Sunday, January 17, 2010

A Company of Swans


Love this book! It was a recommendation off of Stephenie Meyer's list. I checked it out from the library, then bought it, lent it to Nicole, re-read it, love it.
It is a young adult historical romance novel published in 1985 by Eva Ibbotson.
Brief synopsis:
Harriet Morton lives in Cambridge with her widowed father who is an intolerant Merlin Professor of Classics, and her frugal Aunt Louisa, who wishes her to marry an uninteresting entomogly student named Edward Finch-Dutton. After her father bans her from attending school, believing women should not be highly educated, the only freedom allowed to her are ballet lessons at Madame Lavarre's school. One day at her lessons, Sasha Dubrov, a famous ballet master visits her studio and asks Harriet to join his company for a tour of South America. Although she wants to accept, her father refuses to let her join the tour, and instead bans her from ballet lessons when she suggests the idea.
That is just the tip of the ice berg folks! The fun is just beginning. I do have to say that the first part drags on in much detail, but endure through the first few chapters, and you're in for a fun adventure!
-Ranay
P.S. Has anyone ever read any of this author's other books?

First Recomendation

Okay my first recommendation is to read The Hunger Games and it's sequel Catching fire.




I really liked both books, unfortunately there will be another book coming out to make it a Trilogy. I hate to wait!! I have no idea when the third book is supposed to be out.