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Monday, May 9, 2011

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?!


It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between!  D  This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

What I Read Last Week:

Nothing really, been preparing for a move that is taking place in the family.

What I'm currently Reading:


In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....

Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.


What I Hope To Read:

A murderer is loose in New York City ...

... and the victims are Downworlder children. Clary Fray and her fellow Shadowhunters have a strong suspicion that Valentine, Clary's father, may be behind the killings. But if he is the murderer, then what's his true motive? To make matters worse, the second of the Mortal Instruments, the Soul-Sword, has been stolen, and the mysterious Inquisitor has arrived to investigate, with his eyes vigilantly targeted on Clary's brother, Jace.

Clary will need to face some terrifying demons and even more terrifying family decisions. No one said that the life of a Shadowhunter would be easy.


9 comments:

Steph: Short and Sweet said...

You're reading really good books this week :) enjoy!

Lale said...

I'm curious as to what you think of City of Bones; I'll keep an eye out for your review. I really enjoyed the first trilogy but I think I've been enjoying her Infernal Devices trilogy much more that CoFA.

Lisa (Lisa's World of Books) said...

I just finished City of Bones this week! So glad I am not the only one so far behind!

Here is my Monday Post
LIsa

Bonnie said...

I have been hearing a lot about Divergent lately. I have all of these books on my TBR list but I havne't read any of them yet. Have a great week and happy reading!

My Monday post:
http://www.handsandhome.ca/2011/05/its-monday-what-are-you-reading-9.html

Tales of Whimsy said...

O cool week!

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

I really am looking forward to City Of Bones!

pussreboots said...

I plan to read City of Bones over the summer. My list this week is inflated with picture books that I read with my daughter and manga that I read over my morning coffee. Come see what I'm reading this week.

The1stdaughter said...

LOVE your selection! I've got Divergent to read in the next couple of weeks as well as Enclave. And I love Cassandra Clare...one of my absolute favorites!

Hope you have a fabulous reading week and if you get a second stop my to see what I've been reading at There's A Book! :)

test said...

Hopping by to say Hi~
Enjoy reading~

Here is my list!

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