Hi everyone! Welcome to another edition of The Week’s Entrée!
We are mid-way through January and I am happy to say, I’M ON TRACK WITH MY GOODREADS CHALLENGE. Hahah so far I have read 2 books, 1 manuscript, and I’m already 60 pages into my 4th book. I do really hope to get more reading done this year and I have a feeling this year will be THE YEAR I finally beat my Goodreads challenge. ♥ How about you? 😀
With that said, our next #MTMC19 chat will be announced over on MTMC Tours and I hope you can join us on Friday at 8pm EST! Last week we featured THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY by Hanna Alkaf and it was so much fun!!! For a recap, make sure to visit the hashtag on Twitter! (I promise to make a recap on the site this week as well.)
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New books!
{For Review}
From authors, publishers, Netgalley/Edelweiss, etc.
The amazing Elizabeth Lim sent me an ARC of her upcoming YA Fantasy novel, SPIN THE DAWN and omg, I AM SO EXCITED AND GRATEFUL!!! Just look at this BEAUTIFUL cover. isn’t it amazing?!?!? Elizabeth Lim is also the author of REFLECTION (a Mulan retelling) and it was all kinds of awesome, so I already know I will LOVE this book. Leaving you the blurb below because it sounds as amazing as it looks! (Also huge thanks for the booksmarks & postcard!!!)
Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars #1) by Elizabeth Lim
Published by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 1449486061
on July 30, 2019
Genres: YA, Historical Fiction
Goodreads
Buy on Amazon
Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. There's just one catch: Maia is one of twelve tailors vying for the job.
Backstabbing and lies run rampant as the tailors compete in challenges to prove their artistry and skill. Maia's task is further complicated when she draws the attention of the court magician, Edan, whose piercing eyes seem to see straight through her disguise.
And nothing could have prepared her for the final challenge: to sew three magic gowns for the emperor's reluctant bride-to-be, from the laughter of the sun, the tears of the moon, and the blood of stars. With this impossible task before her, she embarks on a journey to the far reaches of the kingdom, seeking the sun, the moon, and the stars, and finding more than she ever could have imagined.
Steeped in Chinese culture, sizzling with forbidden romance, and shimmering with magic, this young adult fantasy is pitch-perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas or Renée Ahdieh.
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To Read This Week:
A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor) by Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle
on June 6, 2013
Goodreads
Long ago, following a cataclysm called “The Rupture,” the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands. Known now as Arks, each has developed in distinct ways; each seems to possess its own unique relationship to time, such that nowadays vastly different worlds exist, together but apart. And over all of the Arks the spirit of an omnipotent ancestor abides.
Ophelia lives on Anima, an ark where objects have souls. Beneath her worn scarf and thick glasses, the young girl hides the ability to read and communicate with the souls of objects, and the power to travel through mirrors. Her peaceful existence on the Ark of Anima is disrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, from the powerful Dragon clan. Ophelia must leave her family and follow her fiancée to the floating capital on the distant Ark of the Pole. Why has she been chosen? Why must she hide her true identity? Though she doesn’t know it yet, she has become a pawn in a deadly plot.
This week I’m reading A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos and so far it’s pretty good. Still don’t know much about the world but I’m getting closer to exploring the Pole and more of the world. So excited about that!
ICYMI:
Check out last week’s posts!
- [7 Jan] The Week’s Entrée #215
- [12 Jan] Renegades by Marissa Meyer
- [12 Jan] Archenemies (Renegades, #2) by Marissa Meyer
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And that’s it for this edition of The Week’s Entrée! What are you all reading? 🙂
About Elizabeth Lim
Elizabeth Lim grew up on a hearty staple of fairy tales, myths, and songs. Her passion for storytelling began around age 10, when she started writing fanfics for Sailor Moon, Sweet Valley, and Star Wars, and posted them online to discover, “Wow, people actually read my stuff. And that’s kinda cool!” But after one of her teachers told her she had “too much voice” in her essays, Elizabeth took a break from creative writing to focus on not flunking English.
Over the years, Elizabeth became a film and video game composer, and even went so far as to get a doctorate in music composition. But she always missed writing, and turned to penning stories when she needed a breather from grad school. One day, she decided to write and finish a novel — for kicks, at first, then things became serious — and she hasn’t looked back since.
Elizabeth loves classic film scores, books with a good romance, food (she currently has a soft spot for arepas and Ethiopian food), the color turquoise, overcast skies, English muffins, cycling, and baking. She lives in New York City with her husband.
