Inkheart Inkheart trilogy #1 by Cornelia Funke Adventure Fantasy Review # 1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This is a really good book! It’s about these people: Meggie, her dad, Mo, and a lot of other characters from a book. Ok, so Meggie and Mo can read characters out of a book and write characters back into a book, and real people, too! Mo accidentally reads out Dustfinger, Basta, and Capricorn! Basta and … Read more
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This was a great book! It’s about these kids, Ben, Tom, and Lindy. They meet a professor that can go into a different world called “Whangdoodle World” and he takes the kids with him after he trains them for a couple weeks. They each have a thinking cap that they need to get … Read more
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Classic Fantasy Realistic Fiction Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) A horse named Black Beauty meets new friends and is being traded between good owners and bad owners. The characters are Black Beauty and Merrylegs, and Ginger.
The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4 by Rick Riordan Adventure Fantasy Review #1 * * * * Stars (Great!) Percy Jackson stumbles onto an entrance to an ancient labyrinth and finds out his camp’s enemies can sneak that way. So, he and his friends go down there to try and stop the monsters from invading. Then they escape and get into an all-out battle – the camp versus the monsters. … Read more
You Know You Love Me Gossip Girl series #2 by Cecily von Ziegesar Realistic Fiction * * * * Stars (Great!) Blaire’s mother is getting remarried on Blaire’s birthday with a guy she doesn’t like too much. And Blaire screwed up her college interview along with Serena and Dan, while Nate did really well. And at the reception party, there are a lot of break-ups and relationships start. I liked this whole book.
The Last Days: A Sequel to Peeps sequel to “Peeps” by Scott Westerfeld Science Fiction Supernatural Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) In New York City, the summer brings strange things, but Pearl, Moz, Zahler, Min, and Alana Ray are just interested in their band. But, their lead singer in the band is affected with the disease that causes the strange things. And their songs might bring on the end of the … Read more
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld Science Fiction Supernatural Review # 1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Cal was more interested in meeting girls than attending freshman biology, but after spending a night with Morgan, biology had become his life. He was infected by a parasite that has a horrifying effect on the host. But Cal isn’t a full blown “Peep,” he just has some of the effects. But, he can’t ever be with a … Read more
Dylan: A Clique Novel Clique Summer Collection series #2 by Lisi Harrison Realistic Fiction * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Dylan and her famous mom go to Hawaii and she meets Svetlana, a tennis star. Svetlana’s nickname “Tennis the Menace” refers to her temper. Svetlana gets into lots of fights and starts to attack Dylan. But Svetlana doesn’t know that Dylan taped the whole thing and would use it to get what she wants. … Read more
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix Fantasy * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) A Cinderella tale with a twist. Prince Charming is charming, but has no personality and Ella is sick of all the ladylike rules, so she runs away. What will happen to Ella? I liked the ending of this book.
Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler Mystery Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) A cop, Captain Patti O’Shay, is put on a case where the serial killer murdered six women before Hurricane Katrina while dealing with her husband, another cop’s death. After Katrina, they find a corpse that they know the murderer killed along with Patti’s husband’s police badge. Patti works extra hard on the case, or else she could become the last … Read more