Showing posts from October, 2014

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

Summary:  The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley J…

Rooms - Lauren Oliver

Summary:  Lauren Oliver makes her adult debut with this mesmerizing story in a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mys…

GUEST REVIEW: The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg

Please join me in welcoming our guest reviewer today, Sally Treanor!! Summary : Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of M…

Parallel Journeys - Eleanor Ayer

Summary:   Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But thei…

Nick and Tesla's Super-Cyborg Gadget Glove - Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

Summary: B right siblings—and amateur inventors—Nick and Tesla Holt are back in this fourth installment of their whiz-b…

Happy, happy birthday, Lara!!

We'd like to wish our very own Lara a most happy birthday! We wish you all the books (and the time to read them) yo…

Never Fade - Alexandra Bracken

Summary:   Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily bas…

Inside/Outside - Jenny Hayworth

Summary:   Award winning book - Finalist Beverley Hills Book Awards 2014 Jenny Hayworth grew up within the construct of…

Pets Aplenty - Malcolm D. Welshman

Summary:   Join novice vet, Paul Mitchell, in a further six months of hilarious escapades he experiences while working …

Abraham Lincoln and Joseph Smith - Ron L. Anderson

Summary :  What could Abraham Lincoln and controversial Mormon founder possibly have in common?  According to Lincoln L…

After the Parch - Sheldon Greene

S ummary:   It's 2075. California is nothing like we know it. The USA has broken up and California has become an in…

Ravensbruck: Everyday Life in a Women's Concentration Camp - Jack G. Morrison

Summary:  Ravensbruck was a labour camp within German borders, not far from Berlin. In the beginning it was, by camp st…

The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani

Summary:   The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practica…

The Horse Lover - Alan Day

Summary: He already owned and managed two ranches and needed a third about as much as he needed a permanent migraine: t…

A Time to Die - Nadine Brandes

Summary: How would you live if you knew the day you'd die? Parvin Blackwater has wasted her life.  At only seventee…