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Graceling - lovin' it!

6/5/2012

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Started Kristin Cashore's young adult "Graceling" today. VERY, very good. I was in need of something to pass the time during an oil change and found myself wandering the aisles of Half-Price Books. Found "Graceling" and its follow-up book "Fire" in the sci-fi section of young adult. I'm about 50 pages in, and it feels like "Hunger Games" meets the "X-Men" (bizarre mix, I know). 

Katsa, the main character, was born in a world where those with an extreme skill ... or a Grace ... are feared. She has the Grace of killing, something she would gladly give up with her one blue eye and one green eye, the mark of a Graceling. Kat's Grace is exploited by her uncle, King Randa, to keep underlords in line and show his power to the other seven kingdoms of their world. Unbeknownst to her uncle, Kat is a member of a secret society that attempts to right the political injustices the people of the kingdoms must endure. During a rescue mission, Kat meets Prince Po, a Graceling with similar combat skills. Po changes her life in unexpected ways.

***I was so sucked into this just a few pages in. Wow. Problem - both my girls want to read it behind me without waiting for me to finish. Granted, we've shared books like this before, but there was an all out war when we only got one copy of the final Harry Potter book. Plus, trying to keep track of who has which bookmark can be a bit taxing:)


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Linda L.
6/6/2012 10:30:20 pm

Make up bookmarks with everyone's name. Can do them on the computer using card stock. That would help you keep track of who is where in the book. Or-have a daily read aloud session where each night one of you takes a turn reading from the book. (After all, you'll need reading aloud skills for your book tours and school visits-might as well practice now! )

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    Brenda Haas is currently a feature writer for Leisure Living Magazine, covering the Shores & Islands Ohio region. She also freelances for nonprofits and is well-versed in public relations, marketing, and editing. She spent many years as a reporter and columnist for a Pittsburgh press. Her writing has appeared in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and My Outer Banks Home magazine, among other publications.

    Brenda lived in the Pittsburgh, PA area for more than 20 years. She now resides in Lakeside, OH, a circa-1870s Lake Erie community attracting generations of annual vacationers, artists, and educators. It serves as the vintage setting for her debut novel — Finding Sutton’s Choice (Orange Hat Publishing/Ten16 Press, release May 2025).

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