Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set by Ransom Riggs #peculiarboxset

I absolutely love this peculiar series!! 

Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and the (newly released) Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy.

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I want to thank Quirk Books for sending me this amazing boxed set. My daughter-in-law created this awesome artwork to display the pictures that come with the books. I love it and this will be hanging in my library (whenever hubby gets it completed).

Created by Bambi Knutson

I thoroughly enjoyed this series full of unusual characters and admire the creativity of the author as he incorporated these pictures of peculiar people into a story and make them come alive. I recommend these books all the time, especially to teens and pre-teens who sometimes are starting to lose their interest in reading. This series should grab their attention and expand their imaginations.

And I love the quote that Bambi selected to feature!

Created by Bambi Knutson

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MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. 

HOLLOW CITY: September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary adventure continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner.

LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.

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Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3) by Ransom Riggs

Library of Souls

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Series: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3

Hardcover, 400 pages

Published: September 22nd 2015 by Quirk Books

The adventures that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued with Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls.

As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all. 

Like its predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography.

Read an excerpt here

My thoughts about Library of Souls ~~ 

Like the other two books in this series, when I started reading Library of Souls, I could not stop. This story is so action packed and the peculiar children are in such peril that I didn't want to put the book down. It was a race to the end to find out if everyone was going to be okay.

I love the way the author incorporates some very odd photographs that he has collected into a very intriguing story about peculiar children and those who care for them. There are also those around who want to hurt them. The peculiars use the powers that they have to get themselves out of dangerous situations and to protect their secrets. 

This series is just so good and appeals to my love of the unusual and unexpected. It takes a great imagination to weave these stories of things and people who are not real, while still making the story believable. I was whisked away to this other world and came to love these wonderful characters. It does make me sad that this series has come to an end but I love this author's stories and his imagination and I will be anxiously awaiting whatever he writes next.

About the author

Hi, I'm Ransom, and I like to tell stories. Sometimes I tell them with words, sometimes with pictures, often with both. I grew up on a farm on the Eastern shore of Maryland and also in a little house by the beach in Englewood, Florida where I got very tan and swam every day until I became half fish. I started writing stories when I was young, on an old typewriter that jammed and longhand on legal pads. 

When I was a little older I got a camera for Christmas and became obsessed with photography, and when I was a little older still my friends and I came into possession of a half-broken video camera and began to make our own movies, starring ourselves, using our bedrooms and backyards for sets. I have loved writing stories and taking photographs and making movies ever since, and have endeavored to do all three.

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? October 19, 2015sn

Hello! Welcome to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? This weekly meme, hosted by Book Date, is where we share what we have read this past week and what our plans are for the upcoming week. It’s a great way to see what others are reading and to discover books to add to your own To Be Read list. You never know where that next great read may come from!

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What I'm currently reading/listening to

Snow Deer and Cocoa Cheer
by Joanne DeMaio

What the Heart Remembers (Memory House #3)
by Bette Lee Crosby 

The Language of Hoofbeats 

by Catherine Ryan Hyde (audio-book)

What I recently finished reading

Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3)
by Ransom Riggs
Love this series! My thoughts will be posted later today.

The Blue Jay

by Michelle Schlicher
Wonderful story! My thoughts will be posted later this week.

What I am going to read next

Illusion of an Ending
by Danielle Soucy Mills

I really love my reading life!

What are you reading this week?

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? October 12, 2015

Hello! Welcome to It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? This weekly meme, hosted by Book Journey, is where we share what we have read this past week and what our plans are for the upcoming week. It’s a great way to see what others are reading and to discover books to add to your own To Be Read list. You never know where that next great read may come from!

Click on the book image to read more on Goodreads. 

What I'm currently reading/listening to

The Blue Jay

by Michelle Schlicher

Just starting this one, it sounds good.

The Language of Hoofbeats 

by Catherine Ryan Hyde (audio-book)

Totally enjoying this audio-book. 

What I recently finished reading

A Peach of a Pair

by Kim Boykin

Such a emotional story. Look for my thoughts tomorrow.

Beach Wedding

by Bella Cruise

What a great story. My thoughts will be posted later this week.

What I am going to read next

Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3)
by Ransom Riggs
I love this series and I can't wait to start reading this one!

I love my reading life!

What's going on in your reading world this week?

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Release Day! Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs #StayPeculiar

Happy Release Day! 

Library of Souls

Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Series: Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3

Hardcover, 400 pages

Published: September 22nd 2015 by Quirk Books

The epic conclusion to the best-selling series!

Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They’ll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. . . . Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be? This action-packed adventure features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs.

Read an excerpt here

I love this series and can't wait to read book 3!!

About the author

HI, I'M RANSOM, and I like to tell stories. Sometimes I tell them with words, sometimes with pictures, often with both. I grew up on a farm on the Eastern shore of Maryland and also in a little house by the beach in Englewood, Florida where I got very tan and swam every day until I became half fish. I started writing stories when I was young, on an old typewriter that jammed and longhand on legal pads. 

When I was a little older I got a camera for Christmas and became obsessed with photography, and when I was a little older still my friends and I came into possession of a half-broken video camera and began to make our own movies, starring ourselves, using our bedrooms and backyards for sets. I have loved writing stories and taking photographs and making movies ever since, and have endeavored to do all three.

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