The Iron Trial (Free Preview Edition) | 
pickI stayed up WAY too late reading the whole second half of this! What a world the authors have created! The friendships, mentorships, and betrayals are so much fun to figure out and I‘ll be honest: I did not see the twist at the end coming at all! This was recommended to me by my niece 🐝 who says she loves it more than Harry Potter, and she‘s sold me on the entire series. Checking out book #2 today!
so-soMain character had so much anger in him and I loved to see what choices he was going to make.
This had magical atmosphere, even though I would have loved to get even more details about surroundings. And this being the first book in the series we didn't yet get adventure I was waiting for.
This had at least two big and great twists. And the ending that stirred some emotions.
#SeriesLove23 #TBRtarot (June: A book beginning with a prologue)
pickI wasn't really aware of this series, but I've enjoyed Cassandra Clare previously and I know Holly Black is a similar author so I figured I'd give it a shot. It's definitely intriguing, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. #33-2023
All elements have a counterweight. Fire is the counterweight of water. Air is the counterweight of earth. The counterweight of chaos is the soul.
Today I show you part of the only shelf I can reach safely right now, because of what happened to my leg. It's my foreign language shelf, in which I have books in English, French, and Dutch. Hopefully so in German and Hebrew. My first language is Italian.
#bookshelf #bookshelfie #booknerd
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ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀꜱ: ʜᴏʟʟʏ ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀꜱꜱᴀɴᴅʀᴀ ᴄʟᴀʀᴇ
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so-soI give this a 3 stars honestly. It was very predictable to me and like a lot of other books that deal with magic and a school... the ending was great despite predictable. It‘s overall just an ok read for me.
pickFinished my final book for the #MakeYourMythTaker readathon. I know a lot of people have complained that this is a rip off of HP, but I have to disagree. As someone who has read the HP series well over a dozen times, I was not put off at all by this book. I can see the HP influences in some aspects, but it‘s not a copy.
What a perfect way to end the day - sitting on my screened in porch with a book and a cat, listening to the rain and the birds 😍
I think Ruby is having less peaceful thoughts about the birds than me... #catsofLitsy
Started a new audiobook while finishing a baby blanket on the porch... #audiocrochet
pickI posted about The Iron Trial the other day on @unabridgedpod because my older son had asked me to read it, and those moments are precious. Fortunately, he has great reading taste, and I loved the first book in the Magisterium series by fantasy favorites Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.⠀
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Yes, there are definitely shades of Harry Potter here. The Iron Trial is all about the first year in a school for mages. ⬇️
The tagged book is Maya‘s next read. She feels well enough for school, and we are sloooowly figuring out a routine to remote learning. There are a lot of bumps along the way, and I may have tossed our decrepit and peeling office chair into the garage in frustration at one point. But it‘s student lunchtime, and CNN10 time, and we‘re both in a better mood for the afternoon school session.
Started a new series co-authored by two of my favorite gals Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. Another odd ball trying to survive in a school of magic with a ragtag band of close friends. This book is reminiscent of Harry Potter but it's just different enough to keep me interested. I'm baking bread and listening since we're being encouraged to stay in our houses. I guess I'll get ahead on my book list for the year.
#nowreading #bakingandbooks
so-soI have been wanting to read this novel for a while and I'm glad I finally did. To me This book is a cross between harry potter and avatar. The book started.out a little slow and didn't start to pick up until about the sixth chapter. I liked the book but not enough to rate it 4 stats and the slow beginning is just one factor. Some of the characters could have been more fleshed out then they were.
1. Tagged
2. Grocery shopping, laundry, and reading.
3. Yes.
4. Um, that would be hard to decide 😂
#friyayintro @howjessreads
pickThis is headed out in the mail first thing in the morning for #lmpbc #mg 📫❤️🎉
This was a fun middle grade fantasy novel. It‘s been compared a lot to Harry Potter and while there are many similarities if you look for them, the story stands on its own. I‘m looking forward to continuing the series! I won‘t say much more since it‘s going out to the group, but Axton and I really enjoyed it.
P.S. 💕
@LibrarianRyan thanks for the awesome book hugger
That time of the month! 😉🌙 I *may* have gone a little overboard with the dark chocolate 😂
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Have you read Book 1 — The Iron Trials — in The Magisterium series? I have such a soft spot for books that follow the HP legacy and this one is good enough and just different enough to be as yummy as some of the little nibbles in this picture.
