Lizzy's Book Blogs

Crazy Beautiful

2010-11-29T17:01:00.000-05:00

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

2010-11-29T16:52:00.000-05:00

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

2010-11-29T16:27:00.000-05:00

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* * * * *

The London Eye Mystery

2010-11-14T10:35:00.001-05:00

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

2010-11-14T10:09:00.000-05:00

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 * * * * *

Blood and Chocolate

2010-11-08T17:36:00.000-05:00

By Annette Curtis Klause

Vivian loves her family. She loves everything about herself except that she's a werewolf. Her entire family, along with her werewolf cousins (who are called the five) and the rest of the pack, used to live in West Virginia. When her cousins got a wild streak, they killed someone. Then their, house burned to the ground. Vivian's father burned with it. Now after moving to another state, the five's wild streak has not ended. Since Vivian's dad was the leader of the pack, they have to find a new one. Vivian meets a human boy of which she really likes. Then everything changes and Vivian is flipped upside down and sent spinning through a whirlpool of emotions.

This book was really good! I was skeptical at first, but I really liked it. It gets a 4 out of 5

The Deep End of Fear

2010-11-02T11:15:00.000-04:00

Dark Secrets Book 4
By Elizabeth Chandler

When Kate was young, her father was an artist. He worked for a rich family, The Westbrooks, more specifically Adrian Westbrook. Their House and property, called Mason's Choice, is the largest home in the entire town. Kate and her family lived in a house on the property. Adrian had two grown children, Trent and Robyn. At the time, Robyn and Trent were married. Robyn had a son named Brook and Trent had a daughter named Ashley. Ashley was a year older than Kate and they were the best of friends for two seven-year-olds. Then one day, in the middle of the winter, Ashley's bunny got out. As Kate, her mother, and Ashley look for Ashley's bunny, Ashley walks onto the frozen lake. The ice cracks, she falls in, and doesn't come back up. Now years later, Trent and Robyn are both divorced and Kate is seventeen. Adrian has remarried and now has a seven-year-old son named Patrick. Kate comes back to Mason's Choice as Patrick's tutor but realizes that Ashley's unsolved death is causing problems now.

This is the best book ever!! It gets a 5 out of 5!!

No Time to Die

2010-11-01T17:20:00.000-04:00

Dark Secrets Book 3
By Elizabeth Chandler

Jenny is in a family of actors. Her father is a famous man on Broadway, her mother was a child and teen star on many television shows, and her sister Liza had everything she needed to be a great, well-known actress. Until Liza was murdered. A year after her sister's death, Jenny finds herself at the exact acting camp her sister went to when she was murdered. Jenny's parents decided Jenny should use a fake last name while at the camp, and since she looked nothing like her sister everything was going smoothly. Until a weird series of events make Jenny think her sister's killer might be someone at the camp this year.

LOVED THIS BOOK!! It gets an automatic 5 out of 5. I love Elizabeth Chandler and her scary books.

Immortal

2010-11-01T17:06:00.000-04:00

By Gillian Shields

When Evie was younger, her mother pasted away. Her father was in the military so her grandmother, Frankie, took care of her. When Frankie became ill, Evie was sent to the Abbey School for Young Ladies in a small town of which Frankie grew up. The Abbey was once home to a very wealthy family some hundred and fifty years ago. It was also home to a great tragedy. The family that once owned the Abbey had a daughter named Agnes. She died but know one really knows how. Just to add to all the strange things going on, Evie meets a boy named Sabastian who is a very misterious character. When Evie's reality is twisted with images of Lady Agnes's ghost, it is a struggle more than ever to figure out what happened to Lady Agnes and how Evie is related to it all.

I give this book an absolute 5 out of 5. IT WAS AMAZING!!!

The Last Battle

2010-11-01T16:51:00.001-04:00

The 7th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

Eustace and Polly return to Narnia to find that an ape named Shift has persuaded a donkey to wear a lion skin and call himself Aslan. With the help of the current king, King Tirian, they find out that all of the Narnian animals are getting sent away to work for the Calormenes. They have to work together to convince the world the real Aslan will come, but he is not here yet. They have to save the world before it's distroyed.

This was my second favorite in the Narnia series. I give it a 5 out of 5. * * * * *

The Silver Chair

2010-11-01T15:33:00.001-04:00

The 6th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

Eustace and his friend Polly magically ended up in Narnia after running through a door. They find King Caspian very old and his only son, Prince Rilian has been missing for ten years. The two of them, with the help of a new friend Puddleglum, search to find the lost prince. They go to the land of the friendly giants, then find their way to an underground world ruled my an evil queen and a cursed knight. There they find the lost Prince, but can they find their way back?

