We Were Liars We Were Liars by E. Lockhart This book compels you to read to the end as soon as possible so you can actually find out what has happened to this group of four that nobody will talk about! The story begins simply enough;Welcome to the Sinclair family. No one is a criminal. No […]
Love in the Time of Global WarmingBy Francesca Lia Block Penelope Overland’s life has been completely destroyed by the Earth Shaker, the global earthquake-turned-tsunami that has left the world in ruins. Pen is one of the few survivors, although her parents, best friends and little brother have disappeared. Seemingly trapped in her Los Angeles home, […]
City of the Lostby Kelley Armstrong Murders, cannibals, and the gorgeous Canadian wilderness, Kelley Armstrong really knows the way to my heart. I always get a little giddy when Armstrong releases a new book because I know that more often than not, I would like if not love whatever she writes. I really liked City of the […]
by Beck Albertalli Becky Albertalli’s “Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” is a cute, zippy romance between two teenage boys who have never met each other. Technically they have-they go to the same high school- but they don’t know who each other are. Then they begin speaking anonymously using the school’s gossip Tumblr. I don’t […]
The WitchesBy Roald DahlI must warn you that this one really scared me as a child. Even though I was scared I would ask my Mom to read it to me again and again. This classic Roald Dahl adventure follows a young boy and his grandmother as they hatch a plot to rid the world […]
Murder in the mystery suiteBy Ellery AdamsI picked up this book on the recommendation of a friend. She told me that I would love the setting of this mystery novel. Well she was more than right! Set in the countryside near a quaint town is the hotel of every library employees dreams. The resort hotel […]
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Britain is on the edge of joining World War II and after threats by the Germans the government decides that children living in London must be evacuated to the countryside. Ada lives in London in a one room apartment with her mom and younger brother. Born with a club foot that […]
by Randall Munroe Sometimes we find things in the world that are hard to understand, especially things that are very hard to build or that are made of lots of little parts. This book by Randall Munroe called Thing Explainerhelps make these hard things easier to get. What makes this book (and this group of […]
by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner The first book of this series, These Broken Stars, grabbed my attention because the cover looked amazing! But This Shattered World is more of a companion novel than a sequel because we follow two new characters on the war-torn planet of Avon. Captain Jubilee “Lee” Chase is a badass. She’s good at what […]
Bad Hair DayBy Sarah Mlynowski Imagine having a magical mirror that allows you to cross over to all of your favourite fairy tales. You can walk through the mirror at midnight and play around in the fairy tale, you even have the power to change the story. This is number 5 in the Whatever After […]