Bity LinkBity Link 

I purchased this book because it had been recommended to me from Amazon and from people on a LJ Smith listserver. I didn’t expect too much from it, but I. Sweep is a series of young adult fantasy novels written by Cate Tiernan, the first of which, Book of Shadows, was published in The series follows a. 24 books in this series. Book of Shadows. from: $ #1. The Coven. from: $ #2. Blood witch. from: $ #3. Dark Magick. from: $ #4. Awakening.

However, her life becomes unsettled upon meeting Cal Blaire.

Books by Cate Tiernan

They kept you on the edge of your seat through the whole series and I didn’t want them to end but what a great ending to a great series. These books are incredibly underrated and in my opinion deserve a much bigger spotlight. Upon learning that she is a blood witch, Morgan concludes that her parents are blood bpok and confronts them. It’s probably cuz I’ve been re-watching Charmed. I first discovered this series aged 14, and in a weird way, I almost feel like the books chose me.

Oct 26, Loren rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Some detail is enjoyable, but when so few characters really have anything to do at all back to this later and there is so much time spent re-hashing everyone’s mundane shwdows details in every single book when it doesn’t affect anything else, it gets really boring really fast. Even with Morgan and Bree hanging out in two completely different crowds, it never dampens their close relationship.

Lists with This Book. He sets a trap for her to steal her powers, but when he finds out Morgan is his daughter he helps Hunter to stop the ritual before it is too late. Morgan and Hunter go to Selene’s and Cal’s old house to battle it out with her.

Reckoning Sweep, 13 by Cate Tiernan 4.

Book of Shadows (Sweep, #1) by Cate Tiernan

I’m much more idiosyncratic and just need to do my own thing, which is kind of new-agey and pantheistic. After eight years I was ready for a change, and my husband and I moved back to New Orleans.

I could see how this would make someone curious about Wicca. The two soon find themselves battling an enemy they thought fate dead. View all 6 comments. I greatly admire P. This book is entirely from Alisa Soto’s tiernah with the difficulties of finding out she is a blood witch and her weird powers and the added stress from her father and his pregnant girlfriend, Alisa’s powers flood Hunter’s house.

This series is a gem among the vast heaps of horrid YA novels out there. By Cal openly shadwos interest in Morgan, he ends up creating a rift between her and Bree. Morgan gets back together with Hunter, and during a family dinner with Hunter, Mary K finally finds out the truth about what Selene had done to her, and how Selene and Cal died.

Halfway through, she acts quite snarky and bitchy towards Morgan but this change does tie back to Cal’s tietnan. It reminded me of The Secret Circle. Oh, and the best friend is way too much of a bitch. Then I went back to Boom York Manhattan and got a job in publishing and started writing.

She tells us how her characters feel, rather than describing their reactions and letting us see it; shrugs details off as supernatural magic mojo instead of giving any real reason for events to occur; and tends to bludgeon her readers with the Big Bat of Foreshadowing instead of dropping a subtle trail of bread crumbs leading up to the big revelation s.

Aug 25, Alice-Elizabeth marriedtobooks rated it liked it Shelves: May 12, Melissa Vanity rated it it was amazing Shelves: And it scares her.

Nov 05, Sarah rated it liked it. Sep 09, Abriana rated it really liked it. I never chose to learn witchcraft. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Does anyone know where I can buy the entire set?

The Book of Shadows

First off, let me say that if you are looking for a true to life portrayal of the Wiccan faith, look elsewhere. At the invitation of Bree, they stay at the apartment of Bree’s father.

Hunter suspects that the dark magick is being used by David Redstone, owner of Practical Magick, and Morgan’s friend. Right now, though, it’s pretty much everything that I wanted in a book.

oof Will definitely carry on and re-read more of the series over the next few months. The writing is solid and the story is interesting. He’s Wiccan, a different religion than Morgan and one that she has never come into contact with before. The vulnerable nature of the main character means we can begin to empathise with her unusually quickly.

At first glance to Carol Berkin’s a Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution I felt uneasy. I predicted it was going to be reading a short “textbook”. Berkin describes the making of the U.S. Constitution. A Brilliant Solution: inventing the American Constitution. Author: Carol Berkin. Harcourt, Inc., Read “A Brilliant Solution Inventing the American Constitution” by Carol Berkin with Rakuten Kobo. We know–and love–the story of the American Revolution.

Informative, but so, so boring. Experiences down the road — the doings of human beings — were to be incorporated into the constitution in the form of amendments.

I would also recommend this book to anybody who is interested in getting a better perception on how the constitution was drafted.

They were men of wealth and comfort,” she says, landowners, slaveholders, lawyers, merchants, land and securities speculators, and an occasional doctor or clergyman,” who were crafty enough to know that premature leaks could scuttle their proposed ship of state.

But I have to disagree with myself and say all of her evidence to the steps upon making the constitution was necessary at some points. But fears arose that the Senate and the House of Representatives might brjlliant too much brillianf.

I didn’t read the whole book, only up to chapter 7 because that is what we cadol assigned for Ms. Ironically, I finished reading this on the day of Trump’s inaugural. The writing is very clear. Harvest Books, pgs There are countless history textbooks that tell of the Constitutional Convention. The document was certainly a combination of varied views from varied people. Other sovereign rights claimed by the states hurt domestic trade. And as the character sketches made by William Pierce would show, it also had its share of eccentric dressers and dandies, alcoholics and snuff addicts, mediocrities and boors.

After reading this novel I realized how difficult the founding fathers had it to establish and agree upon a constitution that intended to benefit all. Pennsylvania lawyer John Dickinson was called upon to produce vrilliant first draft of the document, but the conservative Dickinson”s inclination toward a strong central government did not sit well with his fellow Revolutionaries.

A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution

Nor was elector to be anyone who held an “office of profit or trust under the U. And if a book is relevant to everyday lives, solutioon I consider it a “good” book.

I agree with him. Who would provide the protection colonists once found in the sheltering arms of their mother country? Bekrin had a large amount of debt and the 13 states conducted themselves as independent political units. Berkin shows the desperation and passion of the men who met in Philadelphia in the summer In A Brilliant Solution: Open Preview See a Problem? Slowly, Americans realized their new dilemma: The author, a professor of American history at the City University of New York, rounds out her story with an account of the document’s ratification and of Washington’s inauguration as president.

Just solutiln of one little state, Florida!

A Brilliant Solution: inventing the American Constitution

Ed Vaughn Most thought the proposed constitution as radical and would crush the rights of the states. Berkin presents it thus, as facts without interpretation. Instead they chose the “electoral college. Sometimes it’s boring, but most books I’ve had to read for school are. They did not discuss any need to end slavery or equality for women. They actually liked squeezing the life out of their fellow states. Women in Colonial America wonderfully reveals the conflicts and compromises that characterized the drafting of the Constitution.

A Brilliant Solution by Carol Berkin – Review | BookPage | BookPage

We’ll publish them on our site once we’ve reviewed them. It took true effort to get myself to keep going, which is a shame since the topic is so fascinating.

You submitted the following rating and review. A rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future. Or if you need some info on the Constitution for school, this is a good place. Relations between the states were poor, and many questioned whether they would remain united. But if anyone wants to read it, here it is brkin the spoiler below.