From Carly Skudin, Teen Book reviewer author: Scott, Elizabeth Grace Grace by Elizabeth Scott is about a girl named Grace who was raised to be an angel; a messenger of death by suicide bomb. She refuses to die for the cause and is on the run in search for freedom. She is traveling to reach [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Grace
Posted in Science Fiction, Teen Book Reviewer's Picks, Teens, tagged Dystopia, terrorism on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rot & Ruin
Posted in Horror, Science Fiction, Teen Book Reviewer's Picks, Teens, tagged Brothers, survival, Zombies on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Divya, Teen Book Reviewer author: Maberry, Jonathan Rot & Ruin Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry, is a great sci-fi novel about how humans would exist post-apocalypse. Benny’s earliest memory is of the First Night, when his brother Tom ran away with him, leaving behind his parents to be taken by zombies. Now, fourteen [...]
Reckless
Posted in Mystery, Rosemarie's Picks, Suspense, tagged Banks, Conspiracy, Financial world, Global panic, Murder on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Gross, Andrew Reckless The Glassman family are found brutally murdered in their home. Ty Jauck, an ex-cop now a private security investigator, was April Glassman’s friend. He tries to solve the crime and becomes entangled in a worldwide economic terrorism plot. As the body count rises, banks collapse and global panic [...]
The President’s Vampire
Posted in Adventure, Horror, Rosemarie's Picks, Suspense, Thriller, tagged Action, Biological Weapons, Conspiracies, Oaths, terrorism, United States President, vampires on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Farnsworth, Christopher The President’s Vampire In this sequel to Blood Oath, vampire Nathaniel Cade and his human handler, Zach Barrows, must save mankind from creatures who not only kill but spread their contagion that changes humans into snakeheads. Suspend your disbelief for a wild non-stop action thriller adventure, the interaction between [...]
Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes
Posted in Chick Lit, Friendship Fiction, Romance, Rosemarie's Picks, Women's Fiction, tagged bakers, break-ups, family, Friends, Love, shop owner on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Meaney, Roisin Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes Hannah Robinson’s life is perfect. She is dating a great guy and she is starting her own business. The grand opening of her cupcake shop is days away, her friends are having a party for her and Patrick announces that he is [...]
Blackout : a Cal Leandros novel
Posted in Fantasy, Rosemarie's Picks, Urban Fiction, tagged Ammut, Brothers, paranormal, spiders, vampires on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Thurman, Rob Blackout : a Cal Leandros novel What would you do if you woke up on a beach littered with slaughtered giant spiders? Usually, this is a typical day for Cal Leandros but he doesn’t know who he is or where he is, he just knows that he is a [...]
Purple Heart
Posted in Teen Book Reviewer's Picks, Teens, War/Military Fiction, tagged Iraq War, soldiers on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Gene, Teen Book Reviewer author: McCormick, Patricia titl: Purple Heart Patricia McCormick has already enlightened the world with Sold and Cut. Purple heart is no different. Purple Heart is about a young Matt Duffy who awakens in a hospital in Iraq with no idea how he got there. He was also injured and because [...]
Cezanne’s Quarry
Posted in Mystery, Rosemarie's Picks, tagged art, Bernard Martin, Cezanne, criminal investigation, Murder on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Rosemarie Jerome author: Pope, Barbara Corrado Cezanne’s Quarry Solange Vernet has been found murdered. A young inexperienced magistrate, Bernard Martin, investigates the crime. Who was the beautiful Solange? Was her murder a crime of passion? Is the spurned artist Paul Cezanne guilty? He has a violent temper and his paintings speak of dark, gruesome deeds. [...]
The firefly letters : a suffragette’s journey to Cuba
Posted in Historical Fiction, Teen Book Reviewer's Picks, Teens, tagged Cuba, feminism, novel in verse on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Sarah Bielskas, Teen Book Reviewer author: Engle, Margarita The firefly letters : a suffragette’s journey to Cuba In the book The Firefly Letters, three completely different girls meet in Cuba and go on a journey that will change their lives forever! As Cecilia is dealing with a new husband (who was chosen for her) [...]
Bringing Adam home : the abduction that changed America
Posted in Jackie's Picks, Nonfiction, true crime, tagged abductions, Adam Walsh, Broward County, detectives, florida, forensics, Hollywood FL, John Walsh, Murder, police investigations, Serial Killers on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From Jackie Cantwell author: Standiford, Les Bringing Adam home : the abduction that changed America This is the heartbreaking story of the 1981 abduction and murder of Adam Walsh, the son of John Walsh, the host of America’s Most Wanted (AMW) T.V. program. According to the authors (and later the Hollywood (FL) PD), the case [...]
