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Title: A Confusion of Princes By: Garth Nix Genre: Sci-Fi Pages: 337 Release Date: March 21st, 2012 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Rating: ★★★★★   Summary from Goodreads: I have died three times, and three times been reborn, though I am not yet twenty in the old earth years by which it is still the fashion to measure time. This is the story of my three deaths, and my life between. My name is Khemri. Taken from his parents as a child and equipped with biological and technological improvements, Khemri is now an enhanced human being, trained and prepared for the glory of becoming a Prince of the Empire. Not to mention the ultimate glory: should he die, and be deemed worthy, he will be reborn...Which is just as well, because no sooner has Prince Khemri graduated to full Princehood than he learns the terrible truth behind the Empire: there are ten million princes, and all of them want each other dead.   Add on Goodreads   Review: I don't know what it is about Garth Nix's writing...

  Hello Monday! Its been another whirlwind week here at the hovel. I swear, if this is how the summer is going to go, I'm going to need a vacation from summer vacation. The kittens are doing well except for one. Poor little Hex has flat chested kitten syndrome and its really messing with how he is able to eat. I've had hand feed him every four hours to make sure he is getting something in his little tummy. Cross your fingers for him. This weeks book is The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan. I've made it my mission to finally finish that series this summer since I've been reading it longer than I've been married and still only half way through. Well, lets get to this weeks menu. Enjoy! WEEKLY MENU Monday Lemon Parmesan Chicken Kids - Chicken Ramen   Tuesday Tequila Lime Chicken Club Kids - Chicken Tender Burgers   Wednesday Tortellini with Summer Veggies Kids - Chips and Cheese   Thursday Crispy Chicken with White Sauce Kids - Mac and Cheese   Friday Ultimate Br...

  Hello Sunday! I just wanted you all to know how giddy I feel after going to the new thrift store in my town and finding a brand new pair of Old Navy jeans for just $7.99. They fit perfectly! I don't know about you, but the serotonin that flows from a good treasure hunt, is the perfect end to the week. Its almost like finishing a good book. Lets recap the great happenings from the blog. Sunday Confessions #204 ~ Weekly Menu #511 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: Bartleby, The Scavenger by Herman Melville ~ 6 Stand Alone Fantasy Novels Worth Reading ~ Book Review: My Survival by Rena Finder Weekly Menu #512 And The Book Of The Week ~ Book Review: A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix ~ Book Review: The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson ~ Sunday Confessions #206 1. The most delicious chicken club sandwich you will ever eat. Has a bit of a kick to it. Recipe here  Tequila Lime Chicken Club . 2. Pickled some radishes straight from the neighbors garden. 3. Made th...

  Title: My Survival: A Girl On Schindler's List By: Rena Finder Genre: Historical Nonfiction Pages: 144 Release Date: December 26th, 2019 Publisher: Scholastic Press Rating: ★★★★☆   Summary from Goodreads: The astonishing true story of a girl who survived the Holocaust thanks to Oskar Schindler, of Schindler's List fame. Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and her family -- along with all the other Jewish families -- into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland. Rena worked as a slave laborer with scarcely any food and watched as friends and family were sent away. Then Rena and her mother ended up working for Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who employed Jewish prisoners in his factory and kept them fed and healthy. But Rena's nightmares were not over. She and her mother were deported to the concentration camp Auschwitz. With great cunning, it was Schindler who set out to help them escape. Here in her own words is Rena's gripping story of survival, persever...

  With Summer right around the corner and so many books that need to be read, sometimes committing to a full series is out of the question. You still want those riveting fantasy stories, but a stand alone novel would be the best way to get your fantasy fix without the promise of a continuing story. Here are 6 of the best stand alone fantasy novels I've read. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. Gallant V.E. Schwab Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. A...

  Title: Bartleby, The Scavenger By: Herman Melville Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 64 Release Date: December 1st, 1853 Publisher: Melville House Rating: ★★★☆☆   Summary from Goodreads: Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by  Moby-Dick — Bartleby the Scrivener  is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set in the mid-19th century on New York City's Wall Street, it was also, perhaps, Herman Melville's most prescient story: what if a young man caught up in the rat race of commerce finally just said, "I would prefer not to"? The tale is one of the final works of fiction published by Melville before, slipping into despair over the continuing critical dismissal of his work after  Moby-Dick , he abandoned publishing fiction. The work is presented here exactly as it was originally published in  Putnam's  magazine—to, sadly, critical disdain.   Add on Goodreads   Re...