October 16, 2011 – 10:51 am
The Book: One Good Turn, by Kate Atkinson
The Story: Jackson Brodie (who has been in other books by Kate Atkinson) is walking down the street when he sees a fender bender followed by a pretty through beating. Also in the crowd is Martin, a writer, and Gloria, a millionaire’s wife.
On the same [...]
October 13, 2011 – 2:13 pm
The Book: Pretties, by Scott Westerfeld
The Story: This is going to have little spoilers from Uglies, so if you haven’t read it yet and plan to, do yourself a favor and do not read on!
So, this book starts with Tally being pretty… and really confused. She doesn’t remember clearly what happened to her to [...]
October 11, 2011 – 8:50 am
The Book: Sweetly, by Jackson Pearce
The Story: Gretchen, her twin sister and their brother Ansel are out in the woods when they are chased by something fierce and horrible. Gretchen and Ansel make it home, but their sister is no where to be found. People search and search but no sign is ever [...]
October 9, 2011 – 9:40 am
The Book: Lola and the Boy Next Door, by Stephanie Perkins
The Story: Lola is kind of the coolest girl ever. She has an incredible wardrobe of costumes and wigs. She has two great dads. She has a hot rocker boyfriend. She lives in San Francisco and kind of just does her own [...]
October 8, 2011 – 7:55 am
The Book: Anna and the French Kiss, by Stephanie Perkins
The Story: Anna is just a normal almost-Senior in an Atlanta high school. She has an almost-boyfriend and an awesome best friend. She’s looking forward to her senior year and bam! Her dad tells her that she’ll be going to a Parisian boarding school [...]
October 6, 2011 – 6:44 pm
The Book: I Am Not a Serial Killer, by Dan Wells
The Story: John Wayne Clever truly is not a serial killer. He has never killed anyone, in fact…. but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t think about it. A lot.
He is obsessed with serial killers, is likely a sociopath, and has rituals [...]
October 5, 2011 – 10:03 pm
The Book: Across the Universe, by Beth Revis
The Story: Amy was frozen in a box along side her family, put on a ship and flung into space. Seriously.
The plan was to wake them up when they got to their planet, but something has gone wrong and Amy was unthawed about 50 years [...]
October 4, 2011 – 9:16 am
The Book: Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
The Story: Lena Holoway is born into a world that has been totally rid of love. Scientists in the past realized that love was the reason that there was hurt, pain, anger, jealousy, and passion in the world. They developed a surgery that successfully rid people of Love and [...]
October 3, 2011 – 8:07 am
The Book: Hex Hall, by Rachel Hawkins
The Story: Sophie is a witch. She is also just a normal high schooler that lives with her non-witch mom. She came into her powers when she was 12 and really doesn’t know much about them… except that they work. On prom night, they may just [...]
September 29, 2011 – 8:31 am
The Book: The Story of My Father: A Memoir, by Sue Miller
The Story: Sue Miller, a well known novelist, is taken totally off guard when her reliable, wonderful father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It’s a hard pill to swallow for any child, but for Sue it seemed especially hard because he had always been the [...]