November 24, 2011 – 7:20 am
Nothing book related to day, just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope that today you get to enjoy your family, or relax on your own, or eat until you almost burst, or just have dessert… whatever makes you the happiest!
We are spending the holiday in our hometown, with both of our families and so far, [...]
November 23, 2011 – 10:33 am
The Book: 20th Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill
The Story: This is a collection of short stories by Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns. There is a lot going on here: a story about a kid locked in the basement of a lunatic with an old phone that seems to be connected to somewhere [...]
November 15, 2011 – 9:10 am
The Book: The Lover’s Dictionary, by David Levithan
The Story: I know that I just did this with State of Fear, but I think I’m just going to use Goodreads’ synopsis. They did a much better job than I could. Here ya go:
“How does one talk about love? Do we even have the right words to [...]
November 12, 2011 – 9:47 am
The Book: State of Fear, by Michael Crichton
The Story: I know that I don’t usually do this, but there’s a lot going on here. I’m just going to give you the Goodreads synopsis:
“In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor.
In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer [...]
November 8, 2011 – 7:55 am
The Book: A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter, by Peter Straub
The Story: Kevin is very, very young when he realizes that there is something different about him. He has a tendency to be violent and starts to take it out on neighborhood animals.
When his Uncle Till, who stops by every so often, [...]
November 3, 2011 – 10:13 am
The Book: The Summer We Came to Life, by Deborah Cloyed
The Story: Samantha, Isabel, Kendra and Mina are BFF. They have been forever. Every summer they take a trip somewhere and just have a blast. After their last vacation, Mina found out that she had cancer. She died shortly after. This year’s trip isn’t looking [...]
October 23, 2011 – 11:30 am
The Book: It, by Stephen King
The Story: In 1958, a group of seven friends came together to fight off a terrible evil that was haunting their town.
In 1985, the evil is back and the friends had made a pact to return and fight again if It ever came back.
Things have changed and they are all [...]
October 19, 2011 – 9:11 pm
The Book: The Shack, by William P. Young
The Story: Mac’s daughter is kidnapped on his watch. He is watching the kids play while they are camping, there is an accident and his youngest daughter goes missing. By the time she is found in a small shack in the woods, she is dead and her murderer [...]
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 [...]