This was a good book. I give it a 4 out of 5 * * * *

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

2010-11-01T15:00:00.001-04:00

The 5th Book in the Chronicle of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

Lucy and Edmund visit their cousin Eustace when they all are sucked into a painting of a boat. They land on a Narnian boat called the Dawn Treader. Prince Caspian, who is now King Caspian, is on the boat too. Caspian is searching for the seven men his uncle sent away who never returned. As they travel, they came across many mysterious islands and find they have to visit the end of the world.

This is my favorite Narnia book so far. I gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Prince Caspian

2010-10-25T17:17:00.001-04:00

The 4th Book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

When Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy return to Narnia they find that hundreds of years have gone by. Their castle at Cair Paraval is in ruins. The Telmarines have invaded and now rule Narnia witha cruel leader. The Narnians themselves have become almost extinct. The only Telmarine on the side of the Narnians is Prince Caspian. He is in direct line for the throne but his father died before he was old enough to take it. His uncle took the throne and tried to kill Caspian so his own son can have the throne. With the help of Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, Caspian fights for his throne.

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

The Horse and His Boy

2010-10-25T17:06:00.001-04:00

The 3rd Book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

Shasta was found a baby and raised by a cruel Calormene fisherman. When a man comes and tries to buy Shasta, he runs to hide in the stables. He realizes that the man's horse was a talking horse from Narnia and that Shasta is also from Narnia. They come up with a plan to get back to Narnia. Along the way they come across another horse from Narnia and a girl named Aravis who was born into a wealthy family and is running away from a betrothal. THey come across some unexpected challenges and find family.

This was a good book. I give it a 4 out of 5 * * * *

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

2010-10-25T16:43:00.001-04:00

The 2nd book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

Lucy is open-minded. While playing hide and seek with her three older siblings, she slips into a wardrobe and winds up in another world. She meets a faun named Tomnus who becomes one of her good friends. He tells her that she is in a world called Narnia and that the it is cursed by an evil witch that rules the land. It is said to be winter forever. When she tells her siblings about it, they think she is lying. Then they all fall into the wardrobe. They realize that they have to end this terrible curse and do away with the evil witch that caused it.

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

The Magician's Nephew

2010-10-18T17:26:00.001-04:00

The 1st book in the Chronicles of Narnia Series
By C.S. Lewis

While climbing through tunnels connecting their houses, Digory and Polly wind up in Digory's Uncle Andrew's office. Polly is given a ring from Uncle Andrew and is sent to another world. Digory is forced to follow her and help her home. They two children find the woods between worlds. If they jump into a pool of water, they go to another world. While experimenting with this, they find a land and awaken an evil witch. The children try to leave the witch at the woods between worlds but they all end up in an world of darkness. Slowly the sun rises and a lion starts singing, as he sings, the world comes to life. Digory has to take a journey to save this new land from the evil witch.

I loved this book, it gets a 4 out of 5 * * * *

The Smile

2010-10-04T17:46:00.001-04:00

By Donna Jo Napoli

Monna Elisabetta is almost at the age where she can become betrothed. In her small town in Italy, that is done by throwing a party. When her mother dies while planning the party, everything stops dead in its tracks. At her mother's funeral Elisabetta meets the famous painter Leonardo De Vinci who says that one day, he will paint her. Leonardo introduces Elisabetta to the youngest son of the weathiest and most powerful family in town. His name was Giuliano. Though her family called her Monna Betta, he called her Monna Lisa. And that's where the story of war, dictatorship, and most of all love, begins.

I absolutely loved this book!!!! I couldn't put it down! It gets an 6 out of 5 * * * * * *!!

Savvy

2010-10-04T17:32:00.001-04:00

By Ingrid Law

Mibs's family has powers. Her mother calls them abilities others aren't open-minded enough to get. Mibs's older brothers can cause hurricanes and create sparks of electricity, her mother is absolutely perfect, and her grandfather can make mountains move. You get your power when you turn 13. Mibs's birthday is in two days. Then she finds out her father is in a car accident and is badly hurt. She embarks on a journey to get to her father, making some unexpected friends along the way.

I loved this book, I give it a 3 out of 5 * * *

Every Soul a Star

2010-09-23T17:15:00.001-04:00

By Wendy Mass

Alli was raised on a camp ground. Her parents bought the site because there was going to be a full eclipse there. The eclipse is in two weeks and after it, she's moving back to California. Bree is a city girl with parents that study space. Her family is taking over the camp ground after the eclipse. In the two weeks before the eclipse these girls make unexpected friends and a hope for the future.

This book was amazing! I give it a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Weedflower

2010-09-21T19:45:00.001-04:00

By Cynthia Kadohata

Sumiko was a farm girl who happily lived with her aunt, uncle, little brother and two cousins. She always helped her family on their farm in California. She was the only Japanese girl in her entire school. She barely had any friends and even if she did she was too busy to play with them. Then World War II broke out. Sumiko and her family were anxious. If the Japanese attacked, it would end badly for the Japanese-Americans. Then there was the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Officers came and took Sumiko's uncle and grandfather to a camp in North Dakota. Slowly, all the Japanese families were evacuated from California. With the rest of her family, Sumiko was sent to a temporary home at a race track, then on to a camp in Arizona. There Sumiko meets an unexpected friend and learns a thing or two about life.

