BOOK REVIEWS 2011
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Natalie Danek Said:
on June 24, 2011 at 1:34 pm
I am in the middle of reading “i so don’t do spooky”. Barrie Summy (the author) has a very unique way of writing. Sometimes she uses “+” instead of and. Also, when the character doesn’t like something she says” Ack. Eek. Ike.”
Overall, the book is pretty good, though there are some slow parts. It is a mystery involving ghosts. The main character’s mom is a ghost who she can’t see, but can hear. She can tell her mom is there when she smells coffee. So far, I enjoy the book, though it is kind of weird.
Seraphina Said:
on June 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Is that book “spooky??” I love spooky books, so I might like that one!
Natalie Danek Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Yes, it can get spooky. Her mom is a ghost, and it talks about ghosts a lot, though I wouldn’t say it is scary. If you like spooky books, you might want to check it out.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 5:57 pm
oh okay. I love spooky books so I think I’ll check it out!
Gabby Said:
on June 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm
What is the “age group” of this book?
Natalie Danek Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I’m going into seventh grade and it was a pretty good level for me. Anyone around my age would probably be fine depending on your reading level. I don’t know the exact reading level of it, sorry.
Rosemary Said:
on July 8, 2011 at 11:53 am
I have sen a lot of books by that author. Are they good?
Seraphina Said:
on September 21, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Yes, I saw that book at the RHAM library and checked it out. haven’t read it yet but i am just starting it!
Also, i think we have a class together…? Honors math…first period?? yes, that’s me!
is this book in a series?
Thanks
Seraphina Said:
on June 28, 2011 at 1:15 pm
I just finished reading a very good book: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, by Ann Brashares. It’s the sequel to: The Traveling Pants. It’s about four girls who are best friends and they spend their summers apart. Lena, who is Greek, gets a job at a store and misses her true love–or so she thinks–very much. She finally sees him and he tells her he is married and his wife is pregnant. Lena doesn’t take that very well. She leans on her best friend, Tibby, for support. Tibby is more of a rebel, but a free spirit, too. She’s getting ready for college so she doesn’t see her friends very much. She meets to new friends who are nice. But–she can’t help wondering, “are they her friends, or not?” Tibby leans on Carmen for support. Carmen, Carmen, Carmen. Oh, where do I start to explain Carmen? She is Puerto Rican and loves spending time with her friends, her sisters. Her mother goes on a date and comes back all happy and in love. Carmen doesn’t like that, so she ruins their relationship. Her mom is so depressed and sad, that Carma can’t help wondering, “did I sabotage my mom’s realtionship, or my mom?” She leans on Bridget for support. Bridget is my favorite character because she is most like me. She’s a free spirit, loving and crazy, at times. She goes to Alabama to see her Grandmother under a different identity. Will she find a place to call home, or just some place with a complete and total stranger living inside?? All four charatcers lean on the Pants for support through theese rough times.” Love the Pants, love your sisters, love yourself.”~Tib, Lenny, Carma and Bee
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Seraphina Said:
on June 28, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I would definitely recommend this book to teen girls who love romance, friendship, adventure, and humor books. Especially girls who believe in something sacred lik the Pants.
Natalie Danek Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 4:33 pm
About how old is Lena? Sounds like a good book. How many are in the series? Do you know if the have it at RML?
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Lena is a teenager..probably like sixteen or so? She gets older as the series goes on. There are like five (?) books in the series. The books are by Ann Brashare. I know they have a couple books at RML from the series. I dont knowm about ALL the books.
Emma Filosa Said:
on July 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Just to warn you some of the 4th book is very…not appropriate and I don’t know how old you are but I don’t recommend reading it.
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I just finished the book Little House In Brookfield. It is about Laura Ingalls mother, Caroline Quiner growing up. It tells about what her mothers life was like when she was growing up. It is sad at times but it is a very good book. The kind of reader who would like this kind of book would be someone who likes learning about the ways of the pioneers.
