Book Feature: Constantinopolis by James Shipman

In 1453 Constantinople is the impregnable jewel of the East. It has stood as the greatest Christian city for a millennium as hordes have crashed fruitlessly against its walls.

But Mehmet II, the youthful Sultan of the Ottoman Turks, has besieged the city. His opponent is Constantine XI, the wise and capable ruler of the crumbling Eastern Roman Empire. Mehmet, distrusted by his people and hated by his Grand Vizer, must accomplish what all those before him have failed to do: capture Constantinople. To prove that he deserves the throne that his father once took from him, Mehmet, against all advice, storms the city. If he fails, he will not only have failed himself and his people, but he will surely lose his life.

On the other side of the city walls, the emperor Constantine must find a way to stop the greatest army in the medieval world. To finance his defenses, he becomes a beggar to the Pope, the Italian city-states, and the Hungarians. But the price for aid is high: The Pope demands the Greeks reunite the Eastern and Western churches and accept the Latin faith. If Constantine wants aid for his people he must choose between their lives and their souls.

Two leaders, two peoples, two faiths battle for their future before the mighty walls of Constantinople.

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Genre – Historical Fiction

Rating – PG

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Ron and Hermione needs counselling to sustain a relationship - J.K. Rowling

Most of them would have heard about the interview with J.K. Rowling to Emma Watson (yes, the same Hermione!).

In that interview, she said that marrying Ron to Hermione is a mistake..actually admitted that although Ron and Hermione ended up together at the end, they are not a credible couple... (WHAT???)

"I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy," Watson responds in excerpts from the interview printed in the Sunday Times.

Rowling said she could "hear the rage and fury it might cause some fans" of her work and that she hoped she would not be "breaking people's hearts" with her revelations.

Which she truly did! (I was really shocked to hear this statement at first)

At last, she said Ron and Hermione would have needed counselling to sustain their relationship.

Is it just me or this information breaks your heart too???


Source: BBC, Sunday Times

Top 8 Books That Made Me Cry

As always, Top 10 Tuesday is hosted by  the girls at "The Broke and the Bookish".

These books are the ones that made me cry at least once during my read and I love them more for bringing such emotions in me..

PS: As I am unable to come with 10 of them, I made it Top 8! :)

So, here is the list!

• If I Stay series
• The Last Song
• Wonder
• The Hunger Games

• Everneath
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone
• Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix + Deathly Hallows

Any books in the above list made you cry?  Or is there something else? 

Book Feature: Order of Earth (Elements of Ink) by Jennifer Cornet

For Onyx Bay, what started as a cathartic ink session takes an unexpected turn when a specialized blood test at the tattoo parlor reveals her true identity, which threatens to turn her entire world upside down.

When Onyx learns that she is the descendant of a fantastical race of creatures who control the global elements, she discovers that her own blood makes her a valuable prize for competing forces, known as the Orders. As the truth about her bloodline spreads, she finds herself at the center of a supernatural bounty hunt pursued by both human and creature members of the Orders willing to do anything to claim her as their own. The hunt intensifies when a prophet foresees she will tip the balance of power and upset the peace among the Orders. As she attempts to evade capture and survive, Onyx is forced to choose between her humanistic past and a supernatural destiny in order to take control of her own future.

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Genre - Urban Fantasy

Rating – PG – 13

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