This book was amazing! I love Kadohata's work! She is amazing! This book gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

A Corner of the Universe

2010-09-19T19:48:00.001-04:00

By Ann M. Martin

Hattie Owen was a normal girl in the 60's. She lived in a small town, went to school daily, and her family owned a boarding house. But everything changed that one summer. She finds out she has another uncle who is 21. Hattie's grandparents shipped him away to a school for the mentally challenged when he was 12 and now that school is closing down. His name is Adam and he an ecstatic, fun-loving man that wants nothing more than to have a friend and repeat I Love Lucy lines. He had a special way of taking everything normal and flipping it upside down. After that summer, Hattie will be changed forever.

This book was very good at the end but it kind of dragged in the beginning. I give it a 3 out of 5 * * *

The Guardian

2010-06-06T18:30:00.000-04:00

By Nicholas Sparks

Julie has lived a hard life. After living on the streets for six months, she was rescued by Jim, who later became her husband. At twenty-five, Jim died of cancer and Julie was widowed. Now, eight years later, Julie has started dating again. She meets a man named Richard. He is nice, loving, and takes Julie on wonderful dates. But with Julie things just aren't clicking. When she realizes the man she likes is her old friend Mike , she starts dating him. Richard doesn't take no as an answer. He starts stalking her, watching her every move and taking millions of pictures. When his obsession with Julie goes bad she ends up fighting to stay with Mike.

Nicholas Sparks, you are amazing! 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Burned

2010-06-06T13:59:00.001-04:00

Book 7 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

Zoey's soul has shattered. Watching the death of her best friend and more, Heath, was too much to bear. Her spirit has traveled to the Otherworld where she has to get enough courage and stength to pull it back together. With the help of Heath's spirit and her warrior Stark, Zoey's spirit might survive the impossible journey it took to the Otherworld.

Way to go P.C. Cast! This is the best book by far! 5 out of 5! * * * * *

Shug

2010-05-19T17:44:00.000-04:00

By Jenny Han

It's the summer right before middle school for Annemarie. Boy drama has already begun. When she thinks she is starting to fall for Mark, her friend since she was little, everything goes crazy. When school starts Mark gets a girlfriend. Then jealousy sets in. While tutoring a boy in her class, she realizes she was chasing after the wrong person the entire time.

This book gets a 3 out of 5 * * *

A Million Shades of Gray

2010-05-14T08:13:00.000-04:00

By Cynthia Kadohata

Y'Tin lives in a small village in South Vietnam with his family. At ten, he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up; He wanted to be an elephant handler. His family owned the smallest, but strongest elephant in the entire village. The elephant's name was Lady. Y'Tin and Lady were the best of friends. He never had to use the hook on her because she always listened. When the North Vietnamese attacked his village he was forced into the jungle to survive with his elephant.
I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Shadow

2010-05-03T17:10:00.000-04:00

By Jenny Moss

     In the farway kingdom of Deor, a fifteen-year-old girl lives as a shadow of Queen Audrey who is also fifteen. It was prophesied that the queen would die before her sixteenth birthday. That girl had no name, though everyone called her Shadow. She believed that Sir Kenway, a great knight from another kingdom was pledged to Queen Audrey as her betrothed. Queen Audrey was cruel to Shadow slapped her often. One night when the girls were sleeping, Shadow woke up to Queen Audrey thrashing about in her bed. Shadow thought nothing of it but when she awoke the next morning, Queen Audrey was dead. Her death started riots and uproars of whom will lead their kingdom. The only other heir was a man named Fryen. Though Eldred, the queen's advisor, thought differently.
     While spying on Fryen and Eldred, Shadow and Sir Kenway see Eldred be murdered by the man that was soon to rule the kingdom. Sir Kenway takes Shadow out of the kingdom up to a village and to an old witch, named Kendra. There Shadow finds her true identity and about the mother she never knew.

     This book gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *
It was so amazing I could barely put it down to eat.

Code Orange

2010-05-03T16:52:00.000-04:00

By Caroline B. Cooney

Mitty was an average high schooler in New York City. As usual he hated school. His science teacher assigns a project on infectious diseases and Mitty chooses small pox. He looks through his mother's library and finds books about small pox epedemics. In one of the books was an envelope containing small poxs scabs. After picking them up and examining them closly, he puts them back. After doing more research he learns he might have just infected himself with small pox. Read about the dangers of Mitty's adventure with what started out as a science project.