Rosemary Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I have read all Laura Ingells books except that one!!
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Another book I just finished was On The Banks Of Plum Creek. It is one of the books that Laura Ingalls wrote. It is about Laura’s adventures by plum creek. Laura plays some mean but funny pranks on a girl named Nellie. I definitely recommend this book.
Rosemary Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 4:48 pm
I liked that book.
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 4:56 pm
I finished a book a couple days ago called Little Women. It is about 4 sisters and 1 mom who have to stay strong while their dad is away at war where he becomes very ill,while 1 sister comes down with scarlet fever.It is sad at times but is an awesome book. But make sure to get the easier version.
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Another great book that I read was The Kind Of Friends We Used To Be. It is about 2 best friends who can’t put their differences apart so it made me wonder if they will ever become friends again.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:04 pm
I loved that book! Isn’t the first one in the series called “The secret Language of Girls”? I think I read that too. I would recommend this to girls who are around 11-12 ish. because they can relate to the girls in this book who are having friendship problems (Marian and Kate)
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on July 13, 2011 at 6:41 pm
isnt that a great book. THey made it into a movie that I love so much! You should watch it if you enjoyed the book
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 5:05 pm
A book that I just finished a couple of days ago was called Farmer Boy. It is the third book in the Laura Ingalls series. This book is not about Laura at all. It is about her future husband and how his life is when he grows up.
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 5:08 pm
A great book I finished a couple of days ago was called Eggs Over Evie. It is about a girl who’s dad is a famous cook and Evie just can’t cook.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:18 pm
What happens to Evie because she can’t cook? What’s the big “sticky situation” Evie has to get out of?
Mary Grace Said:
on June 29, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Another great book is called Twelve. It is about a girl named Winnie Who is starting junior high in the fall and just can’t get used to a new school.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Do you know the reading level? It’s okay if you don’t…
Anya Vrabie Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 7:51 am
A book I just borrowed from my friend was Maximum Ride. It was an amazing book. The main character is Max, and she and her five friends are humans, but with wings and a few superpowers. In essence- angels. The focus of the story is to save the world from these evil scientists who grafted the avian DNA in them and forced them to do all these tests before they escaped from the lab. However, they are still being hunted by other mutants, who are called Erasers and are basically werewolves. Then Angel, the youngest, gets captured and taken back to the lab. Can they save her? Read to find out.
P.S. I CAN’T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT BOOK IN THE SERIES!!!!!!
Natalie Danek Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 4:35 pm
That sounds like a really good book! Do you know if they have it at the library? Also, do you know the reading level?
Anya Vrabie Said:
on July 13, 2011 at 8:30 am
I don’t know if they have it… I’ll check so I can read the sequel. I have no idea what reading level it is, but probably it would be for around my age group- 7th or 8th grade
marlteens Said:
on July 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm
HI
We don’t currently have it but I will order it! Ms Eileen
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:09 pm
How many books are in the series?
Anya Vrabie Said:
on July 13, 2011 at 8:29 am
I believe there are three
Anya Vrabie Said:
on July 18, 2011 at 8:06 am
nevermind, there are 5 at the library, the first being the angel experiment,
Rosemary Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I just finished that book and it was great!!!!! I REALLY want to read the next book!!! It was the best book ever if you like action books!
Natalie Danek Said:
on July 1, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Right now I’m in the middle of reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. I already read the lightning thief series, so I’ve moved on to these. This book is REALLY GOOD! It helps if you’ve read the lightning thief series, but you can understand it for the most part without it. It brings back most of the characters, including Annabeth, though there are a few new ones. I would definitely recommend this book! Depending on your reading level, I would say anyone in sixth grade to ninth, read this book. I’m going into seventh, and it’s a good level for me.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Would you recommend any other books by this author? I’ve heard of him…
Natalie Said:
on July 22, 2011 at 6:45 pm
I would recommend reading the lightning thief series, then the Lost Hero and the sequel.
