Showing posts with label Grave Mercy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grave Mercy. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday (#2)

Well, hello there! Long time no see. It's been a while and I have no one to blame but myself. Thank you, Nicole for being a co-blogger with the patience of a saint.

I love book recs (especially the anticipation of books I truly MUST read) and I love lists, so posting this particular TTT was a no-brainer. And of course, I'm really curious to see what other books made it to your Top Ten Tuesdays. Can't wait to discuss!

Thanks to The Broke and the Bookish for hosting!

Top Ten Books People Have Been Telling Me That I  MUST Read

I intern at Bloomsbury and I  am still fifty pages in. 
This was on my Summer TBR list.  I just bought it. Gaby made me. 
Bad writer. Bad reader. 
The whole world pretty much told me to read it. 
I kind of feel guilty for never having read this in school.
I get yelled at whenever I tell a fellow blogger I haven't read this. 

I'll get to it eventually....
Nicole, Hannah and Gaby recc'd this to me. 



I LOVED Scorpio Races so reading her other books is a given, right?

Kind of kicking myself in the butt for not having read this. 





Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday (#1)

Really excited to start the first Top Ten Tuesday for Paperback Princess. I adore lists and have loved reading this meme in the past. If you don't know, TTT is hosted by The Broke and The Bookish.


Top Ten Books On My Summer TBR List




Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: I didn't know I wanted to read this until recently. I'm heading on a trip to Paris in a few weeks and I think this will be the perfect companion.

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor : This book has been on my TBR list for a while but with work and school, I haven't had time to pick it up.

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers: On a recent trip to Barnes and Noble, Co-Blogger Nicole urged me to read this. And by urged, I mean she forced it in my hands and told me I must read it. So I will.

Just One Day by Gayle Forman: If I Stay/Where She Went killed me. So I knew that I had to read Gayle Forman's second series. After I got it signed at Teen Author Carnival this year, I knew it was meant to be.

Open Road Summer by Emery Lord: The buzz for this is huge and I also feel obligated as a Bloomsbury intern to read this. But it also looks so good.



The Raven Boys by Maggie StiefvaterLike If I StayThe Scorpio Races reduced me to a pile of tears and feels. I've heard great things about this series and cannot wait to read it.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin: I am in love with meta fiction. This Gabrielle Zevin novel seems to be a quintessential book lover's book. I can't wait to read it.

This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner: The first book in this trilogy had me seeing stars. I adored it and literally made it my mission at BEA this year to get it. Thanks to the greatest Co-blogger in the world, I did.

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas: I would consider myself a horrible Bloomsbury intern and blogger if I didn't read this book. I'm twenty pages into it so far, though, and I love it. It shouldn't be a problem.

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson: This was my favorite surprise at BEA. Morgan Matson was so sweet and I'm in love with the cover.

Honorable Mention: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: I'm not a book snob. Not really. But I do like book lists and this book has made it on all of them. So I want to see what the fuss is about. I'm kind of already intrigued.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Grave Mercy

Author: Robin LaFevers
Goodreads Rating: 3.97
Pages: 549
Format: Finished Copy from ARCycle

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

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