Cress Series: Lunar Chronicles #3 on February 4, 2014 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Cinder, Scarlet In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and… Read more »
Tag: fairy tales retold
Fairytale Read-a-thon
I’m jumping into the Fairy Tale with a Twist Read-a-thon, hosted by Berls at Fantasy Is More Fun and Michelle at Because Reading is better than real life. The read-a-thon ends Sunday night, so this is a bit late to start, but I’m hoping to make some good headway on… Read more »
‘Scarlet’ lives up to ‘Cinder’
Scarlet Series: Lunar Chronicles #2 on February 5, 2013 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Cinder, Cress Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison–even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted… Read more »
Mistress of the Wind, by Michelle Diener (review)
Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener Published by self-published on Dec. 19, 2013 Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, YA (Young Adult) Format: eARC Source: the author Add to Goodreads Bjorn needs to find a very special woman . . . The fate of his people, and his own life, depends… Read more »
Top Ten Tuesday: Things to Read When You Need Something Light & Fun
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Top Ten Things to Read When You Need Something Light and Fun. Of course, “light” and “fun” are both wide open to interpretation. To me, “light” usually implies some degree of… Read more »
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer (review)
Cinder Series: Lunar Chronicles #1 on January 3, 2012 Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Scarlet, Cress 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… Read more »
Princess of the Silver Woods, by Jessica Day George (review)
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #3 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2012 Book Source: Public library What a delightful ending to a wonderful trilogy! Though the focus in this book is on youngest sister Petunia, now 16, we get to see all twelve princess again (along with a few of their husbands.) … Read more »
Princess of Glass, by Jessica Day George (review)
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #2 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2010 Book Source: My collection (e-book) I loved Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball, so it still surprises me that I waited over a year and a half to read its sequel, Princess of Glass. (Then… Read more »
Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George (review)
Categories: YA fantasy; fairy-tales retold Series: Princess #1 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2009 Book Source: My collection (e-book) I love a good retelling of a classic fairy tale, and Jessica Day George’s Princess of the Midnight Ball is one of the best. George breathes life into the story of the… Read more »