November 29, 2010

Crazy Beautiful

By Lauren Baratz-Logsted

     The new kids. Lucius walks on the bus and sits in the very first seat. Aurora walks on and is imediately seated with the popular kids in the back. Lucius had to move because of the explosion that took away his arms. Aurora finds something different in his eyes. They realize that love has no boundaries and can carry you farther than expected.

     This book was really good. 4 outof 5 * * * *

Fallen

By Lauren Kate


     It wasn't Luce's fault. The fire that killed Trevor had nothing to do with her. It was those shadows. She's seen them all her life but no one else has. Until she kissed Trevor, then he saw them and burst into flames. Luce got blamed for everything. Now Luce is standing at the doorsteps of Sword and Cross, a maximum security school where she doen't fit in. She becomes friends with a girl named Adrianne. She meets many new people including a wonderfully nice guy named Cam and a mysterious boy named Daniel. Then everything gets shaken up, people die and love decides it can go on forever.

     LOVED IT! LOVED IT! LOVED IT! 6 out of 5 * * * * * *

Jekel Loves Hyde

By Beth Fantaskey

     Jill Jekel is smart. She never broke the rules or even pierced her ears. Tristen Hyde is wild, unpredictable, and a genius. They both are the best at chemistry. Together they create a project that can not only win them a lot of money for college but also kill the beast Tristen thinks lives inside of all Hyde men. The only problem, the beast itself. The beast takes you and has you do the exact opposite of everything you want to do, and you can't remember a thing. Let's see who survives when Jekel Loves Hyde.

     LOVED IT! Love Beth Fantaskey! She has done it again! 5 out of 5* * * * *

November 14, 2010

The London Eye Mystery

By Siobhan Dowd


     Ted and Kate live happily with their parents in London. Their Aunt Gloria and cousin Salim come to visit before they move to New York. While they stay a couple days at Ted's house, they all go into town to ride on the London Eye. The line to buy tickets is extremely long but a man walks up and offers them a free ticket. Salim takes it and gets on. A half hour later, he doesn't get off. This starts the London Eye Mystery.


     This book is okay. I give it a 3 out of 5 * * *

Linger

Sequel to Shiver
By Maggie Steifvater

    Grace can finally be with Sam. He can stand the winters without turning into a wolf. Beck, Sam's adoptive father, has added more wolves to the pack. One of them being Cole. Then Grace starts getting sick. No one knows why. With the help of Cole, Sam and Grace try to figure out why she is getting so sick. As Grace's sickness gets worse and worse, Cole's life starts to unravel.


     This book was amazing, it gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *