I just finished my reread of Lord of Shadows fifteen minutes ago and I scurried to get out the laptop because everything is so fresh in my mind. People ask me all the time what my ultimate favorite book is and honestly I can read all the big classics and the “must read before you die” books but honestly I think these books, this series, the sub-series and the whole chronicles collection are my favorite. As I’m rereading The Dark Artifices, I am falling in love with this fictional world […]
Just last week I ordered the paperback box set of The Dark Artifices. Sure, I do already have a hardcover first edition of Queen of Air and Darkness but I read Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows as library books because I knew when the time came I would buy the paperback editions because i just love the spine art they make together and I already have the paperback box sets for The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices and I would really like it if all my books matched formats. Anyway, […]
Author: Cassandra Clare Illustrator: Cassandra Jean Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s UK Publication date: November 1, 2016 Pages: 208 Price $20.00 USD (Hardcover) at Topatoco Synopsis A very special anthology that’s a must for all fans of the Shadowhunter novels! Featuring characters from Cassandra Clare’s international best-selling novels from the Shadowhunters world including The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices, this anthology showcases beautifully illustrated portraits from Cassandra Jean – creator of The Shadowhunter Tarot – alongside never-before-known details from Cassandra Clare about all your favourite characters. […]
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux First publication date: 1999 Pages: 198 Price: $15.99 CAD (paperback) at Indigo Books & Music Online Synopsis The first ten lies they tell you in high school. “Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say.” From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now […]
We Should All Be Feminists Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication date: February 3, 2015 Pages: 64 Price: $11.95 CAD (paperback) at Indigo Books & Music Online Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Publisher: Knopf Canada Publication date: March 7, 2017 Pages: 80 Price: $18.00 CAD (hardcover) at Indigo Books & Music Online Hey everyone! Today I’m going to share what I thought on […]
"A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth."