Friday, September 18, 2009

In My Mailbox [20]

Here is what I got this past week...

Book Description:

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?

Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.


Book Description:

Britain, Sixth Century A.D. -- A time for pagan magic and Christian piety, a place of mystery, treachery and dark enchantment. Here the legend of Camelot was born and with it, bold pasoins and forbidden desires...

Young, lovely and willful, Gwenhwyfar is chosen by Arthur to be his wife, an honor she reluctantly accepts. Soon, however, she cannot ignore the awakening passion Britain's new king ignites. He is a lover who delights her with his touch,yet whose desires are not shared with her alone.

Seared by the forbidden kiss of Arthur's most trusted warrior, Lancelot, Gwenhwyfar is swept up into a world of unbidden passion, torn by loyalty and love for a husband who betrays her and a man she cannot have.

But in a time where good and evil clash, where magic and chivalry reign...love will prove as fierce a weapon as any sword...


Book Description:

Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what's normal when you're a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who's becoming more than a friend. But the Shadowhunting world isn't ready to let her go -- especially her handsome, infuriating, newfound brother, Jace. And Clary's only chance to help her mother is to track down rogue Shadowhunter Valentine, who is probably insane, certainly evil -- and also her father.

To complicate matters, someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children. Is Valentine behind the killings -- and if he is, what is he trying to do? When the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, is stolen, the terrifying Inquisitor arrives to investigate and zooms right in on Jace. How can Clary stop Valentine if Jace is willing to betray everything he believes in to help their father?

24 comments:

  1. I really really loved the Uglies series. I've read all of them but the last.

    Awesome stuff.

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  2. Did you read city of Bones. I just bought it & was wonderinging if I should bump it up in my reading list.

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  3. Great haul, Anna! :D

    I loved the Uglies series (not so much the last one, but the first three were great), and Cassandra Clare is one of my all time favorite YA authors. The other book, I haven't read or heard of, but now it's going on my list! :D

    Enjoy!
    TBQ

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  4. Nice haul Anna! You enjoy.. :)

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  5. Shannon,

    I finished reading City of Bones yesterday and loved it.

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  6. Anna,

    I'm about to start Uglies. LOL Great minds think alike. :)

    M

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  7. Yes they do. :). I'm a little over a 100 pages into Uglies. I think you'll like it.

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  9. Sigh....I posted under my tester blog name, lmao!

    Anyhow, like I was saying, the Camelot book looks awesome!!

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  10. Hi Anna!

    Great haul!

    I really want to read The Immorality Instruments Series. Looks great!

    Dottie :)

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  11. Great selection of books! Have heard good things about the Uglies series, which reminds me a little of an old Twilight Zone episode for some reason.

    Looking forward to City of Ashes as well, as it's on my wishlist.

    Enjoy!

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  12. Great selection. I've been hearing so many great things about Uglies, and City of Ashes has been on my wishlist for ages now. :-D

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  13. I've been thinking of snagging my stepdaughter's copy of The Uglies. She loved the books in the Uglies series.

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  14. Hi Donna,

    I finished Uglies earlier today and I loved it. I imagine you'd enjoy it too. :)

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  15. Awesome books you got this week. Uglies is really good. Hope you enjoy reading all your books.

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  16. City of Ashes sounds great and I *love* the cover. Happy reading!

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  17. Uglies and City of Ashes are SO amazing! Two of my favourite series'. Enjoy!

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  18. I really like Uglies and City of Bones. I hope you enjoy them too!

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  19. Great week :)
    I saw the last one in the bookstore and perhaps I will check out the series. I will going back in 3 weeks time, oh the books they had, mde me drool a bit

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  20. I love Uglies & Mortal Instruments! Enjoy!

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  21. I love the Uglies series! Happy reading!

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  22. great books this week! hope you enjoy! happy reading!

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  23. Uglies was really good make sure you have the next one on hand though. My cousin read the Clare books and says they were good but I haven't tried them for myself yet.

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