NINE sets the story with this opener: “In the summer of 1808, in a world parallel to our own, the sun flared, the sky turned orange, and the clouds gathered. It rained torrentially for months straight. After this “summer of… Read More ›
Month: August 2018
The Door to the Lost
In time past the wizardly people of Vora established a portal into the normal town of Talhaven. They supplied “animus” (magic) to make life more comfortable for the Talhaven folks and in return received goods and resources Vora lacked. Things… Read More ›
My Plain Jane
The publisher’s comment on the back flyleaf of this book says the three authors ((Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows) have as their goal to “fix history by rewriting one sad story at a time.” The book’s dedication partly reads… Read More ›
Spell and Spindle
The two main characters in this book are a brother and sister ages 11 and 13. They live in a big city near an unusual place called The Museum of Peculiar Arts, which has a long, murky history. The boy,… Read More ›
Puddin’
This book seems to be a sequel to DUMPLIN’, which I did not read, but it stands well enough on its own. It traces mainly the story of two girls, one who is in the In Crowd and seemingly has… Read More ›
The Cheerleaders
Five cheerleaders from Sunnybrook High die within two months of each other from a car crash, a suicide and a murderous attack—at least that’s what Monica Rayburn (younger sister of one of the cheerleaders) and the rest of the world… Read More ›
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
The full title of this book is: Fatal Throne – The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All. Seven different authors give voice to the stories of Henry VIII and his six wives. Henry was said to be a lusty guy,… Read More ›
Freshmen
Incoming students at York Met University gather for freshman orientation week before starting classes at a school where most of them know no one and are basically terrified that they will have no friends, be judged as weird and will… Read More ›
Neverworld Wake
This fantasy/mystery/time-bending novel has some bad language, violence, and sex talk but not a lot of any of it. A small group of friends who are students at an exclusive high school fall out after the inexplicable death of one… Read More ›
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