Teaser Tuesday~~Allon book 1 by, Shawn Lamb

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Allon Book 1 by, Shawn Lamb
page 39- Marcellus's eyes wrathfully narrowed at Latham. "Remember to whom you speak,priest! You and your prophecy are tolerated only as far as it will aid me in controlling Allon. I care not for your Dark Way. Now, go!"

Innocent Traitor: Novel of Lady Jane Grey by, Alison Weir~~Review

Innocent Traitor: Novel of Lady Jane Grey by, Alison Weir

I started this book not knowing much of the life of Lady Jane Grey so on the historical accuracy I am no expert.
That being said I enjoyed this book Jane had a short and not very happy life. Her mother wanted a son and treated Jane badly because she wasn't a boy. She saw the life and death of many of Henry the 8th wives so even though she was "of the blood" it wasn't a very desirable life to aspire to.
After Henry the 8th death his young son becomes king and Jane's life is turned upside down. She is at first being primed to marry the new king but ends up married to a buffoon of a man whose father has big dreams for Jane to become queen and his son to become king.
Jane actually has no interest in being queen after all the queen’s deaths she's seen in her lifetime who can blame her.
I learned alot from this book and to me a good historical fiction book makes me want to learn more on the subject and this book accomplished that.
3 ½ Stars

Descent Into Dust by, Jacqueline Lepore~~Review

Descent Into Dust by, Jacqueline Lepore
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 006187812X, Paperback)
The Extraordinary Adventures of Emma Andrews, Victorian Lady and Vampire Hunter

"Though it is many decades later, it all comes back to me; back to those early days when the terror was new and I was dangerously untrained. When I was young and did not yet know I had a secret . . ."

Twenty-five-year-old widow Emma Andrews grew up in the shadow of her mother's madness, so when she arrives at Dulwich Manor in the midst of a mysterious plague and soon thereafter begins to see specters, her family fears fate has finally caught up with her. But one guest among them knows Emma's visions are more than a trick of the mind. Valerian Fox has hunted the great vampire lord Marius through time and across continents, and he knows Emma has a remarkable destiny. She is Dhampir—a vampire hunter.

Surrounded by those who would use her powers for their own ends, Emma does not know who to trust or what she can believe. But when her young cousin is marked for death, she must embrace the terrible inheritance that lies in her very blood to save those she loves.

An extraordinary saga of courage, love, duty, and honor, of darkest destiny and ancient evil . . . and of the shadow of the Dracula himself. It begins.

My Review
There are no sparkly vampires here! This is a good old-fashioned vampire story. Set in Victorian England Emma lives with the stigma of her mothers madness, she has been told her mother went mad and died but events take place that will make Emma question everything she has known and believed.

The cast of characters in the book was a nice mix from Emma’s needy sister, the rouge Sebastian, the secretive Mr.Fox, and the even more mysterious Father Luke. As they work together to save Emma’s niece Henrietta from what her parent’s believe is an imaginary friend but is actually something far worse he is a vampire. Not a beautiful fall in love with vampire but an evil presence that threatens everything they hold dear.

I enjoyed this book it had a nice mix of Victorian propriety and gothic mystery. Emma was an interesting character as we watch her grow into the person she must become which is a Dhampir a vampire huntress. We see her inner turmoil as everything she believed of her life is wrenched away from her.

I look forward to the next installment in this series.

Thank you Librarything Early Reviewers for the chance to review this book!

4 Stars

National Library Week Celebration

Communities thrive @ your library®: celebrate National Library Week at the New Rockford Public Library April 11-17

(New Rockford, ND) – It’s National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities nationwide.

The New Rockford Public Library is celebrating National Library Week by having a silent auction to run from April 12-19 culminating with a Library Tea on April 19th from 2-6:30 last bid in the auction must be placed by 6:30 on the 19th.

“Libraries are the heart of every community and our library helps our community thrive,” says Susie Sharp, Librarian “At our library, people of all backgrounds come together for community meetings, programs, to take computer classes, to do research with the assistance of the librarian, to get help finding a job or to find homework help, and to see local authors read from their books.

First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April.

For more information, visit the New Rockford Public Library at 10 8th St. N. call 947-5540 or see the library’s blog at www.nrpl.blogspot.com Library hours are Monday 2-8 Tuesday-Friday 11-6.

Teaser Tuesday~~Prayers For Sale by, Sandra Dallas

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
Prayers For Sale By, Sandra Dallas- Page 3

"It says Prayers for Sale.I'm asking how much do you charge,and is it more if you're in need than if you're wanting just a little favor?Do Sinners pay more than the righteous?And what if the Lord doesn't answer?Do you get your money back?"

A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse by, Richard Pelzer~~Review

A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse by, Richard Pelzer I am writing this review with the idea that you have read A Child Called "It" by, Dave Pelzer.These are both the story of the awful abuse these boys endured at the hands of their mother.

If you've read A Child Called It you should read this book. It is told from the perspective of David's younger brother Richard who was his mother's "Little Nazi" when David was in the home and after David was taken away he(Richard) became "It".

The things that went on in this home just boggle the mind I hope that something like this would not be able to happen in this day and age, that they took one child away and left the rest in the “care” of this insane woman is just unfathomable.

This story will break your heart as Richard deals with the beatings and mental abuse from his mother but also the guilt of his part in what happened to David. That any of these children grew up to be productive members of society proves the existence of the human spirit.
4 Stars

Teaser Tuesday~~Descent into Dust by Jacqueline Lepore

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I felt the sudden vicious stab of pain in my skull, and the sensation of the veil parting assailed me again.Something was there, beyond the reach of my mind, something pressing forward, coming now.Closer.Closer.

`~~~~Descent into Dust by Jacqueline Lepore Page-37-

Saving Juliet By: Suzanne Selfors

Suzanne Selfors has done a wonderful job of turning Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet into a novel for teens.She has managed to combine the struggles of one teens life and the story of Romeo and Juliet in one fabulous book. This is a story in Shakespearean proportions.

SUMMARY:
Mimi Wallingford has been living in her great great grandmother for all her life. She has been in acting for as long as she can remember and has hated it for nearly as long. When Mimi is forced to play Juliet in the Wallingford Theatre's production of Romeo And Juliet she is forced to work with the rising star Troy Summers. She develops one serious case of nerves before their second to last performance and gets into a fight with her mother. Troy chases her out of the Theatre and something amazing happens. When Mimi and Troy realise that they are in Shakespeare's Verona they have to help Romeo and Juliet overcome their story and find a way home. Will they make it? Find out in Suzanne Selfors' saving Juliet.

Silver Borne by, Patricia Briggs ~~~Review

Silver Borne by, Patricia Briggs

Wow what a great read!
I loved this book!The whole scene with Mercy &Sam at the beginning of the book- talk about raw emotion it was wonderfully written.And Sam's wolf was a great character funny to say but so much calmer than Samuel the man.

I enjoyed Adam & Mercy's playful side and the true love between them is refreshing without a third party screwing with it like so many books out right now.

I liked that they brought Bran in to help save Mercy I just love him!And liked the nod to Charles & Anna too.

Oh Heck I just loved everything about this book!

Some of my Favorite Lines from this book-

Page 57- Where does a werewolf sleep?Anywhere he wants to.

Page 131-I was probably being paranoid. The world didn't revolve around me, after all.Just because in the past year I'd had vampires,fae,and werewolves try to kill me at various times didn't mean someone was after me in the present

Page 189-Fourteen preteen girls, a tableful of werewolves-there were certain monstrous similarities.

5 Stars