So I kind of forgot that this upcoming weekend is Memorial Day weekend and since I will be out of town and away from Internet and computers at the time I thought I would start our July voting a bit early. Here are our two choices for July.
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
Emily Luccock is looking forward to living at Sugar Hill Hall...She
remembers her aunt and uncle's grand old mansion well. But this time things are different. Her aunt's once bright and lively home is now dead with
silence. Evil lurks in every corner and the dark, shadowed walls watch and
whisper late at night.
Emily is desperate to uncover the truth about
what is happening at Sugar Hill Hall. But time is running out, and she must
find a way to save the people and home she cares so much about.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply
there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas
tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is
called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But
behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young
magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for
this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game
in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a
remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia
and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights
flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone
involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang
in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast
for the senses and the heart.
Voting will go until June 1st.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Thoughts & Favorite Quotes
Let's get a post started for your thoughts on What Alice Forgot. Let's combine posts this time and feel free to leave your favorite quotes here as well. Can't wait to hear what everyone thought.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
July Voting
Voting for our July book selection will begin the week of May 27th. As always, all previously mentioned books will be on the list to be randomly chosen from. If there are any other books you would like added to the list please post them here and I will add them.
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
JK Rowling-The Casual Vacancy
I really like the books Erica has us voting on. It is nice to be reading things I wouldn't necessarily pick on my own. I don't want to change that, but I was wondering how many of you are anticipating JK Rowlings new book that comes out around September 27. It is her first novel for adults and when I read the descirption it makes me wonder how much it is like the movie Hot Fuzz. If we aren't doing it as a book for the book club that month I will still be reading it also and wanting to discuss it with you all :)
Here's the Overview:
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.
Here's the Overview:
When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils...Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the town's council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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