The Sunday post is a weekly meme hosted by
Caffeinated Reviewer. It's a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things you have received.
Long time no see, I know, but please forgive me, lovelies, the wedding bells are ringing for me and I've got much to arrange (the date is September 14). I've also been in a huuuuge reading slump that seems to be leaving me these days, fingers crossed.
Right now I'm determined to finish
The Balance of Heaven and Earth by Laurence Westwood, that I put aside for a while because of all the things that have been going on in my life recently, but that I enjoyed a lot when I still had time to read. I've also picked up
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, a classic I've been eyeing for a while now.
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews that makes it possible to share with other bookworms what books you
added to your shelves – physical or virtual – during the week.
Title: Cleopatra's Daughter
Author: Michelle Moran
Synopsis:
At the dawn of the Roman Empire, when tyranny ruled, a daughter of Egypt and a son of Rome found each other...
Selene's
legendary parents are gone. Her country taken, she has been brought to
the city of Rome in chains, with only her twin brother, Alexander, to
remind her of home and all she once had.
Living under the
watchful eyes of the ruling family, Selene and her brother must quickly
learn how to be Roman – and how to be useful to Caesar. She puts her
artistry to work, in the hope of staying alive and being allowed to
return to Egypt. Before long, however, she is distracted by the young
and handsome heir to the empire...
When the elusive ‘Red Eagle'
starts calling for the end of slavery, Selene and Alexander are in grave
danger. Will this mysterious figure bring their liberation, or their
demise?
Title: Lincoln in the Bardo
Author: George Saunders
Snyopsis:
February 1862. The Civil
War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and
the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle.
Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies
upstairs in the White House, gravely ill. In a matter of days, despite
predictions of a recovery, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a
Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too good for this earth,” the
president says at the time. “God has called him home.” Newspapers report
that a grief-stricken Lincoln returned to the crypt several times alone
to hold his boy’s body.
From that seed of historical truth,
George Saunders spins an unforgettable story of familial love and loss
that breaks free of its realistic, historical framework into a
thrilling, supernatural realm both hilarious and terrifying. Willie
Lincoln finds himself in a strange purgatory, where ghosts mingle,
gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre acts of penance. Within
this transitional state—called, in the Tibetan tradition, the bardo—a
monumental struggle erupts over young Willie's soul.
Title: Circe
Author: Madeline Miller
Synopsis:
In the house of Helios,
god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But
Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and
rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for
companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods:
witchcraft.
When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful
Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia. There she learns to
harness her occult craft, drawing strength from nature. But she will not
always be alone; many are destined to pass through Circe's place of
exile, entwining their fates with hers. The messenger god, Hermes. The
craftsman, Daedalus. A ship bearing a golden fleece. And wily Odysseus,
on his epic voyage home.
There is danger for a solitary woman in
this world, and Circe's independence draws the wrath of men and gods
alike. To protect what she holds dear, Circe must decide whether she
belongs with the deities she is born from, or the mortals she has come
to love.
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Happy weekend!
