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Literary Friday: Spring Break Edition

Friday, March 11, 2016

Happy Literary Friday, My Lovelies!

I must admit that I don't have much to share today because we were out of town for a week for a horse show and art class.

Luckily Spring Break is just around the corner, and I have three books on my list I can't wait to read!
Let's take a look at them:




From Goodreads:

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.

It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn’t lead her in treacherous directions…

Making things even more complicated, Julian’s brother Mark—who was captured by the faeries five years ago—has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind—and they need the Shadowhunters’ help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged and doesn’t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it?

Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare’s Dark Artifices series.






From Goodreads:

Two women's decision to save a child during WWII will have powerful reverberations over the years.

Chiara Ravello is about to flee occupied Rome when she locks eyes with a woman being herded on to a truck with her family.

Claiming the woman's son, Daniele, as her own nephew, Chiara demands his return; only as the trucks depart does she realize what she has done. She is twenty-seven, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead, and now a child in her charge.

Several decades later, Chiara lives alone in Rome, a self-contained woman working as a translator. Always in the background is the shadow of Daniele, whose absence and the havoc he wrought on Chiara's world haunt her. Then she receives a phone call from a teenager claiming to be his daughter, and Chiara knows it is time to face up to the past.




Author Virginia Baily talks about her inspiration for Early One Morning







From Goodreads:

Once you let a book into your life, the most unexpected things can happen...

Broken Wheel, Iowa, has never seen anyone like Sara, who traveled all the way from Sweden just to meet her pen pal, Amy. When she arrives, however, she finds that Amy's funeral has just ended. Luckily, the townspeople are happy to look after their bewildered tourist—even if they don't understand her peculiar need for books. Marooned in a farm town that's almost beyond repair, Sara starts a bookstore in honor of her friend's memory. 

All she wants is to share the books she loves with the citizens of Broken Wheel and to convince them that reading is one of the great joys of life. But she makes some unconventional choices that could force a lot of secrets into the open and change things for everyone in town. Reminiscent of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, this is a warm, witty book about friendship, stories, and love.


Don't these three books look fantastic!

Please come back tomorrow for our St. Patrick's Day decor!


Until next time...

Blessings!

Ricki Jill



5 comments

  1. Welcome back home Ricki Jill ... Relax as you lose yourself in one of your chosen books. Hope the horse show and art class brought joy to your heart.
    xoxo,
    Vera

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  2. I really need to read more. I have a stack of books a mile high LOL Your choices sound good though :)

    I don't know why anyone would have giggled at your stairs. I think they're beautiful :)

    xo,
    rue

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  3. I am just about ready for a new book so I will check these out.

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  4. I will be checking out the last book you featured for sure. :-))
    Carla

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  5. I want to read the last one you mentioned too! Hope you have another wonderful week! Hugs, Diane

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