#elizabeth rinaldi

[lunumochi]

"Let's start a new heart the new charts are in We'll take them we'll break them we'll make them give in"

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Bet Williams and Elizabeth Lee – The Living Room – Ardmore, PA – December 2, 2023

Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2023

[princesssarisa]

Opera on YouTube 3

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)

Mario Lanfrachi studio film, 1965 (Sesto Bruscantini, Valeria Mariconda, Ugo Benelli; conducted by Alberto Zedda; no subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1974 (Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva; conducted by Claudio Abbado; English subtitles)

New York City Opera, 1976 (Alan Titus, Beverly Sills, Henry Price; conducted by Sarah Caldwell; English subtitles)

Arena Sferisterio, 1980 (Leo Nucci, Marilyn Horne, Ernesto Palacio; conducted by Nicola Rescingo; no subtitles)

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2005 (Pietro Spagnoli, Maria Bayo, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Gianluigi Gelmetti; Arabic subtitles)

Teatro la Fenice, 2008 (Roberto Frontali, Rinat Shaham, Francesco Meli; conducted by Antonino Fogliani; Italian subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2009 (Pietro Spagnoli, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Antonio Pappano; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2019 (Rafael Fingerlos, Margarita Gritskova, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Evelino Pidó; English subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2022 (Leo Nucci, Nino Machaidze, Dmitry Korchak; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)

Garsington Opera, 2023 (Johannes Kamler, Katie Bray, Andrew Stenson; conducted by Douglas Boyd; English subtitles)

Rigoletto

Wolfgang Nagel studio film, 1977 (Rolando Panerai, Franco Bonisolli, Margherita Rinaldi; conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; Japanese subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1977 (Cornell MacNeil, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1981 (Cornell MacNeil, Luciano Pavarotti, Christiane Eda-Pierre; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle film, 1982 (Ingvar Wixell, Luciano Pavarotti, Edita Gruberova; conducted by Riccardo Chailly, English subtitles)

English National Opera, 1982 (John Rawnsley, Arthur Davies, Marie McLaughlin; conducted by Mark Elder, sung in English)

La Monnaie, Brussels, 1999 (Anthony Michaels-Moore, Marcelo Álvarez, Elizabeth Futral; conducted by Vladimir Jurowski; no subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2001 (Leo Nucci, Aquiles Machado, Inva Mula; conducted by Marcello Viotti; Italian subtitles)

Zürich Opera house, 2006 (Leo Nucci, Piotr Beczala, Elena Mosuc; conducted by Nello Santi; no subtitles)

Paris Opera, 2016 (Quinn Kelsey, Michael Fabiano, Olga Peretyatko; conducted by Nicola Luisotti; English subtitles)

Teatro Massimo, 2018 (George Petean, Ivan Ayon Rivas, Grazia Schiavo; conducted by Stefano Ranzani; English subtitles)

Così Fan Tutte

Vaclav Kaslik studio film, 1969 (Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey; conducted by Karl Böhm; English subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1988 (Edita Gruberova, Delores Ziegler, Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; English subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Teatro alla Scala, 1989 (Daniela Dessì, Delores Ziegler, Josef Kundlak, Alessandro Corbelli; conducted by Riccardo Muti; Italian subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Théâtre du Châtelet, 1992 (Amanda Roocroft, Rosa Mannion, Rainer Trost, Rodney Gilfry; conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 1996 (Barbara Frittoli, Angelika Kirschlager, Michael Schade, Bo Skovhus; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English and Italian subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, 2000 (Melanie Diener, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Charles Workman, Nicola Ulivieri; conducted by Claudio Abbado; no subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2000 (Cecilia Bartoli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Roberto Saccá, Oliver Widmer; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; no subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Opera Lyon, 2007 (Maria Bengtsson, Tove Dahlberg, Daniel Behle, Vito Priante; conducted by Stefano Montanari; French subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 2009 (Miah Persson, Isabel Leonard, Topi Lehtipuu, Florian Boesch; conducted by Adam Fischer; English subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 2009 (Malin Hartelius, Anna Bonitatibus, Javier Camarena, Ruben Drole; conducted by Frans Welser-Möst; English subtitles)

Aïda

San Francisco Opera, 1981 (Margaret Price, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Luis Garcia Navarro; no subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1985 (Leontyne Price, James McCracken; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles) – Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV

