December To-Be-Read | Raquel

The first I am planning to and will 100% read in December is Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by: Rick Riordan. I have been waiting to read this for a while. Pretty much ever since I first heard about it honestly.. I think Faith and I were kind of having like this thing where we were waiting to see if the other person would get it so we could read it. I ended up getting it for my birthday so now we both can read it! I am really excited to see how this book is. I really enjoyed his Hero's of Olympus series.

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.
One day, he’s tracked down by a man he’s never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god.
The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.
When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision.
Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . . -goodreads

The second book I want to read in December is When The Moon is Low by: Nadia Hashimi. Indigo suggested this book to me on twitter and I am interested to see how I like it. I did take it out from the library but I was busy and was unable to read it. However my friends are getting it for me for christmas so I am hoping I have time to read it before the new year!

Mahmoud's passion for his wife Fereiba, a schoolteacher, is greater than any love she's ever known. But their happy, middle-class world—a life of education, work, and comfort—implodes when their country is engulfed in war, and the Taliban rises to power.
Mahmoud, a civil engineer, becomes a target of the new fundamentalist regime and is murdered. Forced to flee Kabul with her three children, Fereiba has one hope to survive: she must find a way to cross Europe and reach her sister's family in England. With forged papers and help from kind strangers they meet along the way, Fereiba make a dangerous crossing into Iran under cover of darkness. Exhausted and brokenhearted but undefeated, Fereiba manages to smuggle them as far as Greece. But in a busy market square, their fate takes a frightening turn when her teenage son, Saleem, becomes separated from the rest of the family.
Faced with an impossible choice, Fereiba pushes on with her daughter and baby, while Saleem falls into the shadowy underground network of undocumented Afghans who haunt the streets of Europe's capitals. Across the continent Fereiba and Saleem struggle to reunite, and ultimately find a place where they can begin to reconstruct their lives. -goodreads

The last book I want to read in December is The Game of Lives by: James Dashner. This is the last book in the Mortality Doctrine series. I really enjoyed this series so far and I am interested to see how it ends! 

Michael used to live to game, but the games he was playing have become all too real. Only weeks ago, sinking into the Sleep was fun. The VirtNet combined the most cutting-edge technology and the most sophisticated gaming for a full mind-body experience. And it was Michael’s passion. But now every time Michael sinks, he risks his life.
The games are over. The VirtNet has become a world of deadly consequences, and Kaine grows stronger by the day. The Mortality Doctrine—Kaine’s master plan—has nearly been realized, and little by little the line separating the virtual from the real is blurring. If Kaine succeeds, it will mean worldwide cyber domination. And it looks like Michael and his friends are the only ones who can put the monster back in the box—if Michael can figure out who his friends really are. -goodreads

This will probably be my last post before 2016, though I never know... Anyway just in case EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!