Caught My Eye Week of 9/28/09 October 3, 2009
Posted by sadiejean in Caught My Eye, Peaked My Interest.Tags: Michelle Zink, Rebecca Scott, The Coral Thief, The Prophecy of the Sisters
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I saw The Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink over on Bloggin Bout Books. It is apparently the first in a triology, and it sounds pretty intense. The description from Amazon:
“An ancient prophecy divides two sisters- One good…One evil…
Who will prevail?
Twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe have just become orphans. They have also become enemies. As they discover their roles in a prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other, the girls find themselves entangled in a mystery that involves a tattoo-like mark, their parents’ deaths, a boy, a book, and a lifetime of secrets.
Lia and Alice don’t know whom they can trust.
They just know they can’t trust each other.”
Neato.
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#2
The Coral Thief is the new historical fiction novel written by Rebecca Scott, the author of Ghostwalk, a novel which I have been meaning to read since it came out in 2007. This one is set in post-revolutionary France. And the main character is a medical student. Sounds up my alley!
Caught My Eye, Week of 9/14/09 September 19, 2009
Posted by sadiejean in Caught My Eye, Peaked My Interest.Tags: American Fantastic Tales, Ask and the Answer, Hurry Down Sunshine, Michael Greenberg, Patrick Ness, Peter Straub, The Knife of Never Letting Go
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Hurry Down Sunshine: A Father’s Story of Love and Madness by Michael Greenberg. I saw this in my Random House newsletter this week. It is Greenberg’s memoir of his daughter’s mental illness. Amazon reviewer Daphne Durham describes it as “an unforgettable story of a young girl’s descent into madness, told through the eyes of a harried and helpless father trying desperately to bring her back.”
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#2
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Polps and American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s PUntil Now is the two-volume anthology of horror stories collected by Peter Straub. Thinking these would be great reads around Halloween this year!
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#3
Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness is Book Two in the Chaos Watching series, the first being The Knife of Never Letting Go, which I of course want to read first. I was reminded of this series by Jenny at jennysbook.wordpress.com. I don’t know how to describe the plot quickly, so I’ll just say that is looks great and I can’t wait to start reading these books!
Caught My Eye, Week of 9/7/09 September 12, 2009
Posted by sadiejean in Caught My Eye, Peaked My Interest.Tags: A Duty to the Dead, Charles Todd, Harry Potter, Jane Austen, Lev Grossman, Narnia, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sense and Sensibility, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, The Magicians
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What books last week were added to my TBR list?
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The Magicians by Lev Grossman. I read and really enjoyed Codex, also by Grossman. This was Amazon’s best book of August 2009, and is described as “Harry Potter discovers Narnia” by Publisher’s Weekly.——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–
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September 15 Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is released, and it makes it feel ashamed that I haven’t yet picked up Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So the goal is to do side by side reviews with the original Jane Austen classics. See the Book Trailer. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-#3
A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd is the first in the Bess Crawford Mystery Series, and is based around, obviously, Bess Crawford, a WWI British nurse. Sounds like a combo between a mystery and historical fiction, plus I always like reading about the history of medicine.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle August 19, 2009
Posted by sadiejean in Book News.Tags: Shirley Jackson, We have always lived in the castle
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Reports are that Michael Douglas’ production company Further Films is developing Shirley Jackson’s novel of horror We Have Always Lived in the Castle. I added this to my reading list while purusing Borders last week, and now I’ll have to read it!
Silent on the Moor Book Trailer August 19, 2009
Posted by sadiejean in Book News, Randomness.Tags: Book Trailer, Deanna Raybourn, Silent in the Grave, Silent in the Moor, Silent in the Sanctuary
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It appears I am on a hiatus from review writing, but for anyone still out there reading I WILL be getting back to reviews soon, and never fear I have been reading despite not writing. But real quick I wanted to share the Book Trailer for Deanna Raybourn’s Silent on the Moor. I have read the previous novels in the series, but have not read this one yet. I have to admit once again, the style of the book cover has turned me off a bit, but if it is like the other books, it will be a good read nonetheless. Check out the trailer here.
More Upcoming Book Reviews August 3, 2009
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In addition to the ones mentioned in the July 1st post:
The Rebel Angels
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Secret Scripture
… Someday I’ll have the time and energy to write reviews. Sorry everyone!
Upcoming Book Reviews July 1, 2009
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Since I have been reading but cannot seem to get up the energy to write reviews, I will hereby list the Book Reviews that are forthcoming upon my next surge of motivation:
1) The Hunger Games
2) Mating Rituals of the North American WASP
3) Standing Still
4) Survival of the Sickest
5) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
6) A Great and Terrible Beauty
7) The Masque of the Black Tulip
8 ) Blood and Ice
And now that I have listed them, my lack of effort seems embarrassing.
New Book Website May 25, 2009
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The makers of BookPage now have a new WordPress book blog that I am liking so far, called The Book Case. Check it out.
Read Across America March 2, 2009
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Happy Read Across America Day! And Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Hope everyone had a few moments to read something they loved.
My Favorite Books of 2008 January 9, 2009
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Ok, here comes my long awaited list of my favorite books of 2008:
Fiction
1. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff
4. A Good And Happy Child by Justin Evans
5. The Likeness by Tana French
6. Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer
7. Tethered by Amy MacKinnon
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. Silent in the Grave by Deanne Raybourn
10. The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
11. Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone
12. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
13. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
14. The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth
15. The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
16. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
17. The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
18. The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber
19. Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
20. The Girls by Lori Lansens
Nonfiction
1. The Family that Couldn’t Sleep by D.T. Max
2. Bonk by Mary Roach
3. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