Teatro alla Scala, 1986 (Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti; conducted by Lorin Maazel; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1989 (Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo; conducted by James Levine; English subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Busseto, 2001 (Adina Aaron, Scott Piper; conducted by Massimiliano Stefaneli; Italian subtitles)

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2004 (Eszter Szümegi, Konstantin Andreev; conducted by Ernst Marzendorfer; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 2012 (Liudmyla Monastyrska, Roberto Alagna; conducted by Fabio Luisi; Russian subtitles)

Tbisili State Opera, 2017 (Maqvala Aspanidze, Franco Tenelli; conducted by Marco Boemi; Russian subtitles)

Teatro Colón, 2018 (Latonia Moore, Riccardo Massi; conducted by Carlos Vieu; Spanish subtitles)

Teatro la Fenice, 2019 (Roberta Mantegna, Francesco Meli; conducted by Riccardo Frizza; French subtitles)

[haveyoureadthismgyabook]

Series info...

Book one in the Dear America series

A Journey to the New World

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 by Kristiana Gregory

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859 by Patricia McKissack

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory

So Far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 by Barry Denenberg

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 by Joyce Hansen

West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 by Jim Murphy

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 by Kathryn Lasky

Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 by Mary Pope Osborne

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, RMS Titanic, 1912 by Ellen Emerson White

A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence, Gonzales, Texas, 1836 by Sherry Garland

My Heart Is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl, Carlisle Indian School, Pennsylvania, 1880 by Ann Rinaldi

The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory

A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse

The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl, New Mexico, 1864 by Ann Turner

A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919 by Patricia McKissack

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York, 1938 by Barry Denenberg

My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York, 1941 by Mary Pope Osborne

Valley of the Moon: The Diary Of Maria Rosalia de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta California, 1846 by Sherry Garland

Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory

Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 by Kathryn Lasky

Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 by Barry Denenberg

My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 by Jim Murphy

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 by Ellen Emerson White

A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 by Kathryn Lasky

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 by Barry Denenberg

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke

When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer, New York City to the Western Front, 1917 by Beth Seidel Levine

Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, an English Girl in Minnesota, New Yeovil, Minnesota, 1873 by Marion Dane Bauer

Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson, Green Marsh, Massachusetts, 1774 by Ann Turner

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 by Megan McDonald

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony, 1763 by Patricia McKissack

I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City, 1909 by Deborah Hopkinson

The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 by Kirby Larson

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918 by Lois Lowry

Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779 by Kristiana Gregory

With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 by Susan Patron

A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 by Judy Blundell

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

[eohwyyn]

Top 5 songs right now & top 10 books ever? 💕

hey! 💕

top 5 songs right now according to my spotify on repeat:

here lies love (ft. Florence Welch) - David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Florence Welch

I'm Not Calling You a Liar - Florence + the Machine

Cherry Wine - Hozier

Watch - Maisie Peters

Ava - Coeur de Pirate

top 10 books ever:

i read a lot so narrowing this down was really hard!! I tried to limit myself to standalones only, so here's the list in no particular order:

An Acquaintance with Darkness, Ann Rinaldi

All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr

Angelmaker, Nick Harkaway

Alice in Wonderland (+ bonus Through the Looking Glass), Lewis Carroll

The Bird King, G. Willow Wilson

The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood

Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein

Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente

Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier

Sirena, Donna Jo Napoli

The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller

Song of the Sparrow, Lisa Ann Sandell

(shhh i know this is more than 10 but i couldn't help myself XD)

Ask me my “TOP 5/TOP 10” anything!

[universomovie]

Ashley Graham Poses in Bold Styles for Marie Claire Italy

JOANNA ELIZABETH Ashley Graham faz pose na capa de abril de 2019 da Marie Claire Itália . Fotografada por David Slijper , a beldade morena usa vestido Marina Rinaldi com brinco Giovanni Raspini. Dentro do brilho da moda, Ashley modela conjuntos justos, incluindo detalhes com babados, estampas florais e malha. Estilizada por Ivana Spernicelli , Ashley impressiona em cada look. CABELO DE KEVIN…

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~ "ORNAMENTED ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE GROTTO PAVILION, 1755-1756, on the bank of the Great Pond in the Catherine Park, Tsarskoe Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built according to the project of the architect F. Rastrelli, in 1755-1756, under the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, but it was completed in the 1760s under Catherine II. The interior decoration of the pavilion was made under Catherine II in the 1770s by the architect Antonio Rinaldi. In 1792 wrought-iron grilles embellished with ornament made of gilded sheet copper were installed on the windows and doors of the Grotto." ~

[drosera-nepenthes]

A list of assassinations and attempted assassinations of world leaders. 