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on July 16, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Rick Riordan is a great author! So this book seems awesome!
Ms. Patty Said:
on July 3, 2011 at 9:30 am
Keep up the great reading! Ms. Eileen and I are also reading some great YA and JF fiction this summer so be sure to ask us about our great reads.
Right now, I’d recommend “The Musician’s Daughter”; by Susanne Dunlap, a historical mystery featuring a plucky (get it? cuz she plays the violin? hehehe) heroine in the late 1700s. Excellent on all levels.
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:07 pm
That sounds like a great book! I can relate to that because I am a musician’s daughter and I play violin. I love historical fiction books! Do they have it at RML, do you know?
Seraphina Said:
on July 6, 2011 at 6:17 pm
I just finished reading a really good book “The Secret Life Of Bees”. It was a reallly goood book! It was about a girl , Lily, who runs away from home when her houseworker, Rosaleen, gets arrested after a white man (Rosaleen’s black) harasses her and makes her so mad she threw somthing at them. Rosaleen and Lily stay at a bee farm with three black sisters that Lily calls the “Calendar Sisters”. (July, August and May.) Lily’s mother died, or so she thinks, when she was little. She found an old photograph that had “Tiburon” scrawled on the back. Lily decided to travel to Tiburon in search for anyone who may have known her mother. Will she find home?
Read this AMAZING book and you will find out!!!
Ms. Patty Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 6:35 am
Seraphina, Yes, we do have “Musician’s Daughter”. I’ll be at work today and I can put a hold on it for you if you like. If you do read it, let us know how you like it.
Ms. Patty
Rosemary Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I am in the middle of reading 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass. It is about a girl who has to celebrate her eleventh birthday over and over again. She doesn’t know why, though. I have read the book a couple of other times and it is very good. I love the author and have read most of her books. I recommend it to anyone from 10-17 year old girls. A few of her books are for older teenage girls.
Rosemary Said:
on July 7, 2011 at 4:52 pm
(i can’t say much about the book or it will give the story away.)
Rosemary Said:
on July 8, 2011 at 11:47 am
A really good series is The Warriors by Erin Hunter. It has four different “parts” so far, but the first book of the first part is called Into The Wild. It is about an average house cat called Rusty who meets strange forest cats despite warnings from his friend. They offer a place in their clan for him. Of course, Rusty would get a new name, have to leave his house forever, and most importantly have to learn the ways of the clan of cats he would become part of. this first book focuses on a cat fitting in with as a ‘new’ cat in a new crowd.
I have became addicted to these books and I can’t wait until the newest book comes out this fall. I have met the author and have read every book and side-story. This is a book that you can make up your own different versions of and play all sorts of games with.
I suggest this to anyone who likes animals (not necessarily cats because the author doesn’t really like cats). It is a good book for girls and boys.
Caroline Smith Said:
on July 8, 2011 at 1:35 pm
The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm is an amazing book about three kids named Russell, Elliot, and Catalina who have all been bullied. togeter they came up with the idea to have students send them their own personal stoies and exoeriences on being bulied and then they send it to the whole student body. they call it The Revealer. does it make thingd better for theese students? READ THIS BOOK TO FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Caroline Smith Said:
on July 8, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Right now i am reading the pretty little liars seires by Sara Shepard. I just finished the 7th book, heartless. this series is about a 4 girls named Aria, Spencer, Hanna, and Emily. their best friend alison was murdered in the 7th grade. they are trying to figure out who wile being stalked by A. this series gets you amedieatly hooked. YOU HAVE TO READ IT!!!!!!!!
P.S. the books are way different from the show so read the books!!!!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on July 8, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Recently I finished reading Cloaked by Alex Flinn. This book is about a boy named Johnny who works at his family’s shoe repair shop at a Florida hotel. Another character, Princess Victoriana is devastated when her brother is turned into a frog by a witch, and now the frog prince has disappeared. Victoriana asks Johnny to scavenge Key West to find the frog prince, and offers a reward in return, and readers will follow Johnny on this journey.
