My Fairy Grandmother

I just finished this adorable book by Aubrey Mace and I had to put in on here right away because it is so god! I loved it. It's definitely one I'm going to buy and read to my kids when they're old enough because they'll be entertained and so will I. Hope you like it too.


Descended from fairies? It sounds unbelievable, but according to Kaitlin s grandmother Viola, it s true. In spite of her initial reluctance to visit Viola, Kaitlin finds herself being drawn into Viola s stories of elegant castles, evil counts, and exciting escapades. But as Kaitlin learns more about her family, Kaitlin s mother becomes increasingly concerned about Viola's mental health. Good thing Kaitlin knows better! From the author of Spare Change, this enchanting tale shows how a good story can bring a whole family together.
(Thanks to Barnes & Noble Website for the picture and Amazon.com for the description.)

Princess of the Midnight Ball

Maybe I'm just a sucker for fairy tales, but I loved this book. Quick, easy read and so good. I'd never read anything by Jessica Day George before, but I'm definitely going to be looking for more of her books. It's her take on the Twelve Dancing Princesses by the Grimm brothers. I hope you like it!


A tale of twelve princesses doomed to dance until dawn… Galen is a young soldier returning from war; Rose is one of twelve princesses condemned to dance each night for the King Under Stone. Together Galen and Rose will search for a way to break the curse that forces the princesses to dance at the midnight balls. All they need is one invisibility cloak, a black wool chain knit with enchanted silver needles, and that most critical ingredient of all—true love—to conquer their foes in the dark halls below. But malevolent forces are working against them above ground as well, and as cruel as the King Under Stone has seemed, his wrath is mere irritation compared to the evil that awaits Galen and Rose in the brighter world above.
(As always thanks to Barnes & Noble website for the synopsis and picture.)

Leven Thumps And The Whispered Secret

This is book two in Obert Skye's series of Leven Thumps. If you remember the first one was Leven Thumps and The Gateway To Foo. I must say though that this author has a very strange imagination and writting style but that also makes it a more interesting story. You just never know what is going to happen.
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You must be ready to join Leven Thumps, Clover Ernest, and Winter Frore as they journey across Foo to free Geth from his existence as a toothpick and restore him as the rightful heir to the throne. It won't be easy. Foo is in chaos, and Leven must overcome several adversaries and survive the Swollen Forest to save his friends and keep hope alive. As fate would have it, bad goes to worse when Leven digs up a buried secret--one that stalks him, determined to whisper a truth that could be deadly in the wrong hands. Will Leven master control of his power, or will Foo crumble under a dark, new enemy?
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Twice Upon A Marigold

This is the sequeal to Once Upon A Marigold by Jean Ferris. If you have not read the first one then you really need to, especially if you like fairy tale books. I just loved the fun and creative story line that this author has come up with. This second book is what happens after the happily ever after part from the first book. Here is what the back of the books says.

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Happily ever after began right when Christian and Marigold got married and evil Queen Olympia disappeared into the river. But it didn't last long. Turns out, Olympia is alive-and when her amnesia vanishes and she remembers her previous queenly glory, there's no stopping her desire to snatch back the crown. Oh, and Christian and Marigold? Even royalty doesn't always see eye to eye. Maybe they're not the perfect couple after all. With so much trouble afoot, one thing's for certain: Happily-ever-after isn't this story's final chapter. Yet.

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Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson

I read this book in the wee hours of the morning while up with my baby, and loved it! I'm usually not one to get into Fantasy but this book really was very, very entertaining!!! I hope you enjoy.

Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened, leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and crumbling.

Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping -- based on their correspondence -- to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god.

But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself.

A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.

(Synopsis from www.bn.com)

The Help

Sorry I haven't been able to post on here yet but I enjoy seeing what everyone is reading!

Here's a book that I just recently finished and I fell in love with! It's historical fiction and it gives you a really good look at what it was like during and after the civil rights movement.

(I hope no one minds but for the sake of time, I just copied the New York Times review).

"Southern whites' guilt for not expressing gratitude to the black maids who raised them threatens to become a familiar refrain. But don't tell Kathryn Stockett because her first novel is a nuanced variation on the theme that strikes every note with authenticity. In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, she spins a story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide.

Newly graduated from Ole Miss with a degree in English but neither an engagement ring nor a steady boyfriend, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan returns to her parents' cotton farm in Jackson. Although it's 1962, during the early years of the civil rights movement, she is largely unaware of the tensions gathering around her town.

Skeeter is in some ways an outsider. Her friends, bridge partners and fellow members of the Junior League are married. Most subscribe to the racist attitudes of the era, mistreating and despising the black maids whom they count on to raise their children. Skeeter is not racist, but she is naive and unwittingly patronizing. When her best friend makes a political issue of not allowing the "help" to use the toilets in their employers' houses, she decides to write a book in which the community's maids -- their names disguised -- talk about their experiences.

Fear of discovery and retribution at first keep the maids from complying, but a stalwart woman named Aibileen, who has raised and nurtured 17 white children, and her friend Minny, who keeps losing jobs because she talks back when insulted and abused, sign on with Skeeter's risky project, and eventually 10 others follow.

Aibileen and Minny share the narration with Skeeter, and one of Stockett's accomplishments is reproducing African American vernacular and racy humor without resorting to stilted dialogue. She unsparingly delineates the conditions of black servitude a century after the Civil War.

The murders of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. are seen through African American eyes, but go largely unobserved by the white community. Meanwhile, a room "full of cake-eating, Tab-drinking, cigarette-smoking women" pretentiously plan a fundraiser for the "Poor Starving Children of Africa." In general, Stockett doesn't sledgehammer her ironies, though she skirts caricature with a "white trash" woman who has married into an old Jackson family. Yet even this character is portrayed with the compassion and humor that keep the novel levitating above its serious theme."