Interesting Books
(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
When
Ruby wakes up on her tenth birthday, something about her has changed. Something
alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police.
Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government
"rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease
that's killed most of America's children, but she and the others have emerged
with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.
Now
sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.
Fairy
Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip Pullman, review at The
Book Smugglers
Two
hundred years ago, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published the first volume of
Children’s and Household Tales. Now, at a veritable fairy-tale moment, Philip
Pullman, one of the most popular authors of our time, makes us fall in love all
over again with the immortal tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Pullman retells his fifty
favorites, paying homage to the tales that inspired his unique creative
vision—and that continue to cast their spell on the Western imagination.
This is
a world dominated by The Wild. Man
lives in pockets of civilization claimed from The Wild. Within men's walls life
is civilized, the peace punctuated by tournaments, politicking, courtly love
and canny business. Beyond those walls men are prey - vulnerable to the
exceptionally powerful and dangerous creatures which populate the land and even
more vulnerable to those creatures schemes.
So when
one of those creatures breaks out of The Wild and begins preying on people in
their homes, it takes a specialist to hunt it down or drive it out...and even
then, it's a long, difficult and extremely dangerous job.
A
thousand years have passed since the Clan Lords and the Fey commanded dragons
and raised mighty citadels. The remnants of their ancient power lie dormant and
a new conflict threatens the kingdom of Antia…
King
Daris rules a peaceful and prosperous land, but his conniving brother Jerim
covets the throne and civil war looms. But there are worse threats to Antia
than mere human greed.
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews
Angel’s
Ink by Jocelynn Drake, review at Under
The Covers
The City’s Son by Tom Pollock, review at A
Fantastical Librarian
The
Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson, review at Fantasy
Literature
Epic by
John Joseph Adams (Ed.), review at the
Little Red Reviewer
Land of Hope and Glory by Geoffrey Wilson, review at A
Fantastical Librarian
Mage’s
Blood by David Hair, review at The
Speculative Scotsman
Giveaways
Angel’s
Ink by Jocelynn Drake at Under
The Covers
The
Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken at The
Midnight Garden
Fairy
Tales from the Brothers Grimm by Philip Pullman at The
Book Smugglers
Storm Front, Fool Moon and Grave Peril by Jim Butcher at The
Ranting Dragon
The World of Earthsea books by Ursula K. Le Guin at The
Book Smugglers
Triumph Over Tragedy
Sarah
over at Bookworm Blues is editing this anthology. All proceeds go the Red Cross
and the title is dedicated to the survivors of Hurricane Sandy.
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