I enjoyed the beginning of the book, but I felt the search for the frog prince dragged on a little too long. However, Cloaked is a fun, magical read that any fan of fairytales would enjoy. I would, however, more strongly recommend A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn which is a modern twist on Sleeping Beauty. I loved that book, but I thought Cloaked was just okay.
Alexa Said:
on July 10, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I just finished a book called ” Life As We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer and it was great. It is about an asteroid hitting the moon causing so many problems to the world. I defiantly recommend this book but it can be depressing. I just bought the sequel too. :] But I was wondering if the library had the third book- ” This World We Live In”
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 12, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Viola in Reel Life…..the greatest book! Okay, maybe not the greatest, but one of the best. A girl named Viola Chesterson is sent to boarding school against her will, and positively hates it. At least in the beginning! After a couple of weeks there she is already loving it! But surprises are popping up left and right. You really should read it!
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on August 4, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I really loved this Book…I have read it twice I love it so much!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on July 14, 2011 at 5:05 pm
This summer I read Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen. This is Godbersen’s second series for young adults, her first being the Luxe series. I loved the Luxe series and would recommend it to high school girls. Bright Young Things takes place in 1929, and follows the story of three girls: Cordelia, Letty, and Astrid. Cordelia and Letty leave their life in Ohio, and set out to discover New York City. Cordelia hopes to find her father, and becomes friends with lifelong New Yorker Astrid. While Letty struggles to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous singer. The characters are fun and relatable, and readers will be eager to see how their stories turn out.
Bright Young Things really immerses the reader into the time period, but does a really good job of making history appeal to teen girls. If you typically avoid reading historical fiction, you may be surprised to find you enjoy this book. I am certainly looking forward to the sequel, Beautiful Days.
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 14, 2011 at 7:09 pm
If you ever consider reading Tasting the Sky, I’ll give you a little heads-up on the book. It’s about a little girl that has a childhood filled with violent memories of war. During this book, she battles intense and horrifying situations, but ends up to have learned life lessons to become a talented writer. By the way, it is a true story. I really liked it!
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 14, 2011 at 7:23 pm
By the way, this isn’t about books: I did attend a library program on July 13. It was the arts and crafts. I didn’t sign my name on a log or anything, and I didn’t no if anyone would give me the correct amout of raffel tickets! Thanks!
marlteens Said:
on July 15, 2011 at 12:17 pm
Caina
I think I just replied to this but I don’t see it here, so I will answer you again. You are set with 5 raffle entries for the program, as well as for your reviews.
The clue from LOST week 1 is gone (they come off after the next week’s goes on) but you can find clues to Week 2 answer in the paragraph about what I wrote about being sick. Thanks, Ms Eileen
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 14, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I really adore this series called Warriors. One of the books I read this summer of the series was Outcast. It was FANTABULOUS! Although it might sound super nerdy, the series is about cats and how they survive in the wilderness. Different challenges occur in different books, but if you want to find out what happened in Outcast, you’ll just have to read it!
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 14, 2011 at 8:40 pm
I read another one of the Warriors books as well. It was called Secrets of the Clans. Sooooooooo good! It reveals many of the unknown facts about cats even outside clans! Much of the cats’ history is stated in this book. So if you really want to know about cats of the clans, I highly reccomend this fantastic book!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on July 17, 2011 at 5:45 pm
I just finished reading The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong. The Gathering is the first in the Darkness Rising Trilogy. I’ve also read Armstrong’s Darkest Powers Trilogy, and I would definitely recommend any of these books. The Gathering takes place in an small, medical research town in Canada. Maya, the main character, loves nature and is very close with animals: especially cougars. She even has a peculiar paw print birthmark on her back. After a couple of strange deaths and other incidences, Maya and her friends set out to discover the secrets the town’s medical research center is hiding.
