LJ Holiday Book Bingo
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under_the_silk_treeI have completed the Holiday Book Bingo from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ljbookbingo and it was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the different categories. You can find my card here! I was planning on making a few different posts but I procrastinated so now you get one big one. lol
I hope everyone is having a good holiday season and here's to a better New Year!
Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.
Raikama has dark magic of her own, and she banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes, and warning Shiori that she must speak of it to no one: for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die.
Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and, on her journey, uncovers a conspiracy to overtake the throne—a conspiracy more twisted and deceitful, more cunning and complex, than even Raikama's betrayal. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she's been taught all her life to contain—no matter what it costs her. ~ Goodreads Description
This was such a great book. I loved Shiori. The journey she goes on to try to free herself and her brothers from a curse and the way she grows as a person along the way is just so well written. Elizabeth Lim is one of my favorite author's in YA and I have loved every book she has put out and this one is no different. I can't wait for The Dragon's Promise to come out in August. I highly recommend it! (Using this one for the Read a Book about Giving, and Read by Holiday Light)
Euphemia Reeves has most inconveniently fallen in love with Mr Benedict Ashbrooke. Housemaids do not marry gentlemen, of course... but a faerie named Lord Blackthorn is only too eager to help Effie win Mr Benedict's heart regardless.
Effie knows what a terrible idea it is to accept help from one of the Fair Folk—but life as a maid at Hartfield is so awful that she is willing to risk even her immortal soul for a chance at something better. Now, Effie has one hundred days and ten thousand stitches to make Mr Benedict fall in love with her and propose... if Lord Blackthorn doesn't wreck things by accident, that is. For Effie’s greatest obstacle might well be Lord Blackthorn’s overwhelmingly good intentions. ~Goodreads Description
This is the second book in Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales and I loved it just as much as the first one which was called Half a Soul. I loved both Effie and Blackthorn and how they play off each other as the story progresses. What I really appreciated was how the author makes Blackthorn truly feel like Fae, there is something not human about him and it shows in the way he thinks and when he tries to help Effie in his own unique way. Plus Effie is allowed to angry at the injustice she and her fellow maids experience at the hands of the rich. Also I liked that unlike a lot of YA the author allows the story to be both serious and humorous which was a nice change. So many YA books are just so grim and dark and there is nothing wrong with that but it makes for a refreshing change when a book does not go that route. (Using this one for the Read wrapped in a blanket, & Read while playing holiday music square)
I've had this book forever and so I finally decided to give it a chance. Overall I thought it was mostly good. Although it is a mystery it is more a study of the various characters that inhabit the story and all of them are shown to be quirky in a humorous way. I found them all fairly interesting although there were times when they seemed a bit too eccentric and then they kind of lost my interest. All in all I enjoyed it. (Using this one for the Red or Green Cover & Read while drinking a warm drink)
As a kid I sung the song and watched the tv show but I never did read the book. Which is kind of a bummer because this was a very cute story and I thought the rhymes and illustrations were very delightful. I think as a kid I would've really enjoyed the story. (Using this one for the Read a holiday picture book)
Other then Good Omens which Terry Pratchett wrote with Neil Gaiman I hadn't read any other of Pratchett's books and I was recommended that this was a good book to start with. And I have to say I did quite enjoy it. Pratchett's writing really reminded me of Douglas Adams in the way they turn a phrase. The book was entertaining and I could see reading more in this series. (Using this one for the Recommended to You Square & the Reading With your Favorite Holiday Movie in the Background)
For the Square Read a Holiday Poem:
I read Ella Wheeler Wilcox "The Year" and greatly enjoyed it. The poem speaks to me as the new year approaches and the old leaves us.
What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of the year.
For the Make a Post about your Fav Book of the Year square I have to go with the first one that crossed my mind which was Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.
I have read so many good books this year I honestly could've picked a least a dozen others for this honor but this book in particular was just so well written that I have already preordered the next in the series and I honestly can't wait to continue on with Bree's story.
