Hi everyone! I have an announcement to make.
I'm closing this blog and moving it over to Wordpress. However, this isn't goodbye! The move would be a new experience for me, and I'm excited to invite you to my new blog. Here's my Wordpress blog address:
gleefulgrace.wordpress.com
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A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E.Schwab—Four Londons & Tortured Darlings
A Darker Shade of Magicby V.E. SchwabKell is one of the last Antari, a rare magician who can travel between parallel worlds: hopping from Grey London — dirty, boring, lacking magic, and ruled by mad King George — to Red London — where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire — to White London — ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne, where people fight to control magic, and the magic fights back — and back, but never Black London, because...
Artificial Light by Nathan Wall—Angels and High-Tech!
Artificial Light
by Nathan Wall
Sometimes you risk becoming a villain in order to be the hero.
Since recovering memories and incredible abilities nearly two years ago, an insatiable lust to grow more powerful has consumed Jarrod. Now that urge puts the friends he has left in mortal danger. The only way to protect them is to accept isolation. However, Jarrod has made promises and intends on staying with those he cares for until his pledge is upheld.
The Light of Souls has been disrupted and...
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Salt to the Sea
by Ruta Sepetys
Winter, 1945. Four teenagers. Four secrets.
Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies…and war.
As thousands of desperate refugees flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom.
Yet not all promises can be kept.
Inspired by the single greatest tragedy in maritime history, bestselling and award-winning author...
Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra—Prima Donna Drama
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by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton
Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this soapy, drama-packed novel featuring diverse characters who will do anything to be the prima at their elite ballet school.
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance—but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her...
10 Non-Fiction Books I Read & Loved in Spring 2016
1.Better Than Before by Gretchen Rubin
A book on forming good habits and shedding bad ones!
2. 101 Secrets for Your Twenties by Paul Angone
A motivational guide to surviving my twenties, even though I’m not an adult yet. It's good to be equipped!
3. Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher
A memoir on living a bipolar life. I love reading books on mental illness, and this 1st-person account teaches me a lot about bipolar disorder and what it's like to live with it.
4....
The Diabolical Miss Hyde by Viola Carr—Jekyll & Hyde!
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Forensic science, magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy steampunk fantasy—a retelling of the horror classic, in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll, daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll—pursues a dangerous murderer in an alternate Victorian London.
In an electrified Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with newfangled technological gadgets. She will need every advantage available to catch a terrifying new psychopath...
The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig—Time-Travel, Pirate Ships, and Maps!
The Girl from Everywhere
by Heidi Heilig
It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer.
Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a time-traveller. She, her father and their crew of time refugees travel the world aboard The Temptation, a glorious pirate ship stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical. Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times - although a map will only take you somewhere...
Dangerous Boys by Abigail Haas—She Did It Again!
Dangerous Boys
by Abigail Haas
Three teens venture into the abandoned Monroe estate one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding; the other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder?
Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece together the...
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In the Shadow of the Gods (Bound Gods #1) by Rachel Dunne A breathtaking talent makes her debut with this first book in a dark epic fantasy trilogy, in which a mismatched band of mortals, led by violent, secretive man, must stand against a pair of resentful gods to save their world.Eons ago, a pair of gods known as the “Twins” grew powerful in the world of Fiatera, until the Divine Mother and Almighty Father exiled them, binding them deep in the earth. But the price of keeping the fire-lands...
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