I am in love with Caroline B. Cooney's work. She is amazing.
I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Diamonds in the Shadow

2010-05-03T16:39:00.000-04:00

By Caroline B. Cooney

When the Jared's parents volenteer to house a family of African refugees, crazy things start happening. They find out that the father has no hands and the daughter does not speak. They don't act like a family at all. The weirdest thing is the boxs full of dust that is said to be their grandfather's ashes. Now Jared wonders if this kind and thoughful refugee idea could put his family in danger.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *
I LOVED it!

Ten Things I Hate About Me

2010-05-03T16:33:00.002-04:00

By Randa Abdel-Fattah

Jamilah lives in Austrailia where everything is diverse but many people are racist. Jamilah lives a normal life in a Lebanese-Muslim family with brunette hair and brown eyes. At high school she is known as Jamie, a normal pure Austrailian with blonde hair and blue eyes, with the assistance of hair dye and contact lenses. She attends a religous school on the weekends and is in their band. When her band gets a chance to play at her tenth grade formal, she has to decide between revealing her secret or disappointing her friends.

This book gets a 3 out of 5 * * *
It was good but the drama was, well drama. Nothing majorly exciting or heartbreaking.

I am David

2010-04-19T16:33:00.001-04:00

Originally titled North to Freedom
By Anne Holm

All David knew was life in a concentration camp. When one of the guards helped him escape it starts his new life as a traveler. He meets many people along the way from Greece to Denmark. A kind sailor, a mean farmer, many truck drivers, and a young girl.

I am a killer for a book about the Holocaust. I was in love with it.
I give it a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Fairest

2010-04-18T08:59:00.000-04:00

By Gail Carson Levine

Aza lives in a world where all that matters is if you can sing and if you are beautiful. Her voice is devine but beauty is something she doesn't have. She lives with her adopted parents who run an inn. When a duchess becomes a frequent guest and invites her to the royal palace for the king's wedding crazy things start happening.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Book of a Thousand Days

2010-04-12T08:42:00.000-04:00

By Shannan Hale

Dashti was a mucker girl, living in the steppes with her mother. Until her mother died. Then she was off to be a lady's maid of Lady Saren. Too bad that Lady Saren is to be locked in a tower for not marrying Lord Khasar. Dashti is to be locked in the tower with her. Read this book to discover life in a tower and the adventure when they got out.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Don't Tell

2010-04-12T08:32:00.002-04:00

Dark Secrets Book 2
By Elizabeth Chandler

After Lauren's mother died on the dock of her aunt's house, she thought she would never go back. But now, seven years later, her she is. Her cousins, Holly and Nora, have been acting strange. Nora has completely gone crazy and Holly is keeping secrets. Now Lauren is wondering if her mother's death was really an accident and if she's next.

I loved this book the drama was so intense!
I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Legacy of Lies

2010-04-05T16:52:00.003-04:00

Dark Secrets Book 1
By Elizabeth Chandler

Megan is going to visit her grandmother, the woman who resented her mother for marrying an african american man and adopting Megan and her two brothers. Her grandmother lives by herself except for Megan's cousin Matt who is the same age as her. When she arrives at the mansion strange things start to happen to her. She starts having weird dreams. She had a dream about a doll house and woke up in an old room that had the doll house in it, even though she has never seen the doll house before. Then things start moving. Grandmother's bible, a painting of a mill, and an old clock were moved. Megan started to investigate with the help from her new friend Sophie. She talks to Mrs. Riley, who used to work for her grandmother when they were Megan's age. Mrs. Riley was the servant for her grandmother and her grandmother's sister Avril who died a misterious death at 16. Mrs. Riley says the objects that went missing were being moved back to their original place when Avril was alive.

This book scared me silly but I couldn't put it down.
This book deserves a 6 out of 5 * * * * * *

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side

2010-04-05T16:34:00.000-04:00

By Beth Fantaskey

Jessica knew she was adopted, she knew she was born in Romania, she knew her real name was Anistasia but she didn't think her old life was chasing after her. When Lucius came to town, the Romanian prince, demanding her hand in marriage after a signed treaty that was declared when they were young Jessica thought she was crazy. Then she finds out she was a princess and not only that, but a vampire princess. She was the heir to the throne. Then Lucius realizes the treaty is wrong and wants to break it. When he starts dating the cheerleader, Faith, Jessica is everything but happy about it. Jessica wants to complete the treaty so a war won't break out. Lucius refuses and his recklessness has brought on terrible problems.

I loved this book like the sun after the big snow.
I give it a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Temping Fate

2010-03-29T17:36:00.000-04:00

By Esther Friesner

Ilana has to get a summer job. After interview after interview no one will hire her. She comes across a business card in her sister's room for D.R. Temps and thought she could give it a try. After a strange interview, she got the job. When she shows up for work she finds out she's temping for the Fates and that all Greek gods and myths are real. And her job requires her to write death receipts. She meets many new people that temp for different gods. one of them is Barry who is in love with Ilana's sister Dyllin. Too bad Dyllin is getting married very soon. Read this book and discover the chaos in an average job with a not so average twist.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Eleventh Grade Burns

2010-03-29T17:27:00.000-04:00

By Heather Brewer

Vlad's life gets complicated when his best friend's cousin moves into town. The problem is he's a vampire slayer, Vlad's half vampire. To make matters worse Vlad's uncle Otis is being tried at the vampire council for numerous crimes. Many vampires come to town to help Otis not be put on death sentence. One of them is Dorian. A vampire that has a thirst for Vlad's blood.

