting the weight of her identity and her destiny, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius returns to Rifthold to seek out her old master in an attempt to retrieve the amulet of Orynth, the third Wyrdkey. When she learns that her cousin, Aedion, is to be executed on Prince Dorian’s birthday, she must join forces with the man who betrayed her and sent her...
In a desperate attempt to keep her safe, Chaol influences the king to send Celaena to Wendlyn on another mission. But he did not know that Wendlyn was housing Maeve, the fae queen, and only person who can give Celaena information about the Wyrdkeys. But Maeve will not yield her knowledge to Celaena until she is able to fully control her powers. Maeve...
Celaena Sardothien is now the King of Adarlan’s Champion. She reluctantly completes the missions his assigns her, but when he orders her to kill someone she once knew, Celaena is forced to deal with the ghosts of her past. Ghosts she prefers to remain dead and buried. Along with coming to grips with the betrayal that sent her to Endovier, Celaena tries to...
The most rare and powerful witchery in the Witchlands is that of the Truthwitch, eagerly sought by the most powerful men and women on the continent. Safiya von Hasstrel is an unmarked Truthwitch, unaffiliated from the guilds, but vulnerable. Safiya and her thread sister Iseult, a Threadwitch, attract much unwanted attention when a heist goes wrong and they become the quarry of a...
1. Smells like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)- A Contemporary I want to read: After you by Jojo Moyes. I read Me Before You in anticipation of the movie coming out this summer and I just loved it. The sad ending left a lot of unanswered questions for me so I am planning to read the sequel to see how Lou and her family are...
Louisa Clark has a nice life. She’s lived in the same town since she was born, lived in the same house with her mum and dad and sister, she has a steady boyfriend and a good job. When she is forced to find other work she becomes a care worker for a quadriplegic man named Will. Will is everything Lou is not, he...
It was fall 2004 when I discovered that Tamora Pierce would be coming to Toronto once again. This time the book signing would be in the evening and tickets were available by phone. I asked my mum if I could go and to my delight she said yes! She ordered three tickets, one for me and the other two for her and my...
5 book to movie adaptations I would like to see: 5. Graceling by Kristen Cashore Graceling would be such an amazing movie! It is action packed with a strong female lead and a sinister villain. A live action version be spectacular. Poppy Drayton would make a great Katsa. 4. Ella Enchanted Yes, I realize the book was made into a movie with Anne...
