Dark Eden Author: Patrick Carman Genre: Young Adult Format: ebook Publisher: Harper Collins Release Date: 11-1-11 Will Besting is being sent to Dark Eden institution to get treatment for his crippling phobia. He is joined by six other teens who also have crippling fears and are there to be cured. Will quickly finds out that […]
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The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Author: Aimee Bender Category: Fiction Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 6-1-10 On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can […]
Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Dana’s life hasn’t exactly been easy. She is half fae (faerie), her mom is an alcoholic, and her sixteen years have been full of taking care of her mom and frequent moves. After a disastrous voice recital that her mom crashes, she decides to reach out to her dad, who is a powerful fae. Now, […]
The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning
Set in Pre-Revolutionary War New England, this book tells the story of Lydia Barry, whose husband is a whaler and meets his end at sea. At the time, the law gives all of her property to her Son-in-Law, who she must live with. Of course, he is a huge jerk, but being married to her […]
Water for Elephants
I was excited to read this book because so many people loved it. I wanted to love it, I really did, but something just fell flat. The story was good, although I found the flashing back and forth distracting, and Sara Gruen obviously did copious amounts of research, but I just couldn’t get excited about […]