Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Currently Reading... The Mortal Instruments
by: Cassandra Clare
::thousand years ago, the Angel Raziel mixed his blood with the blood of men and created the race of the Nephilim. Human-angel hybrids, they walk among us, unseen but ever-present, our invisible protectors.
They call themselves Shadowhunters.
The Shadowhunters obey the laws set down in the Gray Book, given to them by the angel: their mandate is to protect our world from the interdimensional parasites they call demons, who travel from world to world, razing and destroying everything in their path. Theirs is also the task of keeping the peace among the warring Downworlders: the human-demon crossbreeds we know as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, and faeries.
In their duties they are aided by the mysterious Silent Brothers. Their lips and eyes sewn shut, the Silent Brothers rule over the City of Bones, the necropolis below the streets of Manhattan that holds the dead bodies of slain Shadowhunters. The Silent Brothers keep the archival records of ever Shadowhunter ever born. They also watch over the Mortal Instruments, the three divine objects the Angel Raziel gave to his children. One is a sword. One is a mirror. And the last is a cup.
For a thousand years, the Nephilim have protected the Mortal Instruments. But that was before the Uprising, the civil war that almost tore the Shadowhunters' secret world apart. Though Valentine, the Shadowhunter who started the war, is long dead, the wounds it left behind have never healed.
Fifteen years have passed since the Uprising. It's August in New York; the streets blistering with heat. Rumors run rampant through Downworld that Valentine is back, at the head of an army of Forsaken warriors.
And the Mortal Cup has gone missing...::
(content from www.cassandraclare.com)
Keep an eye out for the Prequel series to The Mortal Instruments,
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Currently Reading...
A Great new Series by Susan May Warren:
The PJ Sugar Series
Nothing But Trouble (#1)
Summary: "It's not fair to say that trouble happens every time PJ Sugar is around, but it feels that way when she returns to her home town, looking for a fresh start. Within a week, her former teacher is murdered and her best friend's husband is arrested as the number-one suspect. Although the police detective investigating the murder—who also happens to be PJ's former flame—is convinced it's an open-and-shut case, PJ's not so sure. She begins digging for clues in an effort to clear her friend’s husband and ends up reigniting old passions, uncovering an international conspiracy, and solving a murder along the way. She also discovers that maybe God can use a woman who never seems to get it right. (http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-but-Trouble-PJ-Sugar/dp/1414313128/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242934055&sr=8-1)"
Monday, May 4, 2009
Your Summer '09 Beach Reads....
by: Trish Perry
release date: June 1, 2009
playing catch up:
Too Good to be True (2007)
by: Siri Mitchell
release date: June 1, 2009
playing catch up:
by: Karen Kingsbury
release date: June 23, 2009
playing catch up:
by: Madeleine Wickham (aka: Sophie Kinsella)
release date: June 23, 2009
playing catch up:
Coming Attractions (Katie Weldon Series #3)
by: Robin Jones Gunn
release date: July 1, 2009
Twenties Girl
by: Robin Jones Gunn
release date: July 1, 2009
playing catch up:
by: Susan Andersen
release date: July 1, 2009
playing catch up:
by: Sophie Kinsella
release date: July 21, 2009
Playing catch up:
Can You Keep a Secret? (2005)
release dates and pictures: amazon.com
Click Titles of Books for links to amazon.com's page featuring that book!
good things come to those who wait....
by: Mindy Starns Clark
release date: September 1, 2009
by: Caprice Crane
release date: September 29, 2009
The Seaside Letters
by: Denise Hunter
release date: Oct. 6, 2009
by: Karen Kingsbury
release date: October 20, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
"March" into the Bookstore
by: Beverly Lewis
release date: March 31, 2009
Summary: "In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep in the night? Why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, everything Grace assumed she knew is shattered. Her mother's disappearance leaves Grace reeling and unable to keep her betrothal promise to her long-time beau. Left to pick up the pieces of her life, Grace questions all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment. Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor's diagnosis. Surely fate would not allow her father to lose his only daughter after the death of his wife a few years before. In denial and telling no one she is terminally ill, Heather travels to Lancaster County--the last place she and her mother had visited together. Will Heather find healing for body and spirit? As the lives of four wounded souls begin to weave together like an Amish patchwork quilt, they each discover missing pieces of their life puzzles--and glimpse the merciful and loving hand of God."
-photo and summary: amazon.com
By: Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser
Release date: March 31, 2009
Summary: "For the fanciest girl around, the outdoors are out of this world! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, set out to explore the fascinating world of wildflowers, trees, leaves, birds, and, of course, butterflies in their exclusively glamorous Explorers' Club. With recipes for pinecone bird feeders and extra-fancy lemonade, an official club bird, and an exclusive map of the territory, Fancy Nancy is one Explorer Extraordinaire!
Take a look at Nancy's very own enlightening discoveries and find out just how fancy the outdoors can be!"
-summary and photo: amazon.com
For more great books coming out this year click here: http://onthesepaperwings.blogspot.com/2009/01/ring-in-new-year-with-these-new-books.html
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Currently Reading...
Author: Beth Kendrick
Synopsis: "Kendrick (Nearlyweds; Exes and Ohs) centers her painfully formulaic latest tale of domestic woe on that most unromantic document: the prenuptial agreement. Stay-at-home mom Ellie Barton, a twinset and pearls type, thought her life and family (blonde, curly haired little girl and a Ken-doll old-money husband) were perfect—until she sees a racy e-mail intended for her husband. Ellie's marriage isn't the only one going down the tubes; her two witty girlfriends are having pre-nup issues of their own: Mara, a lawyer with commitment issues, is having trouble drafting her own pre-nup, while health nut entrepreneur Jen's pre-nup could cost her her darling startup company. When Ellie's husband throws some punches in the divorce arrangements, the ladies roll out some dirty tricks of their own. . . "
(Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.) synopsis and photo: Amazon.com
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