Shelf Candy Saturday #26: A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle

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A Swiftly Tilting Planet

(Time #3)

Madeleine L'Engle

Hardcover, 288 pages

Farrar, Strauss and Giroux

July 1, 1978

Genre: YA, Science Fiction

Book Review: Winter's Light, by M.J. Hearle (12th review for the 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge)

Here's my twelfth review for this

wonderful challenge!!

For the rules and a list of hosting blogs,

just click on the challenge button in my sidebar.

There are great prizes involved,

so be sure to check out the rules

and consider joining in!

Title: Winter's Light (Winter Saga #2)
Author: M.J. Hearle
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: May 1, 2012
Genre: Young Adult, Gothic Fiction, Urban Fantasy


Goodreads Synopsis

Blake is gone.

He sacrificed himself to save Winter, leaving her alone, unprotected... hunted.

An ancient enemy is rising, but Winter is no longer the innocent girl who was fated to die at Pilgrim's Lament. She will not wait to be saved. She will do what she must to survive, even accept an unsavoury alliance with those who destroyed her love.

In the gathering darkness, the enemy of an enemy is not always a friend, and Winter must find the strength to stand alone and fight for the one she loves. For she is the key to unlocking the secrets beyond the veil of shadows.

And she is Blake's only hope.

Anna Karenina Read-Along: July 1 to July 31, 2012

I'm joining another great read-along!  This time, we'll be reading a classic of Russian literature, written by none other than Leo Tolstoy.  The read-along is being hosted by Stephanie, whose blog, Five Alarm Book Reviews, never fails to bring readers interesting blog posts!

For more details, as well as to sign up for this blog hop, just click on the image above. 

About The Book

(From the Goodreads Synopsis)

Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for generations to come.

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's 'characters, acts, situations.'" (James Wood, The New Yorker)

Shelf Candy Saturday #25: Crucible: Spock:The Fire and the Rose, by David R. George III

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Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose

David R. George III

Mass Market Paperback, 390 pages

Pocket Books

November 28, 2006

Genre: Science Fiction

Guest Post: Review of Jellicoe Road, by Melina Marchetta

Please welcome fellow blogger and reviewer extraordinaire, Jessie, whose blog, Ageless Pages Reviews, always features very interesting, well-written reviews!  You can find more of them on Goodreads, too.  Just click HERE. 

Here are Jessie's thoughts about a young adult book that sure sounds absolutely fabulous, and is going straight into my TBR pile!

Title: Jellicoe Road
Author: Melina Marchetta
Format: Hardcover, 419 pages
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: August 26, 2008 (first published August 28, 2006)
Series: N/A
Source: Purchased
Genres: young adult, contemporary, mystery


Goodreads Synopsis

Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, Taylor Markham, now seventeen, is finally being confronted with her past. But as the reluctant leader of her boarding school dorm, there isn't a lot of time for introspection. And while Hannah, the closest adult Taylor has to family, has disappeared, Jonah Griggs is back in town, moody stares and all.

In this absorbing story by Melina Marchetta, nothing is as it seems and every clue leads to more questions as Taylor tries to work out the connection between her mother dumping her, Hannah finding her then and her sudden departure now, a mysterious stranger who once whispered something in her ear, a boy in her dreams, five kids who lived on Jellicoe Road eighteen years ago, and the maddening and magnetic Jonah Griggs, who knows her better than she thinks he does. If Taylor can put together the pieces of her past, she might just be able to change her future.

Book Review: Midnight Reckoning, by Kendra Leigh Castle (11th review for The 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge)

Here's my eleventh review for this

wonderful challenge!!

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just click on the challenge button in my sidebar.

There are great prizes involved,

so be sure to check out the rules

and consider joining in!

Title: Midnight Reckoning (Dark Dynasties #2)
Author: Kendra Leigh Castle
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 334 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: January 1, 2012
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy


Goodreads Synopsis

Wild and passionate by nature, Lyra Black is not just any werewolf. She's the future leader of the powerful pack of the Thorn - if she can stay alive long enough to inherit the title.

One of the Cait Sith bloodline of vampire cat-shifters, Jaden Harrison has no interest in the wars plaguing the world of night. But when he rescues Lyra from a violent attack, they're both captured by an insatiable desire that threatens to overwhelm them and bind them together for eternity... just as ancient enemies prepare to strike. And when they do, the Thorn and the Cait Sith - and Lyra and Jaden's love - may never recover from the deadly blow...

