Author: William L. Stuart
Series: The Gemstone Chronicles #1
Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 297

Synopsis: 

When Aidan and Maggie find a fairy cross while rock-hunting with their grandfather, it’s just an oddity. But when they discover there is an elf imprisoned in the stone and set him free, they and their grandparents, Nana and Beebop, are attacked by Dark Elves and forced to flee to the magical world of Celahir.

In Celahir, Findecano – the elf the children freed from the fairy cross – leads them on a quest to recover gemstones stolen from the Elven Bow by the Dark Elves. Without the restoration of the gemstones to the Elven Bow, the balance between good and evil in Celahir – and the human world – could tip toward evil.

I’m a couple of days late but it’s HERE! ✨💝  For those of you waiting for December’s Colour Me Read Challenge, please send Rae a hug/book/gingerbread cookie because if she didn’t ask me about the challenge, I would have skipped it 🙈  Given that December is already a busy month for many, I didn’t know if people would be up for a challenge! I know some of you are interested, so this is for you 😙
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Your challenge, should you accept it:

🎄 Cross-genre
Also known as ‘hybrid genre’ is a genre in fiction that blends elements of two or three different genres in literature. Some examples include: historical fantasy, romantic comedy, sci-fi and mystery, supernatural drama, etc. There is no strict definition so it’s also open to interpretation! I didn’t even know this was an official genre, so imagine my delight when Rae (bless her) suggested it to me!

🎄 Reader’s choice
This is not necessarily a genre but if there was a genre from the previous challenges you didn’t get to, now’s the time to pick it up! Another option is going back to a genre you loved because of this challenge OR simply going back to your favourite! Here’s a list of the past genres we’ve done/covered:

June: Contemporary / Romance
July: Classics / Historical Fiction
Aug: Fantasy / Sci-fi
Sept: Self-Help / Informational
Oct: Thriller / Horror
Nov: Children’s literature / Young adult
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If you loved this challenge THANK YOU for participating whenever you can. ❤️ I’m excited about planning for 2017 and I’d love to know genres you’d be interested in seeing! Do you guys prefer getting the card well before the next month or are you okay waiting til the 1st? Let me know 😊

Author: Erin Morgenstern
Genre: Fantasy, Adult Fiction
Format: Hardback
Pages: 387
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Synopsis:

In 1886, a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entirely in black and white, Le Cirque des Rêves delights all who wander its circular paths and warm themselves at its bonfire.

Although there are acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists, the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds, some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados, who call themselves the rêveurs – the dreamers. At the heart of the story is the tangled relationship between two young magicians, Celia, the enchanter’s daughter, and Marco, the sorcerer’s apprentice. At the behest of their shadowy masters, they find themselves locked in a deadly contest, forced to test the very limits of the imagination, and of their love.

A fabulous, fin-de-siècle feast for the senses and a life-affirming love story, The Night Circus is a captivating novel that will make the real world seem fantastical and a fantasy world real.

Author: Robert Jordan
Series: Wheel of Time #1
Genre: Fantasy, Adult Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 814
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Synopsis: 

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, and Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Author: Sylvain Neuvel
Series: Themis Files #1
Genre: Science Fiction
Format: Hardback, Audiobook
Pages: 304 Hours: 8 hrs 28 mins
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Synopsis: 

A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand.

Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved—its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected.

But some can never stop searching for answers.