Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

The two reasons I picked up this book is two very different reasons. It was at the school bookfair for $1.00. Most important it was a prequel to Peter Pan and I love Disney stories. This book is great for boys or girls. It has adventure, villians, funny stories, and for those who have seen Peter Pan, you know what comes after this. A good read for children ages 12 and up. These authors have written a few books and every one I read I have enjoyed.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

  Bella has decided to go live with her father in Forks. A small town she despises. She arrives and school and almost right away notices Edward and his family. They are beatiful and quite mysterious. Bella finds out that Edward and his family are vampires. Despite this obstacle they fall in love. Read this fascinating book to see if humans and vampires can fall in love and stay in love, the first in a series of books.

Duck for President by Doreen Cronin.

   This is a great picture book to read with your kids, as we have an election coming up and there is a lot of information in the news. Our main character, Duck, was also in an earlier book, Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. The illustrations are engaging and the story is such that the kids laugh and so do the parents.

Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman

        When thinking of a great children’s book to recommend, this was the only one that stuck in my mind. I remember it being the first book I learned to read as a child. My mother read it to me ALL the time; I loved it so much. Jillian Jiggs is like most little kids her age, she HATES to clean her room.” Jillian Jillian Jillian Jiggs! It looks like your room has been lived in by pigs!" Throughout the book she promises her mother that she will do so, but instead creates an even larger mess with her two friends and their imaginative antics. This is a great story that will keep the attention of all children.

Beasts  by Joyce Carol Oates

    Oates paints an era drugs were viewed with a more tolerant eye and sexual promiscuity was the order of the day. This novel reminds me of "Rules of Attraction" by Brett Easton Ellis, but unlike Ellis, Joyce writes from an exciting female perspective.
    The story revolves around a group of private college girls in the 70's and their obsessive preoccupation with their English professor, a charismatic Andre Harrow and his Parisian artist wife, Dorcas. Andre's female students are drawn to him like bees to honey. A talented and infatuated junior, Gillian is relegated to the shadows until Andre picks her out as one of his "special" girls. What follows is a disturbing look at the power of obsession and the abuse of trust both common themes for Oates.
    Those who are fans of abrasive and unstylized language will love this novella, which is a quick read. Recommended for readers of: Joyce Carol Oates, Brett Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, and Augusten Burroughs.

A Good and Happy Child    by Justin Evans

    For those who ever had nightmares about "The Exorcist" and demons this novel is for you. Tame in many ways to "The Exorcist", but still an intriguing first novel from Justin Evans.
    It appears to the reader that Evans seems to write from personal experiences of rejections from friends and/or a father figure. He captures the bougeious society of academia to a tee that is scarley brilliant. The flash backs from the present to childhood are easy to follow but I could have done with a few more scares, two or three was not enough for this scare lover. All together a reputable first venture into the literary world.

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