by Meredith Ann Pierce
While Aeriel and her mistress, Eoduin, are picking flowers for a wedding high atop a mountain peak, Eoduin is captured by a vampyre — a pale, gorgeous, black-winged creature. When Aeriel returns without Eoduin, Eoduin’s mother blames Aeriel for her daughter’s demise and Aeriel is set to be sold at the [...]
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I, Coriander
by Sally Gardner
Coriander Hobie led a fairly idyllic life up until the age of nine. Before nine she had a father who doted upon her and a beautiful mother who lavished her with attention and told her beautiful fairy-tales. The only incident that marred those early years happened when Coriander disobeyed her parents and wore [...]
100 Girls
by Adam Gallardo and Todd Demong
First, what are the odds that I would read two book with the number 100 in the title back to back? Not very likely, I would say, but it has happened.
Sylvia knows she’s very different from other girls at school. First, she’s super smart and has been bumped up two [...]
100 Cupboards
by N. D. Wilson
Henry York has descended on Henry, Kansas to stay with his aunt, uncle, and three cousins until the situation with his parents can be sorted out — they were kidnapped while bicycling through South America but Henry is sure it is only a matter of time before they are randsomed and returned [...]
The Summoning: The Darkest Powers (Book One)
by Kelley Armstrong
Chloe Saunders is a fairly normal high school freshman, or so she thinks. Then she is attacked by a janitor with a melting face only she can see–a ghost, but she doesn’t know that quite yet. After the whole school witnesses her running down the halls screaming while being chased by an imaginary [...]
True Blood
While everyone else is going crazy over the making and release of the Twilight movie*, I am going crazy over the making and release of True Blood, the new HBO series to be aired in September that is based on one of my absolute favorite vampire series, the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine [...]
The Ruby in the Smoke
by Philip Pullman
Sally Lockhart’s father dies in what seems to be simply an unfortunate accident; the ship on which he was sailing sinks, killing all on board. Sally accepts the accident for what it is until she receives a mysterious message that reads: Salli beware of the Seven Blessings/Marchbanks will help/Chattum/Bware darling. Sally doesn’t [...]
Deep Dish
by Mary Kay Andrews
Gina Foxton has it all–a top-rated regional cooking show call Fresh Start; a handsome, driven boyfriend; and a beautiful home that’s all her own–or so she thinks. Suddenly her show is cancelled when the major sponsor pulls support. Turns out Gina’s loving boyfriend Scott, who is also the show’s producer, has been [...]
The Crazy School
by Cornelia Read
Madeline Dare is a teacher at the Santangelo Academy, a boarding school for troubled teens. The best part of her job is the students. While she may not like all of them, she truly cares for their well-being in a way that few adults in their lives have. The worst part of her [...]
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Reasons I cannot Wait for Fall!
Today I have spent a lot of time drooling over books that I cannot read. Why can’t I read them? Because, sadly, they are not out yet and while many other people have had the opportunity to read some of them, I am not so lucky. To share my envy with the world (or the [...]
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