Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This weekâs theme is: Ten book recommendations for Ravenclaws!
Shamelessly pimping my own house, but this was such a good opportunity to talk about Ravenclaw that I could not pass it up!
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if youâve a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind.
Traits:Â wisdom, intelligence, wit, creativity, originality, individuality, acceptance.
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
A glorious retelling of the Russian folktale Marya Morevna and Koschei the Deathless, set in a mysterious version of St. Petersburg during the first half of the 20th century. A handsome young man arrives in St Petersburg at the house of Marya Morevna. He is Koschei, the Tsar of Life, and he is Marya’s fate. For years she follows him in love and in war, and bears the scars. But eventually Marya returns to her birthplace – only to discover a starveling city, haunted by death.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
In this world heâs woken up to, Jasonâs life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this world or the other thatâs the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves?
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way aroundâand Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old heâs been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naĂŻve to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the Summer Solstice celebration.
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles’s mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny.
Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
After years of defiance, the many worlds at the edge of the Outer Rim have surrendered. With each planetâs conquest, the Empireâs might grows stronger. The latest to fall under the Emperorâs control is the isolated mountain planet Jelucan, whose citizens hope for a more prosperous future even as the Imperial Starfleet gathers overheadâŚ
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father’s gruff stableman. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz’s blood runs the magic Skill–and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must ⌠and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she’s just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It’ll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it!
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Wade’s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines, puzzles that are based on their creator’s obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. When Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade’s going to survive, he’ll have to winâand confront the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.
The Bear and the Nightingale
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