George III of England, attacked twice, May, 1800

Napoleon I, attacked while First Consul, December 1800; twenty killed and fifty-two wounded

Louis Philippe, King of France, shot at while driving along the Boulevard du Temple; forty killed.

Queen Isabella of Spain, stabbed, February 2, 1852.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, shot at, 1853.

Ferdinand Charles II, Duke of Parma, shot at, March 27, 1854.

Napoleon III, attacked by Orsini and others, many killed, January 14, 1858.

Prince Daniel of Montenegro, killed, August 13, 1860.

King Otto of Greece, shot at by a student, 1862.

President Lincoln, mortally shot in Ford's Theatre, Washington, April 14, 1865.

Prince Michael of Servia, shot and killed, June 10, 1868.

Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Turkey, killed with scissors, June 4, 1876.

King Alfonso of Spain, shot at, October 25, 1878, and December 30, 1879.

Emperor William I of Germany, shot at by Hoedel, May 11, and by Dr. Nobeling, June 2, 1878.

Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, blown to pieces with nitro-glycerine while driving through St. Petersburg, March 13, 1881.

President Garfield, shot and killed by Guiteau in Washington, July 2, 1881.

President Carnot of France, stabbed to death by Caesario, or Pietro, Santo, June 24, 1894.

Nasr-ed-din, Shah of Persia, killed, May 1, 1896.

King Humbert of Italy, attacked by Pietro Acciarito, April 22, 1897.

President Faure of France, attacked with dynamite bomb, June 13, 1897.

Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo of Spain, stabbed and killed by Rinaldi , August 8, 1897.

General Borda, President of Uruguay, killed, August 26, 1897.

President Barrios of Guatemala, killed, February 9, 1898.

Empress Elizabeth of Austria, fatally stabbed while walking from her hotel in Geneva to the lake boat, September 10, 1898.

King Humbert of Italy, shot three times and killed at Monza, by Gaetano Brecci, July 29, 1900.

Three attempts were made to kill Queen Victoria and two to kill the Prince of Wales, but in no instance was anyone injured.

Paul I, Tsar of Russia, was assassinated during the night between March 23rd and 24th 1801; but this murder cannot be classed among anarchial or nihilistic crimes, as the murdered monarch was killed by adherents of the court, at the instigation of certain members of the Royal Family.

The Royal Magazine, 1901

[bellaroles]

Reminisce of the time a few years ago I hunted for these books like a hawk because goodreads rec. them to me. These were quite hard to get and some I regretted having acquired them lol.

Here some of the titles

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope. I love this one. Very Rereadable. I also like her other book, the Sherwood ring. No regrets on these

An Earthly knight by Janet McNaughton. Nope DNF. (I was in Tam lin phase then lol but this one I shall passed) Regrets!

Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. This is so fun. I may reread sometimes in the future.

The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan. I like the book fine but will not reread.

Time enough for drums by Ann Rinaldi. Right this was interesting for me but as the internet keep telling me the age gap in this one is bothering me a lot.

Keturah and lord death by Martine Leavitt. I couldn't really get pass the MC self consciousness and the way the story was told. Regrets!

Summers at castle auburn by Sharon Shinn. I love her Archangel book. (1 st book only) and this one also supposed to be without flaws. Only there are quite a few of issues that disturb me.

The Hollow kingdom by Claire B. Dunkle. Hmm will not reread. On the stockholm syndrome note.

A Face like glasses by Frances Hardinge. Was glued to the pages literally. Could not put it down. Felt the same thrills reading these like when I read Garth Nix's keys to the kingdom. Might reread but y'know it won't be like the first time ever again.

Dragon's bait by Vivian Vande Velde. Felt like a cliffhanger with no second book. Not that interesting. Regrets

11. The Blue sword by Robin Mckinley. Can't say I regret this but I'd felt that this should have been better. Not to mention the weird prequel book that I won't reread again.

12. The Belgariad series by David Eddings. Loved these while it lasted. I got bored with the second series. Not rereadable to me.