I really enjoyed this book. Once you get past the beginning, which spends a lot of time getting to know the setting and the characters, the book gets quite suspenseful. Just keep in mind because this is a trilogy, the book ends on a cliffhanger. This book is probably best suited to high school girls.
Anya Vrabie Said:
on July 18, 2011 at 7:59 am
I recently read the book Dairy Queen. It is about DJ, who lives on a cow farm. Her older brothers are fantastic college football players. A rival quarterback is forced to work on their farm and then to train for the whole summer to prepare for football season and to become a better person- which he does, because in the beginning and even near the end he is an extremely rude person. Find out what happens when football season comes around…….. READ THE BOOK!!!!!!
PS- i enjoyed reading this even though i don’t know anything about football
Seraphina Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:34 am
I agree! I read that book and I have to say, even if you’re not a fan of football or don’t know anything about it, you’ll still enjoy it!
I read it in fifth grade and I still loveee it!!!! <3
Erin McGuinness Said:
on July 20, 2011 at 12:15 pm
I just read The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler. The main character Penny is the new girl in the small town of Hog’s Hollow’s 9th grade class. Penny spends her helping her mother in her cupcake shop, and coming to terms with her parent’s separation. Penny makes and enemy in the school’s mean girl Charity, but a new friend in Tally, Brian, and Marcus. Though Penny has a hard time at first, she feels right at home by the time the big town parade day takes place.
I didn’t love this book, but I thought it was alright. The main character spends a lot of time moping about her situation, and there are a few odd scenes. However, I enjoyed the being in the cupcake store, and there is a funny scene in the beginning. I would recommend this book to middle school readers and up.
Seraphina Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:34 am
So would I! I liked this book. Wasn’t the greatest but it was all right.
Natalie Said:
on July 22, 2011 at 6:50 pm
I just finished reading The Lost Hero ( it was 553 pages)! It took a long time, though I never wanted to stop, even though it was so huge! There weren’t many spots at all where I wanted to put the book down!
Now I am going to read the next book in the series. Not sure of the name, but I have it so I will check.
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on July 24, 2011 at 7:42 pm
I just finished reading the book FireGirl by Tony Abbott. It is about a girl who is a burned victim and how a boy in her class struggles to have her in his life. This event isn’t normal in his life so he has a hard time dealing with this. And due to the fact that kids in the class treat her poorly, Tom begins to make friends with her. Soon THE girl must leave town to go to a hospital out of state and Tom has to deal with this. I love this book because it has a great message to it. I recommend that you read this book as an easy read.
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 24, 2011 at 9:41 pm
I heard that was really good. My sister read it. I might read it, too!!!!!!!!!!!
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on July 26, 2011 at 8:03 pm
yes i definitely recommend it to you. It is very inspirational!
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 24, 2011 at 9:39 pm
I read the book Viola in the Spotlight, the sequel to Viola in Reel Life. It’s mostly about Viola deciding where she really belongs and who she belongs with. There is some love involved for anyone who really likes teenage romance. Really……it is GREAT!!!!
Caina Tennis Said:
on July 25, 2011 at 7:35 am
I just finished the book Ruined by Paula Morris. It was great besides the fact that the action only started, like, halfway through the book! It has a lot of mystery and ghosts involved, so if you like those kinds of books, you’ll love this one!
Lauren E Said:
on August 2, 2011 at 4:47 pm
I am in the middle of reading a series about a girl named Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. There are a total of 9 books and they follow her through out her 4 years in high school. Alice goes through it all, a new step mom, councling at a camp, embarassing moments, enemy’s, dumping and being dumped. What I think makes these books really connectable is the events she experiences. Everything she and her friends experience is something anyone can go through. The thoughts and worries that Alice has, everyday teens also have. I think that when people relize this, it makes them feel better. When Alice comes up with a worry about flying or a test or a boyfriend, the reader can relax and know that they aren’t the only one in thise situation. This series is a great rollercoaster through all of Alice;s ups and downs. I recomend it to any teen that is a freshman through senior.
