To-Read Thursday [1]
I think we all have too big to-read piles, too many books on the shelves that have yet to be got to, and so I thought it might be a good idea to do a weekly post dedicated to some of these yet-to-be-read books.
Title: The Night of the Solstice
Author: L.J. Smith
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
New Zealand Orders: Fishpond, MightyApe
International Orders: The Book Depository, IndieBound, Amazon
When Claudia Hodges-Bradley meets a fox, she knows it will be an extraordinary day. Not just any fox, this vixen is the magical familiar of the sorceress Morgana Shee. For years Morgana has guarded the solitary gate between Earth and the Wildworld, a shimmering parallel universe where legends still live. She alone holds the secret of the mirrors that serve as the last passage to enchantment. But Morgana has been betrayed and imprisoned in Wildworld, and the fox is determined to recruit the Hodges-Bradley kids for the rescue mission.
Armed only with courage and determination, Alys, Charles, Janie and Claudia must save Morgana before the Winter Solstice when the evil sorcerer Cadal Forge plans to escape Wildworld and conquer Earth. And with December 21 only two weeks away, there is no time to lose….
Title: Before I Die
Author: Jenny Downham
Publisher: Random House
New Zealand Orders: Fishpond, MightyApe
International Orders: The Book Depository, IndieBound, Amazon
Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It’s her Ten Things To Do Before I Die list. And Number One is sex. Released from the constraints of ‘normal’ life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa’s feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa’s time finally runs out