13. The Changeover by Margaret Mahy. Like it. Not gonna reread.

14. The Changeling sea by Patricia A. Mckillip. I regreted that this was the first Mckillip book I'd ever come across. Dreamy but not engaging. My favorite of hers are the forgotten beast of Eld, In the forest of Serre, the Riddlemaster series, and Winter rose.

15. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull. Very entertaining. I love it. Haven’t reread this since.

16. Song of the lioness series by Tamora Pierce. I was undecided about these. Well I like the Immortals better than this one. Trickster duology impressed me the most. Not regret these but still haven’t reread them.

17. Sabriel by Garth Nix. Special to me because I read this first on audiobook. What a thrilling experience. I was so crazy about the Abhorsen lore for months. Haven’t reread also.

18. Wildwood dancing by Juliet Merrilier. I was crazy about nearly all of her books for a time. Reread this along with Heart’s blood and Daughter of the forrest many times. It was good but didn’t really hold up to now.

19. Enchanted forest chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. Like but not love. I like Mairelon’s books better or even the sorcerer and cecelia book.

20. Crown duel by Sherwood Smith. Love the books though Mel’s impulsiveness irked me lots of time. The starts of my obsession with her Sartorias-deles saga. Too many books with vastly different target audience, I gave up trying to read them all at some point lol. Love banner of the damned and the Inda books though.

21. Sally Lockhart’s series by Philip Pullman. Yeah I like his spectacular HDM but I like these more. Sally is so cool. No regrets.

22. The Black magician triology by Trudi Canavan. Used to be my guilty pleasure. because of the ending I will not reread.

23. The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb. Love these and the third trilogy also. Regret reading the second. Won’t reread because it was too painful. Also if I could one day reread them, I might continue with the series.

24. Earthsea cycle. By Ursula K. Le Guin. Favorite series. Reread many times. Will continue to recommend them.

25. Mistborn series. By Brandon Sanderson. Love these but won’t reread because I can’t go thru all of that again.

26. The chronicle of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. Read on audiobook. Like them but haven’t reread since.

27. Lumatere chronicles by Melina Marchetta. So intense lol, it was good but I won’t go thru all that again.

30. Tales from the flat earth by Tanith lee. Did not regret. So dark and arabian-ish. I especially love Simmu’s stories and Chuz. Her B&B retelling in Red as blood is also my fav. So unique. But I regret buying her Claidi’s journals and Paradys books.

31. I, Coriander by Sally Gardner. So pretty cover. The stories was good for my teen years. Did not reread since.

32. A Company of swans by Eva Ibbotson. Gosh this was unexpectedly cute. So many weird things but still it works for me. Haven’t reread.

33. The Ivy tree by Mary Stewart. This book lied to me! I was so obsessed with the pseudo amnesia thing. First read on audiobook. One time is enough because the suspense can be experienced only one time.

34. The Seer and the sword by Victoria Hanley. Regrets. The plot was supposedly engaging but I couldn’t care less.

35. The Blue castle by L.M. Montgomery. Beautiful prose. Like the plot very much. Now if I could really find the time to read Anne of green gables.

36. Book of a thousand days by Shannon Hale. Nice. Can’t remember much but I like this enough to draw a doodle. I like her Austenland better. That was hilarious.

37. Narnia books by C.S. Lewis. I love these esp. the Dawn trader one. Haven’t reread yet.

39. The savage Damsel and the dwarf by Gerald Morris. Funny. I remembered that much.

Other books I regret are The books of Pelinor by Alison Croggon. Darkangel triology by Meredith Ann Pierce. Knight and Rogue by Hilari Bell, A college of magics by Caroline Stevermer, Riverside by Ellen Kushner.

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[lunumochi]

Vampire theme? Vampire theme

[popentertainment-concertphotos]

Bet Williams & Elizabeth Lee – The Living Room and Cricket Cafe – Ardmore, PA – December 3, 2022

Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2022

[dominik528]

What I read in 2021, from worst to best:

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes - ★☆☆☆☆

American Girls by Alison Umminger - ★☆☆☆☆

Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys - ★★☆☆☆

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen - ★★☆☆☆

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - ★★☆☆☆

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick - ★★☆☆☆

Save Me, Kurt Cobain by Jenny Manzer - ★★☆☆☆

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina - ★★☆☆☆

A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi - ★★☆☆☆

Companions of the Night by Vivian Velde - ★★☆☆☆

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson - ★★★☆☆

The Dirty Book Club by Lisi Harrison - ★★☆☆☆

Consent by Nancy Ohlin- ★★☆☆☆

Innocents by Cathy Coote - ★★☆☆☆

Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See - ★★★☆☆

Mount Vernon Love Story by Mary Higgins Clark - ★★★☆☆

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Safi- ★★★☆☆

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen - ★★★☆☆

Princess Ai: Prism of the Midnight Dawn Vol. 2 by Christine Boylan- ★★★☆☆

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo & Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Reid - ★★★☆☆

