Actress. Writer. Foodie. Book Nerd.
Continuing our adventures, I awoke after a horrible night of sickness feeling perfectly fine. We decided to take it a bit easier that day to play it safe and see how I felt later on that evening.
We walked over to the Italian district. That’s one thing we loved about Boston–it’s such a great walking city. Everything is so near one another. Once we parked the car the day we arrived, we didn’t touch it again until the day we left.
We debated buying this shirt, but opted for a picture instead.
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Title: Passenger (Passenger #1)
Author: Alexandra Bracken
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Publication Date: January 5, 2016
Pages: 496
Buy: Amazonpassage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to them— whether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home . . . forever.
So my friend, Meesh, and I had planned on going to Austin, TX for New Years. When that didn’t pan out we decided to reroute to Boston. I know what you’re thinking, “But it’s so COLD in Boston!” We actually lucked out! We had such warm weather that some days with my coat, I was too warm.
We had an absolutely fantastic time, minus a few hiccups, but I’ll get to those.
Of course, you all know mine and Meesh’s talent for overpacking. What made you think this trip would be any different? #wewereonlythere5days
So I have a very different post for today’s Book Tuesday! Since I was slack last week and didn’t post a review, I thought I would make it up to you all with something else this week–a giveaway x2!
Last night I went to the book signing for Susan Dennard’s Truthwitch and Alexandra Bracken’s Passenger! Since I love you all, I got each of their books signed for two of you lucky winners! I’ve read Truthwitch and loved it and I’m about halfway through Passenger and can’t put it down. SO GOOD.
The signing was awesome! Completely packed. Erin Bowman was our moderator for the night and she had some fantastic questions for Alex and Sooz.
Wow, what an incredible year this has been! I was looking back on my New Years post from last year and I realized, I pretty much did every resolution dream I said I would. I would say that’s an incredible thing, no? Here are some highlights from 2015!
Like last year, I thought I would try and narrow down my top ten favorite books of 2015. And like last year, there was no way I could narrow it down to 10 books.
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What?! I read over 100 books this year! You try narrowing them down to 10…
I might also have grouped a series together and counted it as one…
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Don’t judge me. [Read more…]
Can you believe 2016 is just around the corner? Craziness! To get you revved up for 2016, I’m giving you my highly anticipated books for the upcoming year!
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This is one of the questions the bro and I constantly get asked whenever we meet with someone about the show.
Person looks at us, gestures back and forth and asks, “Sooo how does this work?”
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Title: Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1)
Author: Susan Dennard
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: January 5, 2015
Pages: 416
Buy:AmazonOn a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.
In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.
Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.
Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.
Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.
Currently, the bro and I are doing a Christmas show out in Bristol, PA for the month. It’s a great little gig, with some fantastic people. Most of the rehearsals are at night however, so we’ve taken this opportunity as a mini writer’s retreat and trying to write/finish Musical 2 (for lack of a title). It takes place in Italy during WWII, specifically toward the end of the war and the northern occupation. It’s a fascinating topic and one that most people haven’t really explored. It’s one even I’m learning about as we continue to research and write.
We’re slowly getting through it (we’re up to about 4 scenes in Act 1) and we have to finish the whole show by the end of the month for a deadline.
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