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on August 4, 2011 at 3:52 pm
sounds like a great book! teens could definitely relate to it!
Caina Tennis Said:
on August 3, 2011 at 5:02 pm
I read another one of the Warriors books………what a surprise. It was called Eclipse. This book was slightly confusing, though. It involved a strange cat coming to the clans and helping tear the lake cats apart! The sun disappeared (an eclipse), Shadowclan doesn’t believe in Starclan, and it seems like the clans are falling apart with every step they take. I neeeeed to read the next book to find out how it’s resolved, if it is at all!
Caina Tennis Said:
on August 3, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Oh, and I highly reccomend this series! Yes, it sounds nerdy. And yes, they have a lot of books, but trust me, you’ll never put the book down after you read the first chapter!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on August 4, 2011 at 10:18 am
This summer I read Twilight by Meg Cabot which is the final book in Cabot’s Mediator series. I would only recommend this book to people who are already fans of the mediator series. You will not find this book that enjoyable if you haven’t read the earlier books. That being said, I do recommend the Mediator series, and Twilight is the finale fans will be looking for.
Suze Simon is the main character of the book, and she has the unique ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Both the principal of her school and fellow student Paul hold the same ability. However, Paul’s uses his powers in a more evil way. Paul is plotting to get rid of Suze’s ghost boyfriend Jesse. At first Suze hopes to save Jesse, but then worries she is being selfish keeping him from having to haunt the earth plane for eternity.
Emma Henderschedt Said:
on August 4, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I just read the book Lucky T by Kate Brian. This book was about a girl named Carrie. Her life was great she had everything she could ask for, from a perfect boyfriend to being the captain of the varsity basket ball team. She believes that all this good in her life is coming from her lucky tee shirt that she has had since she was 6 years old. When her mom accidentally donates the shirt to a orphanage in India bad things start to happen. HEr boyfriend breaks up with her and she gets in a fight with her best friend, and her basketball team starts to loose every game. So Carrie does what any “normal” person would do…She goes to India. Does she end up finding the Shirt or maybe something else during her journey!?!? This is my favorite book that i have read in my lifetime. If your looking for a nice read that keeps you hooked and in suspense this is the book for you. This book is also great because you get a lot of information about India. What it is like? Sights, Smells, and sounds. Everything! After reading this book it will make you want to go to India….but not for the reasons you think!?!?!
Ms. Patty Said:
on August 6, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Wow, guys, thank you so much for your reviews. They will really help Ms. Eileen and I to give recommendations to other readers.
If I hadn’t mentioned it already, a YA book I truly enjoyed recently is “Hattie Big Sky” by Kirby Larson (it’s a book that came out about 5 years ago but I just listened to it on audio book…highly recommended.) Also, while camping my niece raved about a book called “Gone” by Michael Grant, in which everyone over 14 suddenly disappears.
Ms. Patty
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I just read a book, POP by Gordon Korman. Wonderful book. Its mostly about football and how the main character (marcus) overcomes some obstacles. No, I don’t mean like linebackers and blockers (or whatever other football term there is!) but like how an unexpected friend is a retired NFL sensation. Or how Troy Popovich thinks the best think for his bewildered dad isfor him to stay home and not see the outside world. Or how Alyssa (the head cheerleader) doesn’t exactly like Marcus, she just wants to make ex-boyfriend, Troy Popovich, angry. Through this funny book, Marcus will finally find answers and you may even here it go, “POP!!!!!” hahahaha…. I definitely reccomend this book!
Seraphina Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:36 am
oh and I don’t know a thig about football but absolutely adored this book!
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:14 pm
I read QUEEN OF COOL. (available at RML) Okay book. Gets confusing but it is good. Heres the plot
Libby is the “queen of cool”. Popular. SUPER popular. She’s bored of the popular people (her so-called “friends”). She decides to do something fun. Like intern at the local zoo. Everyone thinks that is a wild idea, even Libby. When she gets paired-up with Tina (tiny) and Sheldon, she learns that being cool is not important, having REAL friends is. I do reccomend this book to girls (YA).
