Unicorns do not exist. And if they ever did, they've been extinct for the last 150 years. Unfortunately, that doesn't stop one from attacking Astrid's boyfriend. Now Astrid is forced to accept what her mother has believed for years - that unicorns a) exist and b) are not your friendly neighbourhood mythical creatures, but fanged, deadly, man-eating monsters. She also learns that as a virgin descendant of Alexander the Great, she is one of the few people in existence who is able to fight them. Despite her protests, her mother ships her off to the Cloisters of Ctesias in Rome to learn the art of unicorn-killing. Astrid would much rather learn how to heal than learn how to kill, and the drama that comes from living with other female virgin descendants of Alexander the Great is a pain. Meeting a guy makes living in the cloisters more bearable - and he could be the means of her escape.
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Alanna of Trebond might only be ten, but she is sure that going off to a convent to learn how to be a lady is NOT the life for her. She wants to be a knight - which is a problem, because in Tortall, noble girls are expected to marry young and have lots of children, not learn how to fight. Alanna's twin brother, Thom, is equally as sure that he wants to be a famous sorcerer, not the knight their father expects him to be. And so they switch places; Thom goes to the convent to learn the basics of magic, and Alanna goes to the palace.
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August 4th brings us the release of The Siege of Macindaw, the 6th book in Ranger's Apprentice series. As a big fan of the series, I thought I'd mark the occasion with a list of 6 reasons you should read the series.
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In debut novel Th1rteen R3asons Why we get a glimpse of the very complex reasons that cause a young woman to end her life.
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I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but seriously. This book is GORGEOUS and you should buy it on that basis alone. But if you need more than that to convince you...
Graced with the art of killing, Katsa has been able to kill a grown man with her bare hands since she was eight. Her uncle the king uses her to keep his barons in line, but after ten years of torturing people for the king's selfish reasons, Katsa is tired of being feared. She tries to make up for what she does for her uncle by forming her Council, a group of nobles dedicated to helping people affected by the greedy kings of the Seven Kingdoms. While on a mission for the Council she meets a mysterious stranger who fights almost as well as she does. This sets off an adventure that takes Katsa and the stranger through the Seven Kingdoms. The danger is far greater than they could imagine, though, and it will take their combined Graces to survive.
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