By Caitlin Garrabrant Over Christmas break, I decided to be a big kid and read something that wasn’t from the teen shelf. I picked Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn- it was at the top of the New York Times bestseller list and got great reviews. So, I started reading… and spent two days on the couch with … Continue reading »
For all the Sarah Dessen fans, you will all be excited to know that her newest book What Happened to Goodbye is in the library. I was so excited to read this book because I love all of her others and this one looked like it would be quite interesting. The story revolves around Mclean … Continue reading »
Sleepless by Cyn Balog is a short read that is distinctive and believable. Though I wasn’t moved to tears by the fairly unsatisfactory ending, the book is light and intriguing and ultimately a very unique love story to read. The story focuses on two protagonists, Julia and Eron. Julia is a sixteen year old girl … Continue reading »
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory is based on the lives of the Boleyn family during Henry’s reign. Instead of focusing on the well-known Anne Boleyn, the story is told through Mary’s, her younger sister, point of view. At the mere age of fourteen, Mary Boleyn came to the King’s court and was married. … Continue reading »
is one of my favorite books. It is about two children, Claudia and Jamie Kincaid, who run away from home to live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. They wander around the museum learning about the exhibits during the day and at night they turn the museum into their home, sleeping … Continue reading »
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins comfortably falls in this category of a page-turner, high action novel. Set in an undetermined time in the future, North America as we know it has been destroyed. In its wake rose the nation of Panem, consisting of a wealthy Capitol and thirteen supporting districts. Eventually, the citizens of … Continue reading »
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer is a suspenseful and fascinating apocalyptic novel. The story is narrated by Miranda, a teenage girl, through her journal entries. Her life is fairly normal; her parents are divorced and she lives with her mother and two brothers. However, the lives of everyone in the world … Continue reading »
The Beautiful Between by Alyssa B. Sheinmel is one of my favorite books ever, but it’s completely different from the children’s books we’ve been reviewing. This book is about a teenage girl, Connelly, who lives in an apartment in New York City with her mother. She knows her father died before she could remember, but … Continue reading »
It’s time to lay down the vampire novels and pick up something with a bit more wit and a lot more class. The author P.G. Wodehouse provides both those and more in his stories chronicling the life and adventures of Bertram Wooster and his “gentleman’s gentleman,” Jeeves. Bertie, as he is more commonly called, is … Continue reading »
