Thursday, May 16, 2013

Throwback Thursday (114)

I found this picture of Trinity College Library, and thought it would work for this meme with a little play with lighting and adding the words.


Let's talk about those books already on the shelves, yours or the stores.

I have a post for books I'm looking forward to coming out;
Looking Forward To...
But what about all those wonderful books that are ALREADY on the shelves.

Whether it be on your shelf waiting to be read or on the shelves in the stores waiting for you to give it a good home.

So, I thought I would share a book a week that is just waiting for me to travel through it's world.

Now... where do I start? Lets go by Published Date on the books...

This Week:

I won this one.  And it sounds like an interesting twist to the tale.

Goodreads Synopsis:
The world was called Montefiore, as far as she knew, and from her aerie on every side all the world descended.
The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. There she spends her days cosseted by Primavera Vecchia, the earthy cook, and Fra Ludovico, a priest who tends to their souls between bites of ham and sips of wine.
But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia -- decadent children of a wicked pope -- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well ...
The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.



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7 comments:

  1. Oh, dear, this doesn't sound like something I'd like, but I think the cover is very interesting. Also, I love that the land is called Montefiore, I love Santa Montefiore's books. Oh, wow, that was totally random. :) I do that sometimes.

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    1. Maja (The Nocturnal Library) it's one I won. I'm curious but a bit scared too. But does sound good. :)

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  2. Oh Maguire is either hit or miss with me... sometimes in the same book. LOL I do like his writing but it always seems uneven. I still need to finish the Oz series.

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    1. Melissa (B&T), I'm glad to hear that. Well, it's good to know. I'm curious about these books. :) Thank you.

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  3. Ooh, a Snow White retelling, I like how they use her name but in a different language.

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