On the Agenda this weekend is Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
Katniss Everdeen, girl
on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has
escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the
Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new
leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel
and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been
part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of
the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it
seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plains - except Katniss.
The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a
pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the
course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her
feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay -
no matter what the personal cost.
I am really looking forward to finishing my re-read of this series. While I love it, I am ready to move on to something where I DON'T know how it ends.
Next up is The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross.
In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one except the "thing" inside her.
When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch...
Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she's special, says she's one of them.
The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the
wishes of his band of misfits. Emily, who has her own special abilities
and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an
American cowboy with a shadowy secret.
Griffin's investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the
mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she
can help-and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.
But The Machinist wants to tear Griff's little company of strays
apart, and it isn't long before trust is tested on all sides. At least
Finley knows whose side she's on, even if it seems no one believes her.
This one has been on my TBR list for quite a while. I haven't yet tried this whole Steampunk trend in YA so I am really looking forward to seeing what it is all about. Here's hoping that wifehood and motherhood give me a bit of a break and that I manage to get time for both of these books.
Anything special on your weekend reading list?
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I really enjoyed The Girl in the Steel Corset. If you like it I will be reading and reviewing an ARC of the next book in the series, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar. I should be posting the review the closer it gets to the release date. ;0)
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