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Viola in Reel Life. What a great book. It is a teen nutmeg.
heres the summary:
When fourteen-year-old Viola is sent from her beloved Brooklyn to boarding school in Indiana for ninth grade, she overcomes her initial reservations as she makes friends with her roommates, goes on a real date, and uses the unsettling ghost she keeps seeing as the subject of a her first short film. She also has some minor bumps in the road. Like her boyfriend. And her friends.
I give this book 5 stars!!!!!!!!!! *****
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:38 pm
The sequel is called “Viola in the spotlight”. Does anyone know if they have that book at RML?? thanks!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 9:54 am
Yes RML has it, I have it checked out right now actually, but I’m going to read it soon though!
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:24 pm
i just read EXPLOITS OF A RELUSTANT (BUT EXTREMELY GOOD-LOOKING) HERO. heres the summary:
i give this book 4 1/2 stars! ****
With a penchant for girlie magazines and fried chicken, he is yearning for puberty. He expects the family business, House of Toilets, will someday bring him a fortune. His mother gives him a tape recorder in the hope that it will help him stop speaking his mind to adults. The novel is his recorded thoughts and observations. After a move to Winnipeg, his mother forces him to volunteer at a soup kitchen, where he becomes involved in a struggle between the local merchants who want the soup kitchen and the homeless removed, and the do-gooders who want to save it. He could care less, until he discovers that a classmate would go hungry without it. His transformation from ego-centered insensitivity to compassion for others is heartening, if a bit hasty. veryy funny
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:34 pm
i finished reading: DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE.
Hers what i thought of it:
Steven is a gifted junior high school drummer with an imagination that takes him some distance from his writing assignments into musing on his own life. The book chronicles his experience of the year his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey, was diagnosed with leukemia. The shift from consuming preoccupation with preparation for a drumming contest and competition for a particular girl’s attention to radical concern about a brother he has primarily regarded as a pest takes him through ruminations both profound and hilarious. Jeffrey’s illness oddly makes Steven an object of his friends’ admiration and pity, neither of which he thinks he wants or deserves. His priorities and plans begin to take a back seat to working with his parents to get Jeffrey through treatments, in the course of which he meets a girl at the hospital who teaches him a new level of friendship before her own disease gets the better of her and she dies. The story ends with Jeffrey’s return home, an uncertain future, and an altered perspective on life for Steven who finds himself able to love in ways he hadn’t imagined.
AWESOME BOOK!!!!!!
Seraphina Said:
on August 9, 2011 at 5:36 pm
i read: JEREMY FINK AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. Summary:
One month before his 13th birthday, Jeremy Fink receives a mysterious box in the mail. It is securely locked and has the engraving “The Meaning of Life. For Jeremy Fink to open on his 13th birthday” written across the top. Even stranger than the cryptic message and the security system is the fact that the box is from Jeremy’s father, who was killed in a car accident five years earlier. Along with the box is a letter from a lawyer, explaining that before he died, Jeremy’s father had instructed the lawyer to send the box to Jeremy for his 13th birthday, but unfortunately the keys to the box are missing and cannot be replaced.
Although Jeremy has never strayed far from his New York apartment on his own, his best friend and neighbor Lizzie is somewhat braver and more adventurous. So she convinces Jeremy to begin a search for the missing keys, which takes them through New York and New Jersey. Desperate to find the keys before jeremy turns 13, they scour flea markets and visit the lawyer’s abandoned office, all to no avail.
As events lead them to a summer job working for a retiring pawnbroker, delivering pawned items to their original owners, Jeremy and Lizzie find themselves meeting intriguing people who introduce them to fascinating things and new ideas about the world. Their one-month journey to open the box containing “the meaning of life” soon turns into a much bigger adventure with many life lessons learned along the wayy.
