Davis Memorial Library

The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu

zemanuel — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:24:46 +0000

This book I actually bought instead of picking it up from the library and I was not disappointed afterwards. I was looking for a Percy Jackson type and this fits pretty good with the Greek god adventure books. The story follows two main characters, Charlotte and Zach. They happen to be cousins. Charlotte is from the United States and Zach is from London were every summer he visits with his Grandmother Winter. Grandmother Winter happens to see flashes of the future and knows that she will die soon and that her grandchild Zach will be in danger. After Grandmother Winter’s death Zach starts to notice that most of his friends start to get sick. Although there are no medical answers for what appears to be healthy kids, they are unable to get out of bed. This follows Zach even when he goes back to London. He eventually is sent to America to live with his cousin Charlotte, but it seems to have followed him there as well. After reading this book it wasn’t as action packed as Percy Jackson but I still enjoyed reading it.

Jane Vows Vengeance By Michael Thomas Ford

zemanuel — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:46:24 +0000

Jane Vows Vengeance is the third book of the series and has not let me down compared to the past two. The storyline was quite a bit different from the previous two. Jane and her fiancé, Walter, are finally getting married. There is one problem, though: Walter has no idea that Jane is a vampire or that his mother is a vampire hunter. Jane and Walter, along with his mother and their friends, travel to Europe for Jane and Walter’s wedding, thinking it will be fun and uneventful. As the book goes on, though, you know that this will not be the case, along with worrying about “Our Gloomy Friend”. Jane also runs into some ghosts; and learned about a mysterious artifact that could very well return her human soul causing her to become human again; which would mean not having to tell Walter that she is a vampire. This is a very quick read for anyone who likes vampire novels.

The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice

zemanuel — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:31:26 +0000

After being a fan of Anne Rice for a long time, I just finished one of her newer novels that just came out, The Wolf Gift. I really enjoyed this book; this was one of the best werewolf novels that I have ever read and loved everything from the storyline to the characters. The main character is Reuben. Rueben is on assignment for his newspaper to write an article about the Nideck House. This mansion is on the edge of a cliff and its previous owner has mysteriously been missing for the past twenty years. The owner is now Marchent, who is the niece of the missing owner. Reuben meets Marchent and immediately they take a liking to each other. Rueben stays the night so that he can see everything for his report. When awakening hours later from a noise, he finds Marchent’s brothers attacking her and then him. He is then stabbed but is saved by some beast that kills both brothers and bites Reuben. This is the start of the journey that leads Reuben to discover that he now has the wolf gift and must keep it a secret and learn how to live with it. If you enjoyed any other of Anne Rice’s novels then you’re sure to love this one.

The Throne of Fire By Rick Riordan

zemanuel — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:30:17 +0000

In the second book of the Kane Chronicles, Carter and Sadie are still following the path of the gods and teaching these ways to other young magicians. Learning that Apophis, the chaos snake god, is about to escape his prison they must go and try to revive the once powerful sun god Ra. They have to go through many challenges to reach Ra, while finding help along the way like the Egyptian dwarf god Babi. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone who likes Riordan’s previous work like the Percy Jackson series.

The Replacement By Brenna Yovanoff

zemanuel — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:42:58 +0000

This is the second book I have read by this author, the first being The Space Between, which was really good. After reading The Replacement I was not let down by the author. This book was set in the town of Gentry and featured a boy named Mackie. Mackie is not like everyone else; he can’t touch metal, he freaks when he sees or smells blood, and he can’t walk on sacred ground. Mackie is not the child that his parents had, he is a replacement. He was left in the place of the real Malcolm Doyle, and now he is slowly dying. He must find out where he came from and if there is some way to stop himself from slowly dying. I really enjoyed the author’s writing. This is Yovanoff’s first book and I love everything about it – the characters and the storyline. The whole book has grittiness to it that I really enjoyed.

The Red Pyramid By Rick Riordan

zemanuel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:51:29 +0000

Rick Riordan is also the author of the popular series Percy Jackson that follows the Greek gods. The Red Pyramid, however, follows the Egyptian gods and has two heroes, brother and sister Carter and Sadie Kane. After reading The Red Pyramid I was surprised that I liked this series better. It starts by explaining the different lives of Carter and Sadie. Carter travels the world with his dad, who is an Egyptologist, while his sister Sadie lives in England with her grandparents. Carter and Sadie only see each other once or twice a year. This time when they meet, though, their dad is acting strange, looking over his shoulder watching for people. Their dad takes them to a museum were he then looks at the Rosetta stone. Through some weird occurrence the stone explodes and their dad is suddenly missing. Now Carter and Sadie have no idea what is going on and must find out what has happened to their dad, and why all this other weird stuff is occurring. Overall I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read the next one of the series.

Circle Nine by Anne Heltzel

nessa — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:45:37 +0000

This was an interesting book, one that I might wait a long while before i pick it up again. The way “Abby” wakes up with no memory, and the journey she takes to find the truth is captivating. It show how things can go from looking like Paradise to a reality of Hell with in a short time. Painting a picture of a person being innocent, and free and showing a person being held captive by the choices she makes.

Attracted to Fire by DiAnn Mills

nessa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:32:01 +0000

This was a great book. Ash, the agent in charge is painted as a man who thinks women should not be with the secret service, however Meghan has a plan to change his mind. It was written with a great twist, and that is the best element of all. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting a good read.

The Space Between By Brenna Yovanoff

zemanuel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:45:40 +0000

This was a really good and quick read with an interesting story. The main character Daphne, who happens to live in hell and whose parents are Lilith and Lucifer, is somewhat bored and emotionless. She has several siblings but there is only one that she truly cares about, Obie. Obie makes the decision that he is leaving hell even though it is dangerous for him because of the angel Azrael who hunts down demons on Earth. