May 26, 2014

It's Monday! What are YOU reading?



This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!



Lora is Reading: 


Sweet Reckoning

by Wendy Higgins


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Cindi is Reading: 


Fae

by C.J. Abedi

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May 20, 2014

Teaser Tuesday




Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 
Just do the following: 
  • Grab your current read. 
  • Open to a random page. 
  • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 
  • Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 




Now that we've all had a chance to sober up, is Kira going to be furious because I called Ramon over to help get rid of Tyler? When is Cody coming over, and is Shane going to join him? 



Pg. 145







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by Kimberly Castillo








It's Monday! What Are You Reading?



This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!



Lora is Reading: 


Sweet Reckoning

by Wendy Higgins


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Cindi is Reading: 


The Convenience of Lies


by Kimberly Castillo

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May 19, 2014

Review: The Ruby Pendant by Dorine White


Summary-
     Welcome to New Orleans- home of Mardi Gras, jazz music and voodoo. Eighth grader Melanie Belaforte is home for Spring break and itching for excitement. Late one night she discovers a hidden chamber and a secret journal in her deceased Aunt Florence’s bedroom.
     The diary contains the writings of a mad woman, along with vague clues to the whereabouts of a ruby necklace that once belonged to Cleopatra. The ruby bestows upon the wearer the power to hear other people’s thoughts- even the thoughts of the dead!
     And so the hunt begins. Melanie, her best friend Sybil, and a haunting specter unravel clues that take them from crumbling graveyards, to the busy streets of the French Quarter, and then into murky swamps, all to find the prize. But they need to watch out, because a murderous cult is matching them step for step, and they won’t give up, ever.


Review-
     Author Dorine White's Cleopatra's Legacy Series just keeps getting better and better. I gave book one, The Emerald Ring, five stars and this second book, The Ruby Pendant should get five plus stars! The Ruby Pendant takes place in New Orleans and focuses on the beautiful French Quarters, Mardi Gras, the old graveyards and tombs, and Voodooism. Such fun and creepy topics that I couldn't stop reading. If you enjoy ghosts, body bags full of bones that move and gators with glowing green eyes that eat the unlucky person who falls into the swamps, then you will enjoy this book as much as I did. 
     White also discusses financial and racial differences as Melanie, the very wealthy, white protagonist, tries to keep her best friend who is the poor daughter of their black cook. These are such important topics for young kids to be taught about and guided through. To put them into an adventure story is as brilliant as The Emerald Ring when White introduced a Spanish protagonist, her white friend, and an African exchange student. White is the ultimate believer in the world being a big melting pot and I have to agree that life certainly would be boring if we were all alike. 
     There will be at least three more books in the series and I, for one, am very excited to read the next installment! Will the secret Roman cult collect the jewels and bring about the end of the world? Or will the brave youngsters band together and bring the cult down?? Stay tuned!

Publisher-Createspace
Reviewers Rating: 5 STARS!!!
Reviewed by~Cindi

Thank you to the Author for the donation of this book to the Read for your Future book program in exchange for a honest review!!


May 12, 2014

It's Monday! What are YOU Reading??



This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!



Lora is Reading: 


Sweet Reckoning

by Wendy Higgins


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Cindi is Reading: 


Ecliptic


by Sara Lunardi

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May 7, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday


Sooooo....what book are we waiting on here at RFYF? It's hot and summery now so a book about California, the ocean, and an island, of course!!




Searching For sky

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by Jillian Cantor
Release Date: 13 May 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA for Children's
Sky and River have always lived on Island, the only world they’ve ever known. Until the day River spots a boat. Across Ocean, in a place called California, Sky is separated from River and forced to live with a grandmother she’s just met. Here the rules for survival are different. People rely on strange things like cars and cell phones. They keep secrets from one another. And without River, nothing makes sense. Sky yearns for her old life where she was strong and capable, not lost and confused. She must find River so they can return to Island, but the truth behind how they ended up there in the first place will come as the biggest shock of all.


(Goodreads Summary)



May 5, 2014

It's Monday! What are YOU reading?



This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!



Lora is Reading: 


The Forever Song (Blood of Eden, #3)


by Julie Kagwa


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Cindi is Reading: 


Ecliptic


by Sara Lunardi

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Waiting On Wednesday


Sooooo....what book are we waiting on here at RFYF? I'm a total sci-fi/fantasy buff so a book about dragons and princesses, of course!!



A Creature of Moonlight

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by Rebecca Hahn
Release Date: 6 May 2014
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 
Books for Children
A stunning debut novel about a girl who is half dragon, half human, and wholly herself. 

As the only heir to the throne, Marni should have been surrounded by wealth and privilege, not living in exile-but now the time has come when she must choose between claiming her birthright as princess of a realm whose king wants her dead, and life with the father she has never known: a wild dragon who is sending his magical woods to capture her. 

Fans of Bitterblue and Seraphina will be captured by A Creature of Moonlight, with its richly layered storytelling and the powerful choices its strong heroine must make.

(Goodreads Summary)