October Wrap-Up

October flew by.  I was able to read three books and two graphic novels

1. Title: The Jewel

Author: Amy Ewing

Pages: 358

Rating: * (1 star)

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2. Title: Anya’s Ghost

Author: Vera Brosgol

Pages: 221

Rating: **** (4 stars)

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3. Title: This One Summer

Author: Mariko Tamaki

Illustrator: Jillian Tamaki

Pages: 320

Rating: *** (3 stars)

4. Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author: Mark Twain

Pages: 327

Rating: *** (3 stars)

5. Title: The Great Gatsby

Author: F. Scott- Fitzgerald

Pages: 180

Rating: **** (4 stars)

 

Overall Reading Month: 3 stars

Books from original TBR: 2/7

Books added to favorites: 2 (The Great Gatsby and Anya’s Ghost)

Rereads: 0

Pages read this month: 1406

Favorite book this month: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott-Fitzgerald

The Jewel

Author: Amy Ewing

Pages: 358

Synopsis: The Jewel means wealth. The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude. Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than opulence is offspring.

Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden violence that have become the royal way of life.

Violet must accept the ugly realities of her existence… and try to stay alive. But then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained for.

Review: Let me start with I did not finish this book. I was so bored. I  don’t usually not finish books but this one was brutal. I got about half way done and I realized it wasn’t worth it. It seemed like I had already read it before. It was a mixture of  The Selection, The Hunger Games, and The Winner’s Curse, some good books, and I had no intention of reading them again.

 

October TBR

This month I am planning on reading:

1. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

2.  The Jewel by Amy Ewing

3. The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket

4. Prodigy by Marie Lu

5. The Grapes of Wrath

6. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

7. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin