Sunday, January 12, 2014

Galdoni by Cheree Alsop



Cheree Alsop is one of my top ten favorite authors.  Her writing is simple yet exquisite.  Her books have great morals, values, adventures, heroes, and just a smidgen of innocent and heart-melting romance mixed in as well.


Galdoni is about opening your eyes, discovering and removing the blinds that the world around us uses to keep us in the dark. It is about finding your purpose, embracing your individuality and realizing you are more than just a number, a thing to be used and controlled and manipulated.  



Galdoni is about putting faith in your friends and trusting others with your secrets.  It is about self-preservation & endurance through intense & dangerous situations.  It is about not giving up but standing up; standing up for what is right, even when you stand alone. 


I hope you enjoy this book and recommend it to people you know.  I enjoyed it immensely and have read it multiple times already.

"We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."



THE STORY:

“This is the Arena, and here we live to die.” These are the words carved into a holding cell where genetically-altered gladiators, the winged humans called Galdoni, are trained to fight. Kale, rescued by three high school students and nursed back from the brink of death, is given the chance to experience life as a human. When he is captured, he has to use what he learned in the world outside the Academy in order to free the other Galdoni and return to the human girl he loves.
Dark and exciting, Galdoni pushes the boundaries of love in a world of violence.


*Picture & "The Story" information comes from the author's website: www.chereealsop.com

Thief Prince by Cheree Alsop






Cheree Alsop is one of my top ten favorite authors.  Her writing is simple yet exquisite.  Her books have great morals, values, adventures, heroes, and just a smidgen of innocent & heart-melting romance mixed in as well.

Thief prince is about discovering the world for yourself and not through the eyes of your parents or peers.  It's also about discovering yourself in general: what kind of person you want to be and how you chose to be a leader for people.  It is about accepting and embracing what sets you apart from others, and using your talents to help others.

It is about not making judgments until you have all the information necessary to make a wise decision.  It is about friendship, forgiveness, acceptance, generosity, and the desire to better the world around you.

I hope you enjoy this book and recommend it to people you know.  I enjoyed it immensely and have read it multiple times already.

"...My father enjoys a good bet.  He taught me that the best way to make a small fortune gamboling was to bring a large fortune to bet with." He laughed.  "He also taught me that to loose is a great way to ensure that you never become too prideful."


THE STORY:
When her brother’s sickness forces Kit to accept the title of heir to her kingdom’s crown, she is outcast by the others and treated as inferior; but when she is kidnapped along with the other heirs on a dangerous journey, her differences turn into strengths that may save their lives. Kit is tested both mentally and physically as she faces odds both on the battlefield and within the royal social circles. She soon realizes that her greatest challenge may be to return home with her heart in one piece.

Thief Prince is a story of courage in the face of fear, and of love despite overwhelming odds. Whether you are looking for an adventure or the chance to see kingdoms beyond your world, Thief Prince is the story to sweep you away.

*Picture & "The Story" information comes from the author's website: www.chereealsop.com


Saturday, January 11, 2014

What did you read last year?


So last year, literally throughout all of 2013, I read more than 200 books... WHAAAAAAATT???!!?!?!! I totally know, right?! It was fun and crazy and insane and the best year ever, but sadly it will never happen again.  I never got anything done and put off doing errands, forgetting to open my mail, and lost so much sleep.  But then again, I read somewhere that no one ever remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep... I had told my dad this and he replied with, "I do!" Haha.

So this year, one of my New Year's Resolutions is to read less- silly, I know.  How many people will you meet in the world who will say that? ;)  ANYwho, I am going to try & cut down to reading only one book per week, that's 52 books in a year... sounds pretty dang good, cutting down 1/4 from what I was at before.

I'm not really sure why I read so much, I think it may be because I hadn't read for so long, and because  I was able to find great free books through iBooks on my new iPhone, and my sister Laura took me on a few dates to Powell's Book Store.  Leading me to be quite the bookworm.

So this blog is dedicated to reviews and recommendations via the books on my to-read list and my did-read list and my recommended-by-fav-authors-on-twitter list.  I hope this helps you pick a great read, because nothing compares to reading the last word at the end of a superb binding of pages, otherwise known as a book. :)