Eclipse (Spanish Edition)39 reviews
Stephenie Meyer

Alfaguara, 2007

Exquisitely Crafted

+ Oh Bella if only you could make up your mind..
+ Best book ever!

This was my favorite book in the series, with Twilight as a close second. As a reader, you are really brought into the story and get to experience all of the confusion and angst as it happens. I loved the dialogue, how there was humor and commonality between the Edward and Jacob characters. It ...
  
  











  



  
The Faerie Path #3: The Sorcerer King: Book Three of The Faerie Path10 reviews
Frewin Jones

Eos, 2008

Building vocabulary

The best way I know of to help a child to build their vocabular is for them to read. I bought this book for my niece. She asked for it so I got it for her. Anytime I can get her to read and not watch Television is good for her. Stephen Richey Author of The Galley
  
  











  



  
To Catch A Pirate32 reviews
Jade Parker

Point, 2007

Cute, Piraty Fun

+ I Loved This Book
+ Piratey Goodness

Annalisa Townsend and her father are glad to be departing England for the Caribbean. They need to move on from the recent death of Annalisa's mother, and what better place to do it than the little known Caribbean island of Mourning, which King George has assigned governorship of to Annalisa's ...
  
  











  



  
The Faerie Path #2: The Lost Queen: Book Two of The Faerie Path9 reviews
Frewin Jones

Eos, 2008

A Fun Fantasy Adventure

+ action-packed teen fantasy
+ Fairy Path Books 1 2 & 3
+ Things little girls are made of.
+ Fun, quick read
  
  











  



  
Brisingr (Inheritance, Book 3)378 reviews
Christopher Paolini

Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008

Love it...Love it... Love it!

+ Another great installment

After much anticipation awaiting this book, I find the wait well worth it. The characters come to life again in this well written story. I highly recommend this book if you are into fiction and dragons and good vs. evil.
  
  











  



  
Rumors: A Luxe Novel (The Luxe)62 reviews
Anna Godbersen

HarperCollins, 2008

Rumor Has It

+ RUMORS
+ Delicious!
+ Rumors: a Luxe novel
  
  











  



  
Twilight (Twilight, Book 1)2795 reviews
Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown Young Readers, 2005

Hook, line and sinker!

+ most awesome book ever

I'm sitting at my desk at work rocking back and forth in my chair, partly because of a caffeine buzz, but mostly because of the anticipation I feel about the Twilight movie coming out this Friday. I'm 32 years old and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm absolutely in love with the entire series. ...
  
  











  



  
The Chronicles of Faerie: The Hunter's Moon (Chronicles of Faerie)13 reviews
O.R. Melling

Amulet Books, 2006

The Hunter's Moon

+ Wonderful!
+ Another super offering for YA and Middle Readers
+ Thoughts from a lover of Faerie stories
  
  











  



  
A Countess Below Stairs37 reviews
Eva Ibbotson

Puffin, 2007

Forbidden romance

+ Just wonderful!
+ A Parody of Great Classics

This book is a truly intriguing and delightful historical fiction book. It all started with an interesting character named Anna who was a countess in Russia. During the Russian revolution Anna and her family left the country. Instead of moping around while the family hid in England, Anna says one ...
  
  











  



  
The Scandal of the Season: A Novel9 reviews
Sophie Gee

Scribner, 2007

Smart, fun, historical read

+ 18th century gossip

I read this book for my book club, and we all really enjoyed it. It didn't give us a ton to discuss, but it's definitely a fun read. I had a hard time putting it down!
  
  











  



  
Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale13 reviews
Donna Jo Napoli

Simon Pulse, 2008

Mesmerizing!

+ Hush: An Irish Princess Tale by Donna Jo Napoli
+ SLJ Starred review

This book is so not Disney! Find a quiet place and travel with Melkorka, medieval Irish princess who, while in disguise and fleeing from possible tyranny in her father's kingdom, is captured by barbaric seafaring slave traders. Ripped from the priviliged life she has only known, beautiful ...
  
  











  



  
Masquerade (A Blue Bloods Novel) (Blue Bloods Novel)44 reviews
Melissa De La Cruz

Hyperion Book CH, 2008

Masquerade

+ Fun Read
+ Continued Fun With The Over-Privilged Blood-Drinking Set
+ Vampire book is different 2nd book in series
+ Masquerade an apt title
  
  











  



  
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow19 reviews
Jessica Day George

Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2008

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

+ Imagination station
+ Enchanting and fun to read

The lass is the youngest of the woodcutter's children. Her mother was so upset that she had another child, let alone another girl, that she refused to even give her a name. The lass grows up, and is delighted when her older brother, Hans Peter, comes home from the sea. Hans Peter is cursed upon ...
  
  











  



  
Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods Novel)93 reviews
Melissa de la Cruz

Hyperion Book CH, 2007

Great for a quick read and the series ROCKS!

+ Spoiled Rotten Vampire Teenagers
+ Very different Vampire Book

After seeing this book only received 3 1/2 stars, I decided not to buy it. My friend later recommeded the book. I loved it! I read it in an afternoon. I don't know what some of these 1 & 2 stars were for...? I thought it was a great read!
  
  











  



  
The Host: A Novel684 reviews
Stephenie Meyer

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Beautiful Host

+ Suspense, love, and betrayal...
+ Interspecies Stockholm Syndrome

No vampires appear in Meyer's latest novel, instead an alien species invades our planet and eventually the bodies of the human population. In the end most of these host lose their personality but not all. Such is the case of the young human female Melanie. She fights to keep her own identity in ...
  
  











  



  
The Luxe51 reviews
Anna Godbersen

HarperCollins, 2008

Spectacular.

+ The Luxe
+ Wonderful read!! History, romance & mystery galore
+ Scandals, marriage proposals, and unrequited love.
  
  











  



  
Blue Bloods 3: Revelations18 reviews
Melissa De La Cruz

Hyperion Book CH, 2008

Still a gripping read, though not as well-written as Masquerade

+ Not much seems to happen until the last 10 pages
+ Some Melissa de la Cruz love...all the way
+ Not The Best Yet But A Solid Showing
  
  











  



  
Ever25 reviews
Gail Carson Levine

HarperCollins, 2008

Good discussion of religion

+ Very different.
+ Ever-Gail Carson Levine

If you're expecting something similar to Ella Enchanted, don't. Mrs. Levine has taken a different twist, trying a more diverse setting than before. I, as a writer, found it interesting and helpful to see a book written from two points of view in the present tense. It took a little bit of time to ...
  
  











  



  
Princess Ben23 reviews
Catherine Murdock

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Enchanting Review: Princess Ben

+ Princess Ben
+ A fabulous new fairy tale

PRINCESS BEN CATHERINE GILBERT MURDOCK YA Fantasy Rating: 5 Enchantments I have to say I absolutely adored this book. It pulled me in right from the first paragraph. Told as a memoir, promising to `tell the real truth' of Princess Ben, Ms. Murdock weaves a wonderful story about Ben's ...
  
  











  



  
The Chronicles of Faerie: The Hunter's Moon (Chronicles of Faerie)13 reviews
O.R. Melling

Amulet Books, 2006

The Hunter's Moon

+ Wonderful!
+ Another super offering for YA and Middle Readers
+ Thoughts from a lover of Faerie stories