We're an Open Book
Better World Books is like the Toms of the book world. With every used book you purchase a book is donated to someone in need. When I first heard about Better World Books I was a little hesitant because I didn’t know what shape the books would be in but they are usually pretty good.
These were all on sale ! The deal was for 40% off 5 or more of the bargain bin books. While I meant to do the minimum of 5…I ended up…. with 11
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Earlier this week Maggie Stiefvater shared the cover of The Raven King…and that the release date of the book has been pushed back again to April 2016, so it looks like I’ll be waiting even longer for this one.
This is another series I’ve been following since its release and I can’t wait to see how it ends. Also, the dress on this cover is insane !
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Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these and this was a hard one since so many authors I’ve read aren’t debuts. This topic also has the option of Top Ten Sophomore Novels That I Loved Just As Much If Not More As The Author’s Debut, so I’ll do that one too….
So…I finally listened to Fairest, the story of the Lunar Chronicles’ villain, Queen Levana. I expected some Once Upon A Time -never-love-anything-it-will-not-end-well level flashbacks and that’s basically what I got….
- Release Date: September 8th 2015
- Pages: 368
- Genre: Contemporary
- Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Penguin)
I was about 40 pages into this book when I had my review already written . I thought this was another overly earnest, quirky contemporary about finding extraordinary in ordinary with your new Magic Pixie Dream friends. Then this book took an unexpected turn, as it delved into some really difficult truths.
Fans of The Impossible Life begins with Jeremy who is returning to his parochial school, St. Francis, after leaving early the year before. He is a loner, but soon befriends the new girl in school Mira and her friend Sebby. Mira is coming to St. Francis after having to leave her former school for reasons that are unclear until later in the book….
