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So the inevitable happened. I got called in for Jury Duty. Now, this is nothing new. Somehow, I am always the one out of my family to get called every few years. However, this was the first time I actually got selected to be on a jury. It was for the Federal court so that meant I had to travel to downtown NYC almost every day for 3 weeks.
I think I have the NJ transit schedule memorized at this point.
Title: Map of Fates (The Conspiracy of Us #2)
Author: Maggie Hall
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Mystery, Action
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Publication Date: March 8, 2016
Pages: 320
Buy: Amazon*****Spoilers for The Conspiracy of Us in description*****
Two weeks.
That’s how long it took for Avery West’s ordinary life to change forever: In two weeks, she discovered she was heiress to a powerful secret society known as the Circle, learned her mother was taken hostage by the Circle’s enemies, and fell for a boy she’s not allowed to love, just as she found out another was her unwelcome destiny.
Now, Avery crosses oceans in private jets to hunt for clues that will uncover the truth about the Circle, setting her mom and herself free before it’s too late. By her side are both the boys: Jack—steady, loyal, and determined to help her even at the expense of his own duty—and Stellan, whose connection to Avery grows stronger by the day despite her best intentions, making her question what she believes at every turn.
But at the end of a desperate hunt from the islands of Greece to the red carpet at Cannes comes a discovery that not only changes everything, but could bring the whole world to its knees. And now Avery is forced to face the truth: in the world of the Circle, no one is what they seem.
Title: Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1)
Author: Cinda Williams Chima
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Date: April 5, 2016
Pages: 544
Buy: AmazonThe first in a thrilling new four-book fantasy series from New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, set in the same world as her beloved Seven Realms series, a generation later
Adrian sul’Han, known as Ash, is a trained healer with a powerful gift of magic—and a thirst for revenge. Ash is forced into hiding after a series of murders throws the queendom into chaos. Now Ash is closer than he’s ever been to killing the man responsible, the cruel king of Arden. As a healer, can Ash use his powers not to save a life but to take it?
Abandoned at birth, Jenna Bandelow was told that the mysterious magemark on the back of her neck would make her a target. But when the King’s Guard launches a relentless search for a girl with a mark like hers, Jenna assumes that it has more to do with her role as a saboteur than any birth-based curse. Though Jenna doesn’t know why she’s being hunted, she knows that she can’t get caught.
Eventually, Ash’s and Jenna’s paths will collide in Arden. Thrown together by chance and joined by their hatred of the king, they will come to rescue each other in ways they cannot yet imagine.
Set in the world of the acclaimed Seven Realms series a generation later, this is a thrilling story of dark magic, chilling threats, and two unforgettable characters walking a knife-sharp line between life and death.
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Title: Happily Ever Ninja (Knitting in the City #5)
Author: Penny Reid
Genre: Chick Lit, Contemporary
Publisher: Caped, Smashwords Edition, Cipher-Naught
Publication Date: January 19, 2016
Pages: 308
Buy: AmazonThere are three things you need to know about Fiona Archer… I would tell you what they are, but then I’d have to kill you.
But I can tell you that Fiona’s husband—the always irrepressible and often cantankerous Greg Archer—is desperately in love with his wife. He aches for her when they are apart, and is insatiable when they are together. Yet as the years pass, Greg has begun to suspect that Fiona is a ninja. A ninja mom. A ninja wife. A ninja friend. After fourteen years of marriage, Greg is trying not to panic. Because Fiona’s talent for blending in is starting to resemble fading away.
However, when unexpected events mean Fiona must take center stage to keep her family safe, her response stuns everyone—Greg most of all. It seems like Greg’s wish has come true.
Except… not.
When all is said and done, can Greg handle this new version of his wife? Will his irrepressible cantankerousness push her away? Or can the couple find a way forward without either being forced to step back into the shadows?
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Title: The Great Hunt (The Great Hunt #1)
Author: Wendy Higgins
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Fairytale Retelling
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: March 8, 2016
Pages: 416
Buy: Amazon
Kill the beast. Win the girl.
A strange beast stirs fear in the kingdom of Lochlanach, terrorizing towns with its brutality and hunger. In an act of desperation, a proclamation is sent to all of Eurona—kill the creature and win the ultimate prize: the daughter of King Lochson’s hand in marriage.
Princess Aerity understands her duty to the kingdom though it pains her to imagine marrying a stranger. It would be foolish to set her sights on any particular man in the great hunt, but when a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention, there’s no denying the unspoken lure between them…or his mysterious resentment.
Paxton is not keen on marriage. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He’s determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast and protecting his family—yet Princess Aerity continues to challenge his notions with her unpredictability and charm. But as past secrets collide with present desires, dire choices threaten everything Paxton holds dear.
Inspired by the Grimm Brothers’ tale, “The Singing Bone,” New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins delivers a dark fantasy filled with rugged hunters, romantic tension, outlawed magic, and a princess willing to risk all to save her people.
So I’m going to try and post one of these once a month. There are usually more books that I read that I don’t end up reviewing on the blog, but still want to share with you and I thought this would be a quick and fun way to do that! I know a lot of book bloggers out there usually do a Wrap Up plus a monthly TBR (To Be Read) pile, but I don’t like forcing myself to make a list of books that I HAVE to read–it just puts me off of reading them! There will prob. be some months (usually when I’m crazy busy) that I won’t have read more, but they’re far and few between. So hopefully this will be a new addition to the blog!
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Title: Into the Dim (Into the Dim #1)
Author: Janet B. Taylor
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
Pages: 432
Buy:AmazonWhen fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers. Trapped in the twelfth century in the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Hope has seventy-two hours to rescue her mother and get back to their own time. Along the way, her path collides with that of a mysterious boy who could be vital to her mission . . . or the key to Hope’s undoing.
