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Entertainment & News

Weekly Reading List #50

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers, I hope that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. You know, as busy as I was this weekend I actually managed to read two books. Woo! The South Florida SuperCon was tons of fun, but man was I exhausted when it was over. My legs hurt from all the walking, but I met a ton of people, people I’m fans of and took a bunch of pictures you’ve already seen on Instagram. I met Claudia Gray, Kevin J. Anderson, Tony Bedard, Walter Koenig and the great Henry Winkler who just so happens went to my college (Emerson College) and hugged me 4 times, including giving me a kiss on my cheek. Yeah, it was awesome. But anyway, since I read two books this weekend and I’m already halfway through another, here’s my weekly reading list for this week. Happy reading! Continue reading “Weekly Reading List #50”

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Book Reviews

A Darker Tone with A Lot of Light | Review of ‘Cress’ (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)

By Cynthia Ayala

‘Cress’ by Marissa Meyer
Feiwel & Friends

Cinder is still on the run, but she has a plan. Alongside her newfound friends, Scarlet, Wolf, and Thorne, Together, their daring plan to stop the royal wedding and overthrow Queen Levana, they’re just missing one thing: their hacker friend Cress who is imprisoned on a satellite by the Lunar people. When their rescue goes awry, the crew must find their way back to one another if they have any chance of saving the world and Emperor Kai.

The third novel in the young adult fantasy series Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer, published on February 4, 2014, by Feiwel & Friends, Cress continues the adventures of Cinder and her gang of misfits as they try to save Earth, the Emperor Kai, and destroy the plans of the evil Queen Levana.
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Entertainment & News

Weekly Reading List #28

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there avid readers! I hope that everyone is starting off the year on the right foot. You know me, I live with my nose in a book, either writing or reading. It’s a good thing my fiancé loves that about me. He should considering he lives with his nose in his computer games. I love video games to and have been trying to make some time for them this Wonderful Winter Vacation. Ah, vacation.

But anyway, I hope everyone is doing well, but if you’re like me and have been perusing the bookshelves at your local bookstore, you’re probably wondering what to start off this new year with. Well, here are some ideas to help you along your way.

As always, all synopsis are courtesy of Goodreads.
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Weekly Reading List #27

By Cynthia Ayala

Hey there readers! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Mine wasn’t that bad, I worked a 9+ hr shift at the theater and it wasn’t as busy as it was last year and no one gave me an attitude for once! Everyone was in the Christmas spirit which made me very happy. And it’s nice to be around my coworkers who are all amazing. I love my bosses and my coworkers and they really are appreciative of all the hard work. The theater may not pay me enough but at least I have a job and great bosses for which I am grateful.

But anyway, I hope that everyone spread the cheer and had a wonderful Christmas with friends and family. Here’s what’s coming up on my reading list soonish followed by a short piece of what I’m reading now. I thought I should include that since it’s been a while since I last posted one of these updates.
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Book Reviews

Another Well Done Retelling of a Classic Tale | Review of ‘The Wrath of the Dawn’ (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)

By: Cynthia Ayala

The Wrath of the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

Published May 12, 2015 The Wrath of the Dawn is a young adult fantasy retelling of love and adventure inspired by A Thousand and One Nights, this tale, written by Renee Ahdieh and published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, showers readers with mystery and romance. The tale follows one young girls attempt to undo the wrongs that have been done, the many murders of innocent women by Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan. However, as Shahrzad soon discovers, there is something more to these killings than meets the eye.
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Publications

Alice in Zombieland – World Light Review

By: Cynthia Ayala Readers who pick up this novel should not expect it to be the typical zombie novel where the zombies are on the physical plane due to some viral outbreak.  If that is the expectation, readers will be sorely disappointed because Gena Showalter goes above and beyond, literally, not to recreate the zombie mythos but rather reintroduce readers to the origins of zombies … Continue reading Alice in Zombieland – World Light Review

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