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What book are you curling up with right now that you were skeptical about? ☕️
@WanderingBookaneer @LibrarianRyan @Readergrrl
Here are the top contenders my son‘s chosen for #LMPBC #middlegradegroup
The top two would be his first choices, but any of these would be great. I‘ll tag them in the comments below.
What are your thoughts? Have you already read any of these?
so-soSo, I finished this book last night, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I originally picked it up because Cassandra Clare is one of my favourite authors, so I had hoped that I would like it. For me, there were too many similarities to Harry Potter, and I had just about given up on the series as a whole when a plot twist hit me. And for that reason alone, I intend to continue on with the series.
"All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. If he succeeds at the Iron Trial and is admitted into the Magisterium, he is sure it can only mean bad things for him."
⛄#AdventRecommends Day 13⛄
It is a book about kids and a magic school. I hate that it's been compared to Harry Potter. It's really good on it's own and it's really funny. I love these characters and their friendships. It's a great middle grade book.
pick#NOSPOILERS #SERIESREVIEW1-4 Phenomenal story plot and plot twists. I would read this series a hundred times over! The main character, Callum, is another well created character one can sympathize with and understand what it's like to be in their place. 10/10
so-soIt's okay, but the debt to Harry Potter is so heavy that it struggles to be its own thing. There's a twist near the end that has me curious about where the authors will take it, though I don't know whether I'm sufficiently curious to pick up the next. Probably, eventually.
so-soA book meant for middle graders. I thought the world was kinda cool and it might be interesting to see how the adventure develops in further books. The story has a lot of action but is a little short on charm....
I also found this book today at the thrift store!!! It looks like it would be right up my alley! Anyone else know this book? 📚
1️⃣ I'm reading A Wrinkle in Time and Iron Trial
2️⃣ I actually have quite a few of the books I'm desperate to read.... One is probably Son of Dawn
3️⃣ Sci-fi
4️⃣ I used to collect pen caps because I'm really prone to losing them. So I would just go and either use a cap of the same pen or find one that fit.
5️⃣ @Jess7 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @RaimeyGallant @BookaholicNatty @Chelleo @Tessa_Herondale
#LateNightThoughtsWithMisty
Got to chat with and got a few things autographed by the lovely Holly Black at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival.
Her presentation is tomorrow. I'm excited to see what she has to say.
This book is haunting me
"I'm not the master of death. You are"
I'm gonna die!!!
I really love this line from the book. I do love the elemental magic.
I think i belong to books😐
pickI really enjoyed this book! I saw alot bad reviews on this book. Everyone was saying it was to much like Harry potter. Obviously they didn't read the whole book. It has a different plot for sure. I loved it! I listened to it on audio. I can't wait to read the next one. Sometimes you have give it a chance
before you have a opinion about it. #library #litsy #booklover #kindle #kindlefire #paperwhite
I'm loving this book! I'm almost done. Listening on audio. #library #litsy #booklover #kindle #kindlefire #paperwhite
Another one of those books I bought and didn't read then.. It seems a good time to give it finally a chance.
Btw, I like how the colours of the cover appear because I didn't use flash for the picture; that's why I used this one..
A whole glorious week with this beautiful man. Filled our days with lots of activity but still found time to discuss his most recent reads, and to buy him a bunch of cool graphic novels. ❤📚❤ #hisauntisasucker #comicbookshop #justtakeallmymoney
pickThis is the book my 11 year old nephew wanted me to read so we could discuss it. I think it is fantastic for language development, lots of vocab middle graders would not already be familiar with. It is a battle/competition based plot so not great for very sensitive young people. That being said it certainly isn't any worse than the last 4 Harry Potter books. I'm planning on reading the next book in the series! #litsy2017readingchallenge #freespace
So my 11 year old nephew lives all the way across the country (😢), but soon I will get to see him for an entire week!! His instructions are that I need to have this book at least 1/2 read before he gets here so that we can talk about it. My brother *hates* reading...good thing my nephew takes after his aunt on this one. I could not possibly love him any more ❤❤❤ #bondingoverbooks
bailedOkay, I've had enough and I'm bailing. It felt like I was reading a mesh-up of Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. Thanks, but no thanks.
Still not sure what I think about this... 🤔 Not yet bailing but I'm not blown away.
It's Friday evening, the kid's in bed, the hubby off to his jujutsu group and me... I'm starting this one right here. 🤓
pickI enjoyed this story. It's a quick read about a magic school. It does have some similarities to HP but not enough (yet) to turn me off. I am curious to see if goes off in an antihero direction. I hope so, it would be a nice change. Not that I'm a fan of evil, but good always triumphing can get a little monotonous. I'll pick up the next book eventually. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
