Genesis Alpha by Rune Michaels (2007) I just discovered this book over the Easter long weekend. Although it isn’t super recent, I thought it would be a great addition to my booklist. It was a fast read, about a murder mystery, intertwined with issues of morality and genetic research. It is the story of two […]
The Silence of Murder by Dandi Daley Mackall (*also available in Ebook Format) This award winning book follows the journey of Hope Long, whose brother, Jeremy is convicted of murdering their high school baseball coach. But, how do you fight for someone who doesn’t speak? Someone who isn’t able to tell anyone what happened? Jeremy […]
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (*also available in Ebook format) How do you find a murderer who has been murdered as well? Brothers Rueben and Cole have to do just that. 14 year-old Rueben has always had a heightened psychic connection with others. He is able to feel the emotion around him, […]
The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer Lily Graves wants to be a mortician. After all, she does come from a long lineage of female morticians. Lily is her own personality. She doesn’t fit into the conventional ‘norms’ of her high school, rather, she walks to the beat of her own drum. Enter uber-cool […]
The Book of Blood and Shadowby Robin Wasserman (*also available in Ebook format) ‘I should probably start with the blood.’ These are the opening words of this fantastic novel by Robin Wasserman. How can a book that starts off this way not be intriguing? When I picked this book up, I was intrigued by […]
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson (*also available as an Ebook) Rory is attending a private school in London. As soon as she gets there, a mass murderer begins his journey in a horrific copycat format of one of the most famous mass murderers of all time, Jack the Ripper. As people are […]
The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer When Maya’s tutor, Jefferson, is murdered, all eyes turn to Maya. She is a real misfit, and everyone believes she did it, even her paren’ts, After all, she was obsessed with him and they did have an explosive sort of relationship, that went beyond just that of a tutor and […]
The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher (2014) A suspenseful and riveting novel about a father and ex-soldier suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the murder of a young girl, drugs, lies, secret games, and a daughter who won't rest until she finds the truth. Emily Sheppard's father has been charged with the murder of […]
Well guys and gals, it’s been a great summer. I have had a great time blogging and getting to know you a bit better through your comments. There are so many movies based on books that are either slated for release in the near future or where the copyrights have been bought out by BIG […]
Stephen King’s It ruined clowns for me forever. Although I don’t have a phobia of them (i.e. I won’t run screaming and crying in the opposite direction if I were to see one), I still don’t like them. Even Ronald McDonald gives me the creeps! Jaws (based on the book by Peter Benchley) influenced the […]