Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Jacob had always had a special bond with his grandfather, Abe.  He idolized him despite the crazy stories he used to tell about the children he lived with in the orphanage growing up.  After Abe is murdered, Jake feels he must act on his grandfather's dying words and go to Wales, to the orphange his grandfather grew up in.  He felt the trip might bring him closure, but what he finds in Wales is never what he expected.  He learns about his grandfather's life, and his own and ends up creating a new life for himself, one he never could have imagined.

I saw this book in Barnes and Noble about a month ago and the cover really caught my eye.  It almost seemed haunting and dark.  I love stories like that.  I put it on my kindle and brought it with me on vacation.  I read it in one day.  The plot was nothing like I had imagined by the title, but I read it in one day.  I couldn't put it down.  The idea was so different and creative.  I also really liked the Q & A with the author at the end of my book (not sure if that's just on kindle editions or if it's in the print too).  It was interesting to hear how the author started it.  I enjoyed this book immensely because of the pictures that went along with it.  It was definitely unique, but gave you more of a picture in your head.  There is a sequel coming out January 13th so I look forward to reading that one.

The Immortal Circus: Act Two: Episodes 1-3 by A. R. Kahler

Vivienne is now one of the older members of the troupe but unfortunately has earned the title of "Mab's henchman" making her an outcast, but at least she has Kingston. Oberon wants her back in the summer court with the promise of telling her what she is. As her past starts to catch up with her, Viv desperately wants to know what she is because deep down she knows she’s dangerous and doesn’t want to hurt anyone else.

Act two seemed to take a little bit of a different turn than act one, explaining more of the fairie story to us.  It's still good, with just as many twists as the first one.  I can't wait to get the next episode!

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon is brought to the capital under false pretenses. What was supposed to be a night of lectures turned into fighting for his life, trying to save a friend, and learning the ancient secrets of the Masons and our nation's founding fathers.

Like all Dan Brown's book, this didn't fail to disappoint.  It actually took me a little while to get into the book, mostly because I really wasn't familiar with the Masons or anything about them.  US History was never my strongest subject, but the story picked right up and I couldn't read it fast enough.  The Inferno is one of the next on my list.