Hey, guys! I have an exciting announcement for you. Last night while I was scrolling through Twitter, I saw Laini Taylor repost about the cover change for THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA Series by Megan Whalen Turner.
If you haven’t heard about this series written by Megan Whalen Turner, you should definitely check it out! It’s considered as a classic and is turning 20 this year, hence the cover change. I have read the first and second book in this series and I’ll be linking my review below.
RATING: 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: July 26, 2016
Format: ebook
Pages: 56
SYNOPSIS:
Mia Golding, an undercover agent is about to make a handoff to co-agent, Omar Zagouri. But before she can complete her assignment, her cover is blown, and she finds herself escaping with Omar. The only problem is, her boss warned her about Omar and his sketchy history of landing himself in the middle of danger. After losing her mother in an attack planned for Mia, pulling off any heist with a man like Omar is the last thing she needs for her career . . . or her life.
Continue reading “First Heist by H.B. Moore (An Omar Zagouri Thriller)”
RATING: 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
Publisher: LionHouse Books
Published: July 12, 2016
Format: ebook
Pages: 171
“It must be difficult, believing there’s enough good out there to outweigh all the bad.”
SYNOPSIS:
When Julian, an artist and the love of Emma’s life, dies, Emma loses herself in one dark canvas after another finding, underneath the layers of paint, a tormented dreamlike place where they can still be together.
But retreating from reality comes with a price.
Desperate and running out of money to pay her rent, Emma is forced to open up her locked-down existence to take on off-duty Police Officer Grayson Tate. He’s opinionated, arrogant and completely charming with a burning desire to learn how to paint, specifically from Emma.
Having to deal with Grayson sends Emma’s dormant emotions into a tailspin. How can she possibly fall in love with Grayson without betraying Julian and the love they shared?
RATING: 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑
Publisher: Hogarth
Published: February 2, 2016 (first published Oct. 30, 2007)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
“When a person undergoes such a drastic transformation, there’s simply nothing anyone else can do but sit back and let them get on with it.”
SYNOPSIS:
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye’s decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.
A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
RATING: 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Published: October 6, 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 522
“He’s a book full of footnotes brought to life. He’s a jacket made of elbow patches.”
SYNOPSIS:
Simon Snow is the worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen.
That’s what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he’s probably right.
Half the time, Simon can’t even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor’s avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there’s a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon’s face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here—it’s their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon’s infuriating nemesis didn’t even bother to show up.
The month of September has already come and go. And it’s time for another monthly wrap-up. This month a reading slump takes over my life and it sucks. I only managed to finished reading 2 books.😭 And because of that, I’m combining my September wrap-up and book haul. I accumulated 8 books in the month of September plus other shenanigans. Let’s get on with the wrap-up first.
A Daughter of Parchment and Paper 