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★☆☆

Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory - ★★★☆☆

Star in the Storm by Joan Harlow - ★★★☆☆

Orchards by Holly Thompson - ★★★☆☆

Scott Pilgrim #2 & 3 by Brian O'Malley - ★★★☆☆

Looking for Alaska by John Green - ★★★☆☆

Total Recall by Philip K. Dick - ★★★☆☆

Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo - ★★★☆☆

Kitchen Princess Omnibus #2 & 3 by Natsumi Ando- ★★★☆☆

Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen - ★★★☆☆

Pretties & Specials by Scott Westerfield - ★★★☆☆

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins - ★★★☆☆

My Life in Pink & Green by Lisa Greenwald- ★★★☆☆

Poet in Exile by Ray Manzarek - ★★★☆☆

Plastic Jesus by Poppy Z. Brite - ★★★☆☆

My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand- ★★★☆☆

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - ★★★☆☆

One by One by Ruth Ware - ★★★☆☆

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust - ★★★☆☆

The Girls by Amy Koss- ★★★☆☆

Ripper by Isabel Allende- ★★★☆☆

Shugo Chara! Vols. 2, 4, 5 by Peach-Pit - ★★★☆☆

Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth- ★★★☆☆

Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky - ★★★☆☆

Thorn by Liv Hayes- ★★★☆☆

Leavers by Lisa Ko- ★★★★☆

Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard - ★★★★☆

Princess Ai: Prism of the Midnight Dawn Vol. 1 by Christine Boylan - ★★★★☆

Princess Ai: Rumors & Scandals by various - ★★★★☆

Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher - ★★★★

The Sigh & Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa - ★★★★☆

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo - ★★★★☆

Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok - ★★★★☆

Zach's Lie & Jack's Run by Roland Smith - ★★★★☆

Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 by Bryan O'Malley - ★★★★☆

Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus, Vols. 1-4 by CLAMP- ★★★★☆

Snow Flower & the Secret Fan vy Lisa See - ★★★★☆

Bite & Onigokko [Attack on Titan DJs] by Peeco- ★★★★☆

Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You by Joyce Oates - ★★★★☆

I Was Here by Gayle Forman - ★★★★☆

Run by Kody Keplinger - ★★★★☆

Cricket in Times Square by George Selden- ★★★★☆

Kitchen Princess Omnibus vol. 1 - ★★★★☆

Shug by Jenny Han ★★★★☆

Uglies by Scott Westerfield- ★★★★☆

Exclamation Point [Attack on Titan DJ] by Hitomi - ★★★★☆

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Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling - ★★★★☆

Flipped by Wendelin Draanen- ★★★★☆

Shugo Chara! Vols. 1 & 3 - ★★★★☆

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Palaces of Imperial Russia:

Catherine Palace- official summer residence of the Imperial family.  The first palace built on this site was built in 1717, however Empress Elizabeth (daughter of Catherine the Great) tore down the original building and ordered the construction of the palace in 1754.

Winter Palace- the current structure of the palace was commissioned by Empress Elizabeth in 1753, however a royal residence had been in place there since Peter the Great began work on Saint Petersburg in 1705.  This structure was continually expanded and renovated until by 1837 the main facade measures 150m, has 1500 rooms, 1786 doors, and 1945 windows. It was the site of the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1905.  It currently serves as the Hermitage Museum which is the second largest art museum in the world with over 3 million items.

Alexander Palace-commissioned by Catherine the Great for her son Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich for his marriage in 1792.  The palace was completed in 1796.  Alexander and his wife lived in the palace until he became Tsar in 1801 when he moved to the Catherine Palace.  He gave the Alexander Palace to his brother, Nicholas I, and from then on it was used as the official residence for the heir to the throne.  However, Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra made it their official residence after Bloody Sunday and added electricity, an elevator, and a motion picture screening room.  It served as the first prison for the last Imperial family until they were moved to Siberia

Peterhof Palace-commissioned in 1714 by Peter the Great in response to the Palace of Versailles.  It remained an official royal residence up until the Revolution.  The palace itself was almost completely destroyed during World War II, however it opened to the public again in 1945 and was completely restored in 1952.  