This book was amazing! The adventure was intense and I couldn't put the book down! I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Tenth Grade Bleeds

2010-03-29T17:21:00.000-04:00

By Heather Brewer

Life is not easy for teen vampire Vladimir Tod. His best friend and faithful drudge, or human servant, does not want to be a drudge anymore. He hasn't heard from his uncle in a long time and the evil vampire D'Ablo wants his father's journal. Vlad's most prized posession after both his parents died in a fire. The question is why does he want the journal. All Vlad knows is that D'Ablo wants to steal invincibility from him.

This book was as good, if not better than the other two in the series
I give it a 4 out of 5 * * * *
The next book is Eleventh Grade Burns

Ninth Grade Slays

2010-03-29T17:06:00.001-04:00

By Heather Brewer

     Vladimir Tod is an average everyday tenth grader. He has a best friend named Henry and Henry's awesome cousin Joss. The only problem is he's half vampire. His uncle Otis takes him to Siberia to train with Vikas, Otis's old friend. When he returns his Joss tells him a secret that will change his life. Joss is a vampire slayer. He was sent here to kill a local vampire and he wants Vlad's help.

     I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *
     This is a sequel to Eighth Grade Bites and the third book in the series is Tenth Grade Bleeds.

Eighth Grade Bites

2010-03-29T16:43:00.000-04:00

By Heather Brewer

Vladimir Tod had always been different and he knew it. His mother was the sweetest, kindest human you will ever meet. But his father was a vampire. He's half vampire. He has lived with his Aunt Nelly since he was eight and his parents died in a fire. Now he's thirteen and junior high sucks. Bullies harrass him daily and the girl of his dreams likes his best friend. To make things worse his teacher figured out his secret.

I loved this book and the rest of the series. I give it a 4 out of 5 * * * *

My Sister's Keeper

2010-03-25T19:47:00.000-04:00

By Jodi Picoult

What if the reason you were born was to save someone else? That's what Anna's life is like. She was born to save her sister Kate from leukemia. After giving blood, they needed more, then platelets, then this, then that, now it's a kidney. Anna refuses. She hires a lawyer to sue her parents for medical emancipation. Her parents try to reason with her but it is of no use.
This is a sad story of love, pain, regret, and most of all family.

I could not stop reading (and crying)! I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Sucks to Be Me

2010-03-25T19:28:00.000-04:00

By Kimberly Pauley

   If high school isn't hard enough Mina is having some problems with her vampire parents. First, she is human and isn't supposed to know they're vampires, even if they're her parents. Second, she can either become a vampire or she will never see her parents again. Third, she is being sent to vampire classes to learn how to be a vampire. And they give homework too!
   This book is funny. You will love it.

   I give this book a 3 out of 5 * * *

Tempted

2010-03-25T19:18:00.001-04:00

Book 6 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

     After believing of banishing Kalona, he comes back. The only choice Zoey has is to return to the House of Night. Where they find damage and destruction had no end. Kalona tempts Zoey in her sleep to be with him forever. Neferet and Kalona go to the Council of Elders. The oldest and wisest vampyres known. Only they can decide that Kalona is not evil. But he is. Zoey and her friends, along with Heath, travel to the Council of Elders. Stevie Rae stays behind because of the rogue Red Fledgings. And Rephaim. The half-bird beast that she has been hiding from everyone.
     This book is the 6th book in the series. The 7th is coming out 4-27-10!!

     I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Hunted

2010-03-15T17:22:00.001-04:00

Book 5 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

After all Zoey has been through, it's not over yet. Kalona is on the rise and is after her. He chases her down in her dreams and calls her the name of a maiden from an old cherokee legend. Red fledglings are no longer evil and after Zoey and her friends leave the House of Night she is stuck living in a basement with them. That's not a bad thing though, Stevie Rae made sure the place was decorated and nice. Then Stark comes into picture. If Zoey doesn't have enough problems with her vampyre boyfriend Erik to her human concort, Heath, then she agrees to have Stark be her warrior. Read this incredible series and you won't regret it.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *
The 6th book in the series is Tempted.

