What was your best audiobook experience? : books. Goodreads | Recent Updates. Prophecy. The Prophecy, Amazon. Graceling. Katsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight—she’s a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. As niece of the king, she should be able to live a life of privilege, but Graced as she is with killing, she is forced to work as the king’s thug. She never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po. She never expects to learn the truth behind her Grace—or the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone. With elegant, evocative prose and a cast of unforgettable characters, debut author Kristin Cashore creates a mesmerizing world, a death-defying adventure, and a heart-racing romance that will consume you, hold you captive, and leave you wanting more.
©Daniel J. Kristin Cashore has written for The Horn Book Guide , The Looking Glass: An Online Children’s Literature Journal , and Children’s Literature in Education . Interested in learning more about Kristin? Graceling, Amazon. Songs of Power. Songs of Power, Amazon. Black Juice. Black Juice, Amazon. Dance of the Assassins. Peer Gynt. Dance of the Assassins, Amazon. Werewolf Rising, Amazon. The Watcher. The summer that her parents move to Grandpa MacFey's farm, 15-year-old Emma finds that nothing will ever be the same again.
Her mother has become the keeper of her dead father's bees, her father is building a strange sculpture in a nearby field, and her sister Summer is fading away. Who are The Watchers? Emma knows that they are not the people she has grown up with --- or are they? She alone in her family has the strange birthmark, two moons with an arrow shaft through them. When Tom Krift comes to work for her father, Emma discovers that he also bears the birthmark. Is her father's sculpture, which he has named Bruide Henge, a portal to another world? Who are the strange people who have suddenly appeared in the village and who inhabit Emma's dreams? Emma's life spins out of control when she takes a job caring for an eccentric elderly neighbor and becomes involved in the board game Fidchell. The Watcher by Margaret Buffie. The Watcher, Amazon. The Seance, Amazon.
Water Shaper. Credits* Water Shaper By Laura Williams McCaffrey (If you have trouble purchasing copies of this, please contact me directly.) For ages 10 and up Published by Clarion BooksReader Guide for Water Shaper – Honors – 2007 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list. – Reviews – “This enchanting book for Middle Grade readers draws on Celtic folklore and fairy tale motifs, stirring them up into an original story about an outcast princess with a magical affinity to water. . – Starred Review — “Margot is a vulnerable, stubborn, sympathetic heroine, and readers will find themselves caught up in the memorably unsettling story of her first love and her disillusionment with the three convincing, well-realized kingdoms she encounters, each one more original and magical than the last…With political undertones as well as riveting personal drama, this fantasy will leave many readers looking for a sequel.” — by Carolyn Phelan.
. – Summary – Margot is a princess, but she is not beloved. Water Shaper, Amazon. Bound, Amazon. Fall of a Kingdom. Who was Sorahb? Stories are told of a hero who will come to Farsala's aid when the need is greatest. But for thousands of years the prosperous land of Farsala has felt no such need, as it has enjoyed the peace that comes from being both feared and respected.Now a new enemy approaches Farsala's borders, one that neither fears nor respects its name and legend.
But the rulers of Farsala still believe that they can beat any opponent.Three young people are less sure of Farsala's invincibility. Jiaan, Soraya, and Kavi see Time's Wheel turning, with Farsala headed toward the Flames of Destruction. What they cannot see is how inextricably their lives are linked to Farsala's fate -- until it's too late. This is the first book in Hilari Bell's Farsala Trilogy.
We're introduced to Jiaan--a peasant-born bastard son of a noble taken into the Commander's household as a page, Soraya--the Commander's fiery, willful daughter and Kavi--a spy perhaps, but who knew where his loyalties truly ran? Fall of a Kingdom, Amazon. Matter of Profit. A Matter of Profit, Amazon. Full Books Archive. Free Audiobooks. Free Classic AudioBooks. Good Reads. Genre Map. Scary Books.
BookCrossing. Book Recommendations. Top 25 Best Fantasy Books. This one is full to the brim with gritty, amoral, cynical dark humor. A different sort of fantasy, but one that's extremely refreshing, disturbing, and entertaining -- one of the best fantasy reads to come out the past couple years. Even as we near 2015, The Prince of Thorns still stands tall among other strong fantasy books. For a dark, gritty, anti-hero driven fantasy, I felt strong Abercrombie vibes. There's a strong influence from A Game of Thrones -- and if you've ever read KJ Parker's The Engineer trilogy, you'll see some similarities in the tone and style of world. The setting of the world is interesting too, a sort of post-apocalypse world gone to hell that sparks similarities to Jack Vance's Dying Earth world.
This is the brutal story of Prince Jorg, a teenage princeling who abandoned his father's castle after witnessing the murder of his mother and brother. The narration is first person and well done at that -- I haven't been so entertained by first person narration in ages. The Books of the Decade. Anybody remember how anxious and thrilled we were in those last months of the 20th century? When we weren't at war and we had a budget surplus and it looked like Al Gore would be president? The prospect of a 21st century filled with new technologies, new art and literature loomed large and bright. But now, as we look back at what was decidedly a shitty decade for an incredible variety of people in an equally incredible variety of ways (evictions/invasions/bombings/etc), it's surprisingly hard to be pessimistic about the books that assessed, satirized, dramatized and distracted us from the events of the past 10 years.
Goethe said that the decline of a nation's literature is the precursor to that nation's fall, and with this look back at the books that defined the decade, we'd like to tell Goethe to suck it. To be clear: there were plenty of bad books over the course of the decade, as well.