Cinder and Scarlet

Cinder and Scarlet
by Marissa Meyer

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. 

Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future
 (summery taken from Goodreads.com)

These books are amazing!
  I listened to the audio books and they are wonderfully read by a great narrator, Rebecca Soler.
  I Can't wait till the third and fourth books come out, Cress and Winter.
  The expected publication for Cress is February 4th 2014.

Aren't the covers beautiful?!

The storytelling is is masterful.

If you haven't read these books go read them now! go!

There isn't much left to say except a huge Thank you to Marissa Meyer for sharing such a great story with us.

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I Don't Know German!

Ruby Red
Sapphire Blue
and Emerald Green
by Kerstin Gier.

Emerald Green is set to be released in English, October 8th (the day after my birthday, yay!) and let me tell you, it can't come soon enough!

Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era! 

Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--the time traveler from a similarly gifted family, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust. 

(Summery of Ruby Red taken from Goodreads.com)

 I read both Ruby Red and Sapphire Blue in a single night each. They are amazingly captivating books, with great characters and a mysterious plot that will keep you reading until you're finished.

These books are amazing! I highly recommend them. When I first got Ruby Red from the library it was partly because of the cover.

I mean come on it's beautiful! But I didn't end up reading it before I had to take it back to the library. So the next time I was at the library I saw it again and still wanted to read it. After I read Ruby Red I couldn't believe how long it took me to pick this book up! It was wonderfully written, well thought out, and so much fun!

The only thing is, these books are originally written in German. Now that's fine and all, but I recently found out there is a Ruby Red movie, called Rubinrot; and guess what? It's in German! I don't speak German! And there aren't subtitles.

That is rather frustrating! But they are great books and I can't wait for Emerald Green!

All Wrapped Up

Entwined
by Heather Dixon

Is a wonderful retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.
The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.
Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.
But there is a cost.
The Keeper likes to keep things.
Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late. 
(Book summery taken from Goodreads.com)

I love fairytale retellings, I read so may of them! Entwined is amazing, Azalea is a fantastic heroine and a great big sister. all the characters in this book are well written and developed, in only one novel for this is a stand alone. This book was intriguing, sad, funny, mysterious and enchanting!

When I first got this from the Library I lost my place somewhere in the middle of the book, and didn't pick it up for a few days, when I finally found my place I had to return it to the Library. But I was so into it that I was reading it until I put it in the book drop off, and when I did I immediately ran (figuratively of course because I was in a Library) to see if they had another copy, and to my delight they did. So I was able to keep reading this book that captured my attention and took me to a world filled with magic and dancing.

Congratulations Heather Dixon on a wonderful first novel. I hope you continue to write because I can't wait to see what's next.

Review By Beatrice Sullivan.

Fantasy/Fariytale.

To give us a good beginning

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

I'm going to review some books, tell you a little about what I'm reading and if I would recommend it, and about authors I like, the books they have written, and anything else I can think of. 

I know we all love to read and came to love reading in different ways. 

I loved when my mom would read picture books to us at bedtime, (yes mostly for the pictures) but there was always something so great about being read to. As I got older I started to love reading in general. Some of my favorite books were the American Girl books. Those really got me started on reading.

And I've never stopped. I love reading almost anything I can get my hands on.

After my Grandma passed away four years ago, my aunts and I were going through some of her stuff and we found some journals, inside they were filled with lists. She wrote the year at the top and then every book she read that year. Now I do the same thing, it's a lot of fun and it's my way of feeling connected to my Grandma.

Knowing that I have friends and family who also love to read is a great blessing.
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