Shiver

2010-03-15T17:10:00.002-04:00

By Maggie Steifvater

When Grace was young she was abducted by wolves. She was saved by one wolf, her wolf. After watching him for six years during the winter something terrible happens. A high school boy named Jack was killed by the wolves. Hunters go into the forest to shoot the wolves responsible for Jack's death. Grace wouldn't let them but she was too late they shot her wolf. She watched him as he turned human and she drove him to the hospital. His name was Sam and he was a werewolf. Jack wasn't dead, he is a werewolf too. Only he is on the rampage. Sam starts living with Grace, he has to stay inside so he doesn't turn into a wolf. Sam and Jack want to be human but people start to get suspicious and everything goes south, someone doesn't survive the trip.

I could not put this book down, I give it a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

Goddess Boot Camp

2010-03-15T16:50:00.001-04:00

Sequel to Oh. My. Gods.
By Tera Lynn Childs

Phoebe is an average girl. Execpt that she is the granddaughter of Nike the goddess of victory. She goes to a school on a secret island in Greece that is protected by the gods. Because she is Nike's granddaughter her powers are stronger than most peoples. She is sent to goddess boot camp for training. That's not a major problem except for the fact that it's for ten year olds. To top that off she has to train for a cross-country tornament. Between studying and training Pheobe's world is chaotic.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Oh. My. Gods.

2010-03-15T16:41:00.000-04:00

By Tera Lynn Childs

Phoebe is a runner and an exellent student. But when her mother comes home with a guy she says she's going to marry everything changes. She gets shipped off to an island in Greece to live with her soon to be step-dad and sister. She finds out everyone on the island is a decendant of a greek god. Except her. That's a big deal when it comes to education. To make things worse her step-dad is the principal of the school. Check out this book to see the unpredictible life of Pheobe Castro.

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars * * *
The sequel to this book is Goddess Boot Camp, you can read my review for that book also.

If the Witness Lied

2010-02-03T12:44:00.001-05:00

By Caroline B. Cooney

Jack is an average teenage boy, a mom, a dad, and two sisters. Then everything changed when his mom got pregnant and diagnosed with cancer. Then baby brother Tris was born. Mom died a week later. Aunt Cheryl stepped in to help Dad around the house. Then one day Dad was run over by his jeep, the only witness was Aunt Cheryl. She said Tris pushed the brake and let the car roll. After loosing both their parents, Jack's sisters, Smithy and Madison, leave the house. Jack is stuck taking care of Tris while Aunt Cheryl watches television. Jack doesn't think Tris killed his father. When he finds his dad's phone he realizes Tris is innocent. Tris took pictures of his father's death while it was happening.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

The Garden of Eve

2010-02-03T09:40:00.001-05:00

By K.L. Going

When Evie's mother died, her father took her away to a new home on a dead apple orchard. There she learns about a boy named Alex that died a week before she moved in, old man Rodney that knew everything, and a place of wonder that's draining the real world of light. When Evie gets a birthday gift of an apple tree seed, she finds out it's from the Garden of Eden. She and the ghost of Alex, plant it on Rodney's grave in the center of the apple orchard. They find a portal to another world of which everything is colorful but there are no people. When Alex decides to stay, Evie has no choice but to leave. When Evie realizes the other world is draining life from the real world, she has to go get Alex and destroy the other world.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars * * * *

Shadowland

2010-02-02T15:24:00.003-05:00

3rd Book after Evermore and Blue Moon
By Alyson Noel

Ever is forever immortal along with her boyfriend/soul mate Damen. Then a curse falls on Damen. The slightest touch of Ever's skin will kill him and send him to the Shadowland. As Ever tries to find the cure, she stumbles across an old magic shop of where she is hired as a physic. The owner's grandson, Jude, is about Ever's age. When Damen starts to get jealouos, he shows Ever her past and the past life of Jude.

I give this book a 4 out of 5 * * * *

Blue Moon

2010-02-02T15:02:00.001-05:00

Sequel to Evermore
By Alyson Noel

    Everything is finally perfect for Ever. Her perfect soul mate boyfriend Damen has taught her everything about being an immortal. Then something terrible happens. Damen starts loosing his powers. His memory of Ever fades. Ever travels to Summerland to try to find a cure for him. She finds out about a blue moon coming up. She can go back in time to save her boyfriend or saved the four lives of her family that shouldn't have been taken in the first place.

     This book gets a 5 out of 5 * * * * *
   I absolutely loved it! If you did too, try reading the third book in the series, Shadowland!

Evermore

2010-02-02T14:45:00.000-05:00

By Alyson Noel

Ever is a teenage girl who looses her family in a car crash. When she goes to live with her rich aunt, she meets Damen. A boy she will never forget.He's the man of her dreams but then everything goes wrong. Damen's secret comes out. He's an immortal. He tells Ever about her past lives and how she always ends up dead. Then Drina comes, Damen's old girlfriend. Drina becomes very close to Ever's best friend Haven. Ever can't have that. There's something not right about Drina.

This book was amazing! So romantic and scary! This is for all you Twilight fans!! I give this book a 5 out of 5 * * * * *

P.S. If you liked the book as much as I did you'll want to read the next book in the series, Blue Moon!

