The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne starts out with a delightful premise: a boy who defies the law of gravity and floats. The opening reminds me a bit of…
In James Haberkorn’s A Thousand Suns, we pick up a few years after the end of Einstein’s Trunk (the first book in the series—which I recommend reading first, of course) where Rulon and …
Ashfall was a novel with many great qualities and many shortcomings. It was a well-written post-apocalyptic survival novel. When reading it the reader can sincerely appreciate the disaster the chara…
I haven't read a modern, exciting, adventure novel like Elemental in a very long time. It has an engaging and intriguing plot that gives it an air of mystery and allows the readers to live the charac…
Who could resist a story of a lost gold mine, a secret map, mysterious messages, a ghost town, and sinister characters set in contemporary times? Elise Broach has included all these element…
At first glance, Will West seems like an average Joe: high school student, decent grades, on the track team, but he doesn't really excel at anything. This is just exactly what his parents have asked t…
The Lady of Fair Isle just wants to be helpful and keep her island and her people safe. Unfortunately, life is just not that simple. Because her mother was a well-known witch and sorceress…
Undercover Saint is packed full of interesting elements. Humor, suspense, action, romance and intense emotional situations are just a few of the things encountered in this story.
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Overall, Legend was a very good book. Its characters were engaging and the plot moves quickly with enough twists and turns to surprise the reader. The action is fast-paced, but there are enough quie…
Once again, James Patterson throws us into another exciting adventure of Maximum Ride and her winged cohorts. Like the two previous novels in this series, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports is…
The Dark Unwinding is an unusual, atmospheric, sometimes creepy read with a whole lot of heart. I was engaged immediately by the book's unique premise—how many books can you say you've read in which t…
Max Gordon's exciting adventure into Africa is a sure page-turner for readers who love survival stories mixed with some mystery and a lot of intense action. While there is violence, the book reads lik…