Anichkov Palace:-built by Empress Elizabeth beginning in 1741 and finishing in 1754.  Empress Elizabeth gifted the palace to Count Razumovsky and starting from then it switched back and forth from a crown palace to a private residence.  Tsar Alexander III and his wife, Maria Feodorovna, made the palace their official residence.

Gatchina Palace- built between 1766-1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov.  Catherine the Great bought the palace from Orlov’s heirs after his death in 1783 and it passed throughout the Imperial Family until after the Revolution when it became a state museum and remains a historical site to this day.

Grand Kremlin Palace- built between 1837-1849, the palace served as the official Imperial residence in Moscow.  During the Soviet Era, several of the grand meeting halls were used to conduct meetings of the Supreme Soviet and today is the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

Kolomenskoye Palace-located in the village of Kolomna outside of Moscow’s city center, the estate was first originated in 1339 by Ivan Kalita, the Grand Duke of Moscow from 1325 and was responsible for making the principality of Moscow into the predecessor of the Tsardom of Russia.  Throughout history, the buildings on the estate were renovated and torn down however the site remained of great importance to the tsars, with Empress Elizabeth Petrovna born there in 1709 and the youth home of Tsar Peter the Great.  The current structure was restored by Soviet architect Pyotr Baranovsky by using wooden buildings and artifacts from around the USSR.

Mariinsky Palace- built between 1839-1844 by Tsar Nicholas I for his daughter Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna for her marriage. It remained in the Imperial family until the Revolution in 1917 when it was used for offices of the Soviet ministries until 1994 when it became the official building of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly. 

Nicholas Palace- built in 1861 by Tsar Nicholas I for his son, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaievich.  The building was used as a residence until 1894 when the Imperial family turned it into the Xenia Institute for Noble Young Ladies.  After the Revolution, it became known as the Palace of Labor and the trade unions took it over.  The trade unions are leasing parts of the palace for commercial offices with much of the original splendor destroyed.

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The Grand Menshikov Palace in Oranienbaum

The lands on which Oranienbaum and the town of Lomonosov were established were first presented by Peter the Great to Grand Duke Alexander Menshikov around 1710. At the time, Menshikov was overseeing the fortification of the sea fort at Kronshtadt on Kotlin Island, 5km from the site across the Gulf of Finland.Menshikov began to build his residence here in 1713, at about the same time as Peter began work on his own estate at Peterhof. Menshikov seemed intent on outdoing his master in terms of scale and grandeur, and commissioned architects Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Schadel, who were already building the Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, to design his seaside palace. After over a decade of work, which eventually bankrupted Menshikov, the palace was completed.

Facing the sea, with a two-level terrace in front of it, this charming yellow and white building consists of a concave central block with two single-storey galleries leading to prominent octagonal pavilions, one of which houses the palace chapel. On the south side of the building, two large ancillary wings, the Kitchen Wing and the Ladies' Wing, run from the pavilions perpendicular to the central block.Menshikov had little time to enjoy his new palace before he was arrested and exiled in 1727. The estate at Oranienbaum was passed to the state, and Menshikov's palace became a naval hospital. In 1743, the estate was presented by Empress Elizabeth to her nephew, the future Peter III, who commissioned Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the greatest late baroque architect working in Russia, to renovate the palace. Rastrelli left the exterior of the palace almost untouched, but created sumptuous interiors that have, sadly, long since been destroyed. At this time, the western pavilion became known as the Japanese Pavilion, thanks to the collection of Japanese and Chinese ceramics it housed.

The palace was altered again in 1762 by Antonio Rinaldi, who added a granite staircase and semi-circular balcony to the northern terraces and redecorated many of the interiors. After serving as a Naval Cadet College from the end of the 18th century, the palace was used as a residence by both Alexander I and his brother Mikhail. During the 19th century, several famous architects, including Luigi Ruska, Carlo Rossi, and Vasiliy Satsov, reworked the interiors of the palace.Today, while the Grand Menshikov Palace is still extremely impressive from the outside, its interiors are in a parlous state, and major renovation work still needs to be done to prevent parts of the building collapsing. For visitors, there is little to see except a collection of portraits of the various owners of Oranienbaum.

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