Three Willows

2010-01-04T17:55:00.000-05:00

By Ann Brashares

     Three Willows is about three friends who, during their summer vacation, go on seperate adventures. Their friendship starts to fall apart when they rarely see each other. Jo, who is at her beach house, finds out her parents are getting a divorce. Polly comes down to try to comfort her but realizes that Jo is doing fine. Polly accidentally overhears Jo tell one of her co-workers that she wants Polly to leave the beach. Polly then leaves and heads off to a modeling camp just like her grandmother. Ama, who is extremely smart, signs up for a high school credit class. She winds up going on a week long wilderness camp. When Ama wakes up late and realizes her fellow campers have left, she tries to find them. By nightfall, she ends up at a ranger station. Her parents want her to come home imediately. Even though Ama wants to leave, she thnks it would be good to stay. Polly, Jo, and Ama find that they need each other more than ever. When they finally all get to see each other they go to the place where their friendship lies. In the woods, where they planted three willow trees when they were in first grade. Now the trees have grown and their branches intertwined, just as their lives always will be.

    This book continues the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants with different characters. I would read that series before reading this book.

     I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *

Untamed

2009-12-14T16:46:00.004-05:00

Book 4 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast

In Untamed, Zoey, a vampyre fledgling, is being stalked. Not by a human but by a beast. When her friends turn against her, she is left with her undead best friend, Stevie Rae, and an old enemy, Aphrodite, to help her. Soon, bird-like creatures start to attack. Zoey turns to the only person who would know what to do. Her grandmother, Grandma Redbird. Birds start to follow Grandma Redbird. She decides to stay with Zoey at the House of Night. To make matters worse, Grandma Redbird crashes her car. A bird-like creature landed on it. Luckily, she has her friends back. But only because Aphrodite had a vision Zoey was going to die without them.
I would have to say, this is one of the best series I have ever read. I absolutely give this book 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

This book has a sequel, Hunted.

Chosen

2009-11-30T17:01:00.002-05:00

Book 3 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

This book is the return of Zoey. Stevie Rae, her best friend, is undead and struggling to keep a grip on humanity. Then, they find out vampyres are being murdered. The blame falls on the People of Faith but no one really knows. Her old enemy, Aphrodite, becomes the only person she can trust. Just to make things worse, she's stuck juggling three boyfriends.
This book is the third book in the series. The first is Marked and the second is Betrayed.

I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

Betrayed

2009-11-30T16:47:00.003-05:00

Book 2 in the House of Night Series
By P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast

Zoey, a young fledgling, is finally starting to get used to the House of Night concidering the fact that she has been gifted with powers. The great goddess, Nyx, gives powers but not as special as controlling the five elements like Zoey. With her friends help, she settles in nicely. Until human boys start disappearing. Just Zoey's luck, she happened to know them. Then Heath, her human boyfriend, gets taken. Now, she has to rely on an old enemy to save him.
This book is the second one in this series. The first book is Marked.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

Marked

2009-11-16T16:50:00.003-05:00

Book 1 in the House of Night Series
By P. C. Cast & Kirsten Cast

     Marked is about a high school girl named Zoey. She lives in a world exactly like ours except that everyone knows that vampyres are real. Zoey was marked with an outline of a cresent-shaped symbol on her forehead, marking her as a soon-to-be vampyre, or fledgling. She was sent to the House of the Night which is a school where fledglings learn how to be a vampyre and survive the Change, or going from a fledgling to a vampyre. (Your body can eather accept the Change and turn into a vampyre or your body rejects the Change and you die.) Zoey is different though, she was kissed by the goddess of the Night, Nyx and her mark is colored in, like an adult vampyre. Then, Aphrodite, the leader of Dark Daughters and Sons, wants her to join the exclusive club. All the drama begins when Aphodite starts hating Zoey and Zoey figures out she can control the five elements, Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit.
     This book is the most dramatic book I have ever read. It also has a sequal, Betrayed.

     I give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

The People of Sparks

2009-11-16T16:28:00.001-05:00

By Jeanne DePrau

The People of Sparks is is the sequal to the book The City of Ember. The People of Sparks is about a small city called Sparks. In this book, the people of Ember find the city of Sparks and are forced to live there. The council of Sparks dicided they could stay until winter and then they would have to build their own town. There was barely any food for the people of sparks on their own because of the Disaster. The Disaster was when there was four wars and three plagues and most of the world's population died because of it. This left barren cities, empty homes, and people called "roamers". They travel the country going through cities and finding any hidden food or interesting items. Then, they return to their home city and sell them. Lina, a twelve year old girl, sneaks onto a roamer's truck and finds an old city. When she returns, she finds that extreme bickering and shortness of food is causing fighting and talks of war. Now, it is up to her and her friend Doon to stop a war before it starts.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *

