Thursday, June 2, 2011 “Peak” by Roland Smith “You messed up, Pete.” “Peak,” I said. “Like in ‘mountain peak’?” “Right.” “Weird name.” “Weird parents.” Peak Marcello, as his name suggests, is a climber. His mom and dad, both mountain climbers, started him climbing at an early age, and his mom has encouraged him his whole […]
Saturday, May 28, 2011 “The Rules of Survival” by Nancy Werlin But how come there don’t seem to be any rules about when you ought to help others survive? Rules telling you when that’s worth some risk to yourself? Callie and I were working so hard for you, Emmy, but as far as I could […]
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 “Runaway” by Wendelin Van Draanen Well. Stupid me. You should see them now. They’re all huddled up arguing like crazy. Maybe they think I’m going to put a curse on them. I can’t believe it. They’re coming up here? Oh, crud. Frankie’s got a stick. Holly has gone from one foster […]
Saturday, June 4, 2011 “Aphrodite’s Blessings; Love Stories From the Greek Myths” by Clemence McLaren “If I were racing against someone as handsome as Milanion,” Filomena said, “I’d let him win… by just a little.” She gestured with thumb and index finger. Atalanta, princess, has been brought up to be an athlete. When her father […]
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 “Everwild” (Skinjackers, #2) by Neal Shusterman “Everlost, the limbo land of dead children, is at war. Nick the “Chocolate Ogre” wants to help the children of Everlost reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Hightower, self-proclaimed queen of lost children and dangerous fanatic, is determined to keep Everlost’s […]
Friday, May 6, 2011 “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck George and Lenny are not much alike. While George is quick and intelligent, Lenny is large, with the mind of a small child. Yet they travel together, working as laborers in California vegetable fields, George protecting Lenny, and Lenny following George like a faithful […]
Monday, April 25, 2011 “White Cat” (Curseworkers, #1) by Holly Black “Cassel comes from a family of curse workers — people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all mobsters, or con artists. Except for Cassel. […]
Thursday, April 21, 2011 Cold Tom by Sally Prue There were two things he needed very much to know.Firstly, why did Edie feel herself under threat from the Tribe?And, secondly, with all the exists guarded, however was he going to get out?Tom is one of the Tribe… An elven race that lives in the Common, […]
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 “Heist Society” by Ally Carter “When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way […]
Sunday, March 27, 2011 “Sapphique” by Catherine Fisher Note: I’m going to try and make this review as spoiler free as possible! If you haven’t read “Incarceron” though, you might just want to check out that (admittedly to short to do it justice, but I just… couldn’t put my thoughts into words for it properly) […]