Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Pages: 323, Level: Easy Book Description: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their … Continue reading
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REVIEW: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Classic/ Dystopian Fiction, Pages: 158, Level: Easy/ Intermediate Book Description: The terrifyingly prophetic novel of a post-literate future. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Wizard Returns (Dorothy Must Die #0.3) by Danielle Paige
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 100, Level: Easy Book Description: The Wizard left Oz in a hot air balloon- or did he? This digital original novella is the third installment in the prequel arc to the edgy and exciting New York Times bestseller Dorothy Must Die. Dorothy Gale is back… … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Darkness by W.J. Lundy
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 253, Level: Easy Book Description: The Darkness is a fast-paced story of survival that brings the apocalypse to Main Street USA. While the world falls apart, Jacob Anderson barricades his family behind locked doors. News reports tell of civil unrest in the streets, murders, and … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Witch Must Burn (Dorothy Must Die #0.2) by Danielle Paige
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 100, Level: Easy Book Description: There’s a new Wicked Witch in Oz- and her name is Dorothy. This digital original novella is the second installment in the prequel arc to the edgy and exciting New York Times bestseller Dorothy Must Die. Dorothy Gale is back… … Continue reading
REVIEW: Children of God (The Sparrow #2) by Mary Doria Russell
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 436, Level: Intermediate Book Description: Mary Doria Russell’s debut novel, The Sparrow, took us on a journey to a distant planet and into the center of the human soul. A critically acclaimed bestseller, The Sparrow was chosen as one of Entertainment Weekly’s Ten Best Books … Continue reading
REVIEW: Undead and Unsure (Undead #12) by Mary Janice Davidson
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Humor/ Vampires, Pages: 301, Level: Easy Book Description: It’s no surprise to Betsy that her trip to Hell with her sister Laura landed them in hot water. Betsy isn’t exactly sorry she killed the Devil but it’s put Laura in a damnable position: assuming the role of Satan … Continue reading
REVIEW: Zom-B #7: Mission by Darren Shan
YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction/ Zombies, Pages: 175, Reading Level: Easy Book Description: B Smith and the other Angels are relieved to finally receive their first mission to safely escort a group of … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Sparrow (The Sparrow #1) by Mary Doria Russell
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 408, Level: Intermediate Book Description: In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet which will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first … Continue reading
REVIEW: Old Man’s War (Old Man’s War #1) by John Scalzi
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Science Fiction, Pages: 314, Level: Easy Book Description: John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army. The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars, Genre: Alternative History/ Science Fiction, Pages: 259, Level: Intermediate Book Description: It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some 20 years earlier … Continue reading
REVIEW: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Apocalyptic Fiction, Pages: 333, Level: Intermediate Book Description: An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction, Pages: 403, Level: Easy/Intermediate Book Description: Melanie is a very special girl. Dr. Caldwell calls her “our little genius.” Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his … Continue reading
REVIEW: Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Contemporary Fiction (WARNING), Pages: 225, Level: Easy Book Description: “A billion husbands are about to be replaced.” From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure. Sisters will be doing … Continue reading
REVIEW: Undead and Unstable (Undead #11) by Mary Janice Davidson
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Humor/ Vampires, Pages: 312, Level: Easy Book Description: Betsy’s heartbroken over her friend Marc’s death, but at least his sacrifice should change the future- her future- for the better. But it’s not as if Betsy’s next few hundred years will be perfect. After all, her half-sister, Laura, is … Continue reading
REVIEW: The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Fiction, Young Adult, Dystopian, Apocalyptic, Pages: 374, Level: Easy Description from Goodreads: If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers- boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet … Continue reading
REVIEW: Undead and Undermined (Undead #10) by Mary Janice Davidson
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Humor/ Vampires, Pages: 279, Level: Easy Book Description: So this is what being dead feels like. Vampire queen Betsy Taylor has awoken in a Chicago morgue, naked as a corpse. Her last memory is reconciling with her husband, Eric Sinclair, after a time-traveling field trip, including an indirect … Continue reading
REVIEW: Until the End of the World (Until the End of the World #1) by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars, Genre: Apocalyptic/ Zombie Fiction, Pages: 400, Level: Easy Book Description: Cassie Forrest isn’t surprised to learn that the day she’s decided to get her life together is also the day the world ends. After all, she’s been on a self-imposed losing streak since her survivalist parents died: she’s stopped … Continue reading
REVIEW: Undead and Unfinished (Undead #9) by Mary Janice Davidson
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars, Genre: Humor/ Vampires, Pages: 296, Level: Easy Book Description: There’s only one thing Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor hates more than the threat of hosting a traditional Thanksgiving dinner (after all, how traditional is her family?), and that’s trying to get through the Book of the Dead without going insane. … Continue reading
REVIEW: Specials (Uglies #3) by Scott Westerfeld
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars, Genre: Dystopian Fiction, Pages: 372, Level: Easy Book Description: “Special Circumstances”: The words have sent chills down Tally’s spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting … Continue reading