The City of Ember

2009-10-26T16:49:00.007-04:00

By: Jeanne DuPrau

The City of Ember is about a twelve year old girl named Lina. After just starting her job as a messenger, her little sister, Poppy, comes across an odd box with a printed letter in it, then Lina finds it torn into many pieces. With help from her friend Doon, they decipher the mysterious code. Then the generater starts to break down and no one knows how to fix it. The blackouts keep getting longer and longer. When they think they are gettinge near the exit of Ember, they find the mayor is stealing from the food storages, which without the mayor's help, is already running low. The mayor shouldn't do that, right? Then, Lina and Doon tell the city officals, big mistake. Now the entire city is after them. They need to leave, but the only way to do that is to follow the instructions on the torn up paper.

I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars. I loved it! * * * * *

P.S. THIS BOOK HAS A SEQUEL, The People of Sparks

Artemis Fowl

2009-10-19T17:47:00.005-04:00

By: Eion Colfer

This book is about a 12-year-old boy, named Artemis. His family is extremely rich. Artemis is not an average child though, he is a super genius. He has a fascination with fairies and wants to get all the money they have. He wants to kidnap a leprechaun. LEPrechon, the official name for a leprechaun, officer Holly Short managed to get tangled in this mess and captured. Now every LEP officer is trying to rescue her.
This book is for everyone who likes challenging books. The vocabulary is extremely large. This book is good though, I read a wide variety. This book is part of a series if you like it and want to read more

I give this book a 2 out of 5. * *

Vampire Kisses 5: The Coffin Club

2009-10-12T16:56:00.004-04:00

By Ellen Schreiber

I definatly enjoyed reading this book. It's about a girl named Raven that's extremely Goth and has a vampire boyfriend named Alexander. Alexander has to go away from his and Raven's city, which they call Dullsville, to return Valentine, a young vampire, to his older brother Jagger. Jagger, and his twin sister Luna, are enemies of Alexander, but he only took Valentine to them because he was threatening to hurt Raven's younger brother, Billy. In order to return Valentine, Alexander must travel to Hipsterville. Raven becomes impatient and follows after him, telling her parents she's going to stay with her aunt. While there she comes across a club, the Coffin Club. She thinks it's a club for Goth kids but finds out some of those Goth kids have fangs.
This book is probably my favorite book in the series, but you have to read the first four books first.

This book gets 5 out of 5 stars. * * * * *

P.S. This series also has a 6th book, Royal Blood, of which I sadly can't get my hands on long enough to read.

Vampire Kisses 4: Dance with a Vampire

2009-10-05T17:33:00.003-04:00

By Ellen Schreiber

This book is about a goth girl named Raven and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander. When a young vampire named Valentine, the younger sibling of Alexander's enemy comes into town, everything goes south. Then, just to make things worse, Valentine becomes best friends with Raven's younger brother. Threatening everyone's lives, 11-year-old Valentine, is everyone's worst nightmare.
I loved this book, but it makes more sense if you read the other three books/the beginning book first. This book is for everyone who loves vampires and romance.

This book gets 3 out of 5 stars. * * *

Vampire Kisses: The Beginning

2009-09-30T17:26:00.008-04:00

By Ellen Schreiber

This book is about a girl named Raven that is a Goth girl in city full of non-Goth people. Then, someone moves into the abandoned mansion on the hill and Raven meets the man of her dreams, Alexander Sterling. Later, she finds out that Alexander is what she always wanted to be, a vampire. In this book, Raven and Alexander run into a lot of trouble.
This book is the first three books in the Vampire Kisses series, Vampire Kisses, Vampirevillle, and Kissing Coffins. I loved this book so much. This book is definitely for all you vampire lovers out there.

I Rate this book 4 out of 5 * * * *

A Girl Named Disaster

2009-09-28T17:37:00.005-04:00

By Nancy Farmer

This book is about a 12-year-girl named Nhamo, which means Disaster in Shone, that lives in a small village in Mozambique, Africa. She lives there with her grandmother, Aunt Chipo and Uncle Kuva, their children, Masivta and Ruva, and Aunt Shuvai and her baby. Her mother was killed by a leopard when she was young and her father left before she was born.
I'm not giving away the important parts, but Nhamo was forced to leave or be married to a man she doesn't know when she is only 12!! Her grandmother told her to take a boat across a huge lake and find her father in Zimbabwe. Along the way she finds many islands, falls into the water spirits' layer, meets a troup of baboons, and find a kind village of scientists. But her only problem is starvation.

I absolutely give this 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *

Hello

2009-09-28T17:15:00.001-04:00

Dear Readers,

All of my blogs are about some of the wonderful books I have read. Most of them I will most likely give you a rating on and say how good it is. (I have librarian connections to what books are good). I hope that if you read a book I've blogged you will love it as much as I have.

Lizzy