It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (29)


This weekly meme is hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through Books.

In the past week I read:

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows 5/5
P.C. Cast - The Fledgling Handbook 3/5

At the moment I'm reading:

Erica Spindler - Blood Vines

In the next week I hope to read:

Maxim Jakubowski - Following The Detectives: Real Locations In Crime Fiction

In My Mailbox (24)

In My Mailbox is a meme created by The Story Siren, and sums up my past week in book purchases!

So this week I bought 3 books:

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P.C. Cast - The Fledgling Handbook

Merry meet, fledgling. I trust this guide will serve you well...Every vampyre fledgling who arrives at the House of Night receives a copy of The Fledgling Handbook 101, and now, fans can have one, too, with this gorgeous must-have edition. Inside you'll find original stories, the complete vampyre history, inside info into rituals, vamp biology, and the Change, and much more.

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Rachel Caine - Ghost Town

The fragile peace between humans and vampires in Morganville is in trouble, and when Claire takes drastic action, she's put under serious pressure to re-establish the barriers that keep the town residents inside, and wipe the memories of those who leave. But working with her half-crazy vampire boss Myrnin means that things don't always turn out as planned ... and as the people of Morganville begin acting strangely, Claire and her friends must solve the mystery and try to put things right. But one by one, her allies are turning on her ... even the ones she trusts most.

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Erica Spindler - Blood Vines

Alex Owens knows very little about her childhood or who she really is - her only family an absent, emotionally fragile mother. Alex has always felt something was missing and has spent most of her life searching for what that could be. When an infant's remains are unearthed, Alex realises she has a connection to the case. Suddenly long-lost memories start flooding in, leading her back to a small town in California and to dark and terrifying nightmares that haunt her every waking moment. Greeted with silence and suspicion, Alex is determined to get to the heart of a secret no one wants to see uncovered. As violent deaths and a series of pagan rituals terrify the tightly-knit community, Alex is forced to confront the terrible truth about a single night that changed her family's lives for ever...

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I also swapped a book, and received:

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Immaculee Ilibagiza - Left To Tell

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans.

Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them.


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And I received a book for review as well:

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Mitchell James Kaplan - By Fire, By Water

Luis de Santángel, chancellor to the court and longtime friend of the lusty King Ferdinand, has had enough of the Spanish Inquisition. As the power of Inquisitor GeneralTomás deTorquemada grows, so does the brutality of the Spanish church and the suspicion and paranoia it inspires. When a dear friend’s demise brings the violence close to home, Santángel is enraged and takes retribution into his own hands. But he is from a family of conversos, and his Jewish heritage makes him an easy target. As Santángel witnesses the horrific persecution of his loved ones, he begins slowly to reconnect with the Jewish faith his family left behind. Feeding his curiosity about his past is his growing love for Judith Migdal, a clever and beautiful Jewish woman navigating the mounting tensions in Granada. While he struggles to decide what his reputation is worth and what he can sacrifice, one man offers him a chance he thought he’d lost…the chance to hope for a better world. Christopher Columbus has plans to discover a route to paradise, and only Luis de Santángel can help him.

Teaser Tuesdays (24)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:
The darkness seemed to be rippling, the air itself quivering. Then, one by one, figures began to pop into sight as their Disillusionment Charms lifted. ~ p.43, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (28)


This weekly meme is hosted by Sheila at One Person's Journey Through Books.

In the past week I read:

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 5/5 - review
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix 4/5 - review
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince 5/5 - review

At the moment I'm reading:

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows

In the next week I hope to read:

Erica Spindler - Blood Vines
P.C. Cast - The Fledgling Handbook

October Summary

Books completed ~ 10
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone 4/5 - review
Christopher Stookey - Terminal Care 4/5 - review
Rosamund Lupton - Sister 5/5
Jeremy De Quidt - The Toymaker 2.5/5
Meg Cabot - Love You To Death 4/5
Meg Cabot - High Stakes 4/5
Pittacus Lore - I Am Number Four 4/5
Jo Nesbo - The Snowman 4.5/5
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 4/5 - review
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 4.5/5 - review

Books bought ~ 3
Rosamund Lupton - Sister
Jo Nesbo - The Snowman
Jill Mansell - Solo

Books won or for review ~ 1
Maxim Jakubowski - Following The Detectives: Real Locations In Crime Fiction

Other posts ~
# Character Inspired Outfits

Overall ~
I feel like my reading has starting to pick up again thanks to the read-a-thon I participated in during October, and I'm now back to reading pretty much every day. I love winter for this very reason, because all I want to do is snuggle up in my blanket with a hot chocolate and read! My favourite read this month was hands down Sister but I have enjoyed re-reading Harry Potter too. My least favourite was The Toymaker, it's not that the story was bad, just so different to what I thought the book was about, that I just didn't enjoy it very much. In the next month I'm hoping to finish my Harry Potter re-read and also to read some thrillers. I found I've really been in that kind of mood lately, so think I will use the opportunity to maybe clear some from my shelf that have been there forever :)
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