Fabulous book…for both boys AND girls!
Erin McGuinness Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:03 am
I just finished reading The Ghost and the Goth by Stacy Kade. RML has this book and the sequel Queen of the Dead which I’m about to read. I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was funny, and it also had a little bit of mystery to it as well. Also, unlike some books of the paranormal genre, this on isn’t complicated. The Ghost and the Goth is a light and fun book.
The book alternated chapters between the two main characters Alona Dare and Will Killian. Alona was one of the popular girls at school until she died by getting hit by a school bus. Alona is now a ghost, and no one can see her except Will. However, Will has some problems of his own. Nobody believes he sees ghosts, nearly everyone thinks he’s crazy, and a dark cloud of a ghost Will believes to be his dad is out to get him. The Ghost and the Goth is about an unlikely pair, Alona and Will, teaming up to help each other out.
Erin McGuinness Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:20 am
This summer I read My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody. I loved this book, it was a laugh out loud read, and RML owns it. I would definitely recommend it. I will say this book also has some good lessons in it, but Brody kept it a fun read.
Brooklyn Pierce, the main character, has had a lifetime of bad decisions and indecisiveness. Her recent bad decision includes throwing a party in her mother’s model home, and accidentally burning the model home down. Brooklyn’s punishment includes hours of community service in a nursing home with cranky Mrs. Moody (who is also a bad decision maker), no cellphone, no computer, etc. Brooklyn decides enough is enough and decides everyone else in the world make her decisions for her through a blog. Brooklyn is a very relatable and fun character.
Seraphina Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 10:31 am
I read “REVEALERS”. It was a middle school RHAM must-read. It was surprisingly OK. First, Russell starts to get bullied. It happens more and more frequently. He feels that where ever he turns, the bully is staring into his soul. He feels alone. With help on this subject, Russell turns to Elliot Gekewicz for help. Elliot has gotten bullied for many, many years. People call him “GEEKowicz” and “Scrawny litte bird”. Hi is obsessed with dinosaurs. Then a new girl , Catalina, enters school. She starts to get bullied too. Those three (the REVEALERS) try tro do something about it. Catalina writes smething that she wants everyone in the grade to read. It’s about her and all the rumors people have been making up lately. Soon, Elliot does the same. They send it out via “KidNet” a school email everyone has. Soon, people start sending in their personal bullying stories that they have either been outsiders in, victims or bullies themselves. Soon, the bullies start to see the stories. Will the bullying cease? Or get worse?
Read this good book and find out! (I know they have it at RML…check it out sometime!!!!!!!)
Erin McGuinness Said:
on August 10, 2011 at 2:28 pm
I also read The Karma Club by Jessica Brody. The Karma Club is totally unrelated to Brody’s My Life Undecided so they don’t need to be read in any certain order. RML owns both of them. I enjoyed The Karma Club, and would certainly recommend it.
The main character Madison enters her boyfriend into her favorite magazines’s best boyfriend contest, and he wins. However, Mason ends up underserving of Contempo Girl Magazine’s best boyfriend award when he cheats on Maddy. Maddy’s mother takes Maddy on a retreat to a spiritual center in order to help overcome her heartbreak. Here Maddy discovers karma, the idea that good deed will be rewarded while bad deeds will be punished. Maddy and her freinds form a club to balance the universe on their own by punishing those who do bad deeds starting with Mason.
It was entertaining to see how all of Maddy’s “punishments” on bad deed doers turn out, and the book is also a reminder of the lesson in how revenge is not the answer to your problems.
Seraphina Said:
on September 21, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I’m eading that now! I just finished MY LIFE UNDECIDED and i loved the authors way of writing so i checked out the KARMA CLUB and i loooooooooove it
in the beginning it was boring because of all the drama, (Madi lost her boyfriend) but it definitely got better. i have it checked out right now but i know they have it at RML if you are interested
thanks