Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer My rating: 3 of 5 stars In her first graphic novel, bestselling author Marissa Meyer extends the world of the Lunar Chronicles with a brand-new,action-packed story about Iko, the android with a heart of (mechanized) gold.When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous peace alliance between … Continue reading Review: Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer
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Review: Stars Above
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Keeper: A prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, showing a young Scarlet and how Princess Selene came into the care of Michelle Benoit. Glitches: In this prequel to Cinder, we see the results of the plague play out, and the emotional toll it takes … Continue reading Review: Stars Above
Review: Fairest: Levana’s Story
Fairest: Levana's Story by Marissa Meyer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story—a story that has never been told … until … Continue reading Review: Fairest: Levana’s Story
Review: Winter
Winter by Marissa Meyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t … Continue reading Review: Winter
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read In 2015
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. What a year, huh! There was so much going on in my life that I did not get to read all the books I hoped to read (when do we ever?), but … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read In 2015
Top Ten Tuesday: Fairytale Retellings I’ve Read
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. Fairytale retellings - the genre I blindly add books from. No really, if the blurb mentions or alludes to being similar to a fairytale, I will immediately add it to my TBR. … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Fairytale Retellings I’ve Read
Review: Cress
Cress by Marissa Meyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars 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 her army. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her … Continue reading Review: Cress
Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Celebrate Diversity
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish wherein each week bloggers list out their Top Ten. This week is to celebrate diversity in lit, as in books which "featureminority/religious minority, socioeconomic diversity, disabled MC, neurotypical character, LGBTQ". As I was making this post, I realized I haven't really … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Celebrate Diversity
New Releases: Feb 1st-8th
Cress (#3 in The Lunar Chronicles) Release date: February 4, 2014 Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard. In this third book in the bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they’re plotting to overthrow Queen … Continue reading New Releases: Feb 1st-8th
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