PURPLE QUEEN FAIRY READS

  A chandelier of pens taken in a Muji store 2 years ago How have your year been? I can't really use one word to summarise my experience for year 2021. On one hand, I didn't experience much but on the other hand, I felt a lot has happened. Purple Queen Fairy will end the year with 35 posts. Never before in the history of this blog that I only did 35 posts for the year. It's an all time low as I normally average around 50 to 55 posts for one year.  I guess it can't be help as I read much less this year too. Let's see, I only read about 24 books this year. Out of these 16 are physical books and 8 books were electronic books.  This gives it an average of 2 books a month.  Much less isn't it?  If it's not because I kinda motivated myself to read more towards the final quarter of the year, it would have been much less. I only bought 3 books this year. Here , here and here . Favorite book of the year?  I think it would be the three Camilia Lackberg titles.  You c

  Synopsis : A breathtaking thriller which weaves history and religion with action, adventure and apocalypse… Luke Hayward is adrift. Blacklisted out of academia, he is in no position to refuse when a client asks for his expert help in recovering some lost Isaac Newton papers. But a chance discovery in a dusty attic plunges Luke into a race to uncover the truth behind some seemingly random scribblings - a race which pits Luke against a fundamentalist madman with dangerously powerful friends. Luke discovers connections between Oxford, London and the Old City of Jerusalem in a breathless chase to uncover a secret hidden in the eccentric ramblings of a mathematical genius; a secret that, in the wrong hands, could be used to spark the holy war to end all holy wars…   This is what I say : This would be the last book I read for this year.  Newton's Fire is a rather intriguing title.  It has hints of Dan Brown ala Davinci Code but then different with a Sam Bourne feel as well.  The book

Photos taken by my friend who's in Middle East for work visit. Thanks JKM for the photo Wishing everyone near and far A Blessed Merry Christmas 2021 May Christ's blessing be with you and your family Stay safe always From the love of my life, my forever Princess 

 Synopsis : As the novel opens, a threat looms. Enemies are planning an attack of unprecedented scale on America. Uncertainty and fear grip Washington. There are whispers of cyber terror and espionage and a traitor in the cabinet. The President himself becomes a suspect, and then goes missing... Set in real time, over the course of three days,  The President Is Missing  is one of the most dramatic thrillers in decades. And it could all really happen. This is What I say :  Like most fans of thrillers, I knew of this titles since it was first released.  However, I didn't think highly of it so it wasn't really a priority to get hold of a copy.  It was by chance that I came across an electronic copy a while ago.  Even then, I did not read it immediately but kept it in my tbr (to be read) folder for quite a while (almost 1 year actually!) Anyway, it was recently, beginning of this month actually that I thought of giving this title a try and if I didn't like it, I can delete it f

  Synopsis : then. When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventually he found a way to become a boy, and their love moved from curious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives. now. That should have been the end of their story. But Grace was not meant to stay human. Now she is the wolf. And the wolves of Mercy Falls are about to be killed in one final, spectacular hunt. forever. Sam would do anything for Grace. But can one boy and one love really change a hostile, predatory world? The past, the present, and the future are about to collide in one pure moment--a moment of death or life, farewell or forever. This Is What I say : Forever is the final book in the story of T he Wolves of Mercy Falls .  I started reading this series towards end of November and it took me three weeks to complete all three books. Actually, there's not much story line in the series but I do like the way the characters interact with each other.  While Sam and Grace are the main charac

  Synopsis : the longing. Once Grace and Sam have found each other, they know they must fight to stay together. For Sam, this means a reckoning with his werewolf past. For Grace, it means facing a future that is less and less certain. the loss. Into their world comes a new wolf named Cole, whose past is full of hurt and danger. He is wrestling with his own demons, embracing the life of a wolf while denying the ties of being a human. the linger. For Grace, Sam, and Cole, life a constant struggle between two forces - wolf and human - with love baring its two sides as well. It is harrowing and euphoric, freeing and entrapping, enticing and alarming. As their world falls apart, love is what lingers. But will it be enough?   This is What I say : Linger is the second book the The Wolves of Mercy Falls .  There wasn't much story line in Linger . But then there wasn't much story line in Shiver as well. This time round, the point of view of the story are from four person. Sam, Grace,