The Running Dream is a must-read for both teens and adults. After life deals sixteen-year-old Jessica a major blow, she struggles to shake off self-doubt and fear. Yet with the help of incredible…
Imagine if Shakespeare and Sharon Shinn wrote an episode of The Sopranos that took place in the future and you have Mystic City. There's just so much to like about this book: a little famili…
Prince Etcheon and the Secret of the Ancient is an intriguing journey of a prince destined to saved his imperiled kingdom. JoAnn Arnold's writing is picturesque, each page a new beautifully painted ca…
Book two of the Delirium series, Pandemonium, tells two stories in tandem: "now", which is several months following the previous book as well as "then", which is just a few days after where the previo…
The Secret Life of Copernicus H. Stringfellow by Lorin Barber is hilarious from page one. Copernicus (Nick) is witty, sarcastic, and a genius powered by Twinkies. Imagine his devastation due to the re…
Eva Ibbotson is one of my very favorite authors. Her sweet, genuine characters, quirky settings and personalities, and satisfying plots never fail to bring a smile to my face and an added measure of j…
Open Range by Zane Grey is a very romantic western story--a particularly cheesy one. The opening scenes of the novel come across as corny, but minimally are informational and give the reader some bac…
Shelby has the fiance everybody else at BYU only dreams of having. The problem is that he isn't the man of her dreams. His brother is. Brad, the fiance, seizes the internship of his life and leaves Sh…
Overall, Crater was a refreshing mix of science fiction and old Western. The moon's landscape and denizens remind the reader of the Western frontier, and many of the characters also appear to be insp…
Louie L'Amour is one the great classic western authors. The Riders of High Rock is one of his novels done in the Romantic style, and the main character is the famous Hopalong Cassidy, the character t…
Ally Condie triumphs with her final novel in the Matched series. I loved the first book, but felt there wasn't anything really new there--another well-written dystopian novel I enjoyed readi…
Ashley is an independent woman who doesn't want to be chained down by marriage before she has a chance to have fun. She wants to climb a mountain, see a Broadway show, visit Europe, take a cruise, and…