That should make a bingo. Having these book bingos to look forward to and choosing which books to read for them has been one of the highlights of my year, so a big thank you very much to the modsljbookbingo
ljbookbingo and it was a lot of fun! I really enjoyed the different categories. You can find my card here! I was planning on making a few different posts but I procrastinated so now you get one big one. lol I hope everyone is having a good holiday season and here's to a better New Year!
Shiori, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted, but it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.
Raikama has dark magic of her own, and she banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes, and warning Shiori that she must speak of it to no one: for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die.
Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and, on her journey, uncovers a conspiracy to overtake the throne—a conspiracy more twisted and deceitful, more cunning and complex, than even Raikama's betrayal. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she's been taught all her life to contain—no matter what it costs her. ~ Goodreads Description
This was such a great book. I loved Shiori. The journey she goes on to try to free herself and her brothers from a curse and the way she grows as a person along the way is just so well written. Elizabeth Lim is one of my favorite author's in YA and I have loved every book she has put out and this one is no different. I can't wait for The Dragon's Promise to come out in August. I highly recommend it! (Using this one for the Read a Book about Giving, and Read by Holiday Light)
Euphemia Reeves has most inconveniently fallen in love with Mr Benedict Ashbrooke. Housemaids do not marry gentlemen, of course... but a faerie named Lord Blackthorn is only too eager to help Effie win Mr Benedict's heart regardless.
Effie knows what a terrible idea it is to accept help from one of the Fair Folk—but life as a maid at Hartfield is so awful that she is willing to risk even her immortal soul for a chance at something better. Now, Effie has one hundred days and ten thousand stitches to make Mr Benedict fall in love with her and propose... if Lord Blackthorn doesn't wreck things by accident, that is. For Effie’s greatest obstacle might well be Lord Blackthorn’s overwhelmingly good intentions. ~Goodreads Description
This is the second book in Olivia Atwater's Regency Faerie Tales and I loved it just as much as the first one which was called Half a Soul. I loved both Effie and Blackthorn and how they play off each other as the story progresses. What I really appreciated was how the author makes Blackthorn truly feel like Fae, there is something not human about him and it shows in the way he thinks and when he tries to help Effie in his own unique way. Plus Effie is allowed to angry at the injustice she and her fellow maids experience at the hands of the rich. Also I liked that unlike a lot of YA the author allows the story to be both serious and humorous which was a nice change. So many YA books are just so grim and dark and there is nothing wrong with that but it makes for a refreshing change when a book does not go that route. (Using this one for the Read wrapped in a blanket, & Read while playing holiday music square)
I've had this book forever and so I finally decided to give it a chance. Overall I thought it was mostly good. Although it is a mystery it is more a study of the various characters that inhabit the story and all of them are shown to be quirky in a humorous way. I found them all fairly interesting although there were times when they seemed a bit too eccentric and then they kind of lost my interest. All in all I enjoyed it. (Using this one for the Red or Green Cover & Read while drinking a warm drink)
As a kid I sung the song and watched the tv show but I never did read the book. Which is kind of a bummer because this was a very cute story and I thought the rhymes and illustrations were very delightful. I think as a kid I would've really enjoyed the story. (Using this one for the Read a holiday picture book)
Other then Good Omens which Terry Pratchett wrote with Neil Gaiman I hadn't read any other of Pratchett's books and I was recommended that this was a good book to start with. And I have to say I did quite enjoy it. Pratchett's writing really reminded me of Douglas Adams in the way they turn a phrase. The book was entertaining and I could see reading more in this series. (Using this one for the Recommended to You Square & the Reading With your Favorite Holiday Movie in the Background)
For the Square Read a Holiday Poem:
I read Ella Wheeler Wilcox "The Year" and greatly enjoyed it. The poem speaks to me as the new year approaches and the old leaves us.
What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That’s not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.
We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.
We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our brides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that’s the burden of the year.
For the Make a Post about your Fav Book of the Year square I have to go with the first one that crossed my mind which was Legendborn by Tracy Deonn.
I have read so many good books this year I honestly could've picked a least a dozen others for this honor but this book in particular was just so well written that I have already preordered the next in the series and I honestly can't wait to continue on with Bree's story.
That should make a bingo. Having these book bingos to look forward to and choosing which books to read for them has been one of the highlights of my year, so a big thank you very much to the mods
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