Father's Day: Two Writers, Father and Son

I'm wishing all of you

a wonderful,

blessed, Father's Day!

In honor of this day,

I'd like to feature

a famous writer dad whose

son carried on the tradition!

Kingsley Amis and his son, Martin,

in the 1960's.

(image courtesy of The Telegraph, UK)

Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.  He was born on April 16, 1922, and died on October 22, 1995. 

Shelf Candy Saturday #24: Torn, by Erica O'Rourke

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Torn

(Torn Trilogy #1)

Erica O'Rourke

Paperback, 336 pages

Kensington

June 28, 2011

Genres: YA, Romance, 

Urban Fantasy

Tribute to a Science Fiction Legend and Favorite Author: Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

(August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012)

I still remember the fascination I felt when I first read a Ray Bradbury book.  It was The Martian Chronicles, a short story collection about human colonies on Mars, and their poignant, even disturbing interactions with the natives of the planet.  I later read another book about Martian colonies, The Illustrated Man.  That one was equally poignant, and even more disturbing. 

On My Bookshelves #28

My Sunday book meme

highlights books that I own,

but have somehow never gotten to,

as well as those wonderful books

I would love to re-read!!

Here are my picks for this week!

Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband

(Daughters of the Glen #1)

Melissa Mayhue

Mass Market Papeerback, 356 pages

Pocket Books

June 26, 2007

Genres: Fantasy, Romance,

Historical Fiction

Shelf Candy Saturday #23: Beneath the Surface, by Joya Fields

 

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a beautiful book cover,

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about the cover illustrator,

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Here's my choice for this week!

Beneath the Surface

Joya Fields

Paperback, 242 pages

The Wild Rose Press

January 18, 2012

Genre: Contemporary Romance,

Suspense

INNOVATIVE ONLINE BOOK TOURS: Hope Is Love, by Sylvia Hubbard

Welcome to this stop 

on the Hope Is Love Tour,
sponsored by
Innovative Online
Book Tours!

Paperback, 250 pages

CreateSpace

February 28, 2012

Genre: Contemporary Romance,

Suspense

Waiting On Wednesday #42: Wake, by Amanda Hocking

This is a weekly book meme, hosted by

Jill @ Breaking the Spine,

which features future releases that
we book bloggers

are eagerly anticipating!




Here's my pick for this week!

Wake

Amanda Hocking

Hardcover, 309 pages

St. Martin's Press

Expected Publication:

August 7, 2012

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

From the Amazon Synopsis

Gemma seems to have it all—she’s carefree, pretty, and falling in love with Alex, the boy next door. He’s always been just a friend, but this summer they’ve taken their relationship to the next level, and now there’s no going back. Then one night, Gemma’s ordinary life changes forever. She’s taking a late night swim under the stars when she finds Penn, Lexi and Thea partying on the cove. They invite her to join them, and the next morning she wakes up on the beach feeling groggy and sick, knowing something is different.

The first thing that drew me to this book

was, of course, that gorgeous cover!

However, I'm also intrigued by

the plot, which sounds exciting,

mysterious, and enchanting all at the

same time!

I've always been a fan of 

mermaid stories, 

and it sure looks like this one 

will not disappoint!

(Yes, I'm indeed a new

Amanda Hocking fan!)

What enchanting books

are you all waiting on this week?

And what do you think 

of my choice?

Shelf Candy Saturday #22: Switched, by Amanda Hocking

 

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a beautiful book cover,

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about the cover illustrator,

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Here's my choice for this week!

 

 

Switched

(Trylle Trilogy #1)

Amanda Hocking

Paperback, 318 pages

St. Martin's Griffin

January 3, 2012

(first published July 12, 2010)

Genre: YA Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

Author Serendipity #4: Kim Stanley Robinson

Welcome to my new

book meme!

The purpose of this new feature will be to highlight those authors I have recently discovered, and whose books I would love to read. Such discoveries might come about through browsing on the Internet (on Goodreads, Shelfari, or Amazon, a chance encounter with an interesting book in a bookstore, or through other bloggers' recommendations.

The authors I choose will be those who write in my favorite genres, and might be either emerging authors, or have been in print for a while. They will, however, be entirely new to me.

I hope you will enjoy this feature, and will also decide to acquaint yourselves with the authors I present here.

 

Here's my fourth discovery!!

 



Kim Stanley Robinson