2.16.2012

Whatcha Reading, Fools? (1)

Hey guys! So this is a feature i'm going to start doing sporadically where I talk about some books i'm going to be reading in that month that I think you should be keeping your eye out for/buying!



Title: Born Wicked
Author: Jessica Spotswood
Release Date: February 7th, 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 326
Edition: Hardcover
Goodreads: Link

Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship--or an early grave.



WITCHES AND HISTORICAL FICTION AND ROMANCE, OH MY. So excited to read this one because it sounds amazing! Plus, Lauren really liked it, and whatever Lauren likes, i'll give it a try!


Title: Game of Thrones
Author: George R.R Martin
Release Date: August 16th, 2005
Publisher: Spectra
Pages: 835
Edition: Hardcover
Source: For Review
Goodreads: Link

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom's protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: thegame of thrones.



Guys. I love this show LIKE WHOA. My love for this show cannot be measured by simple words and I am SO EXCITED for season two so i'm dying for April to come already and I have the entire series so WOOOOO.

Title: Grave Mercy
Author: R.L LaFevers
Release Date: April 3th, 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 509
Edition: Hardcover
Goodreads: Link

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.

Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

The sheer amount of epic contained in that premise is just too much for my fragile heart. SO PSYCHED. It has assassins and french history and love and ASSASSINS. I really like assassins if you couldn't tell.

What about you? What you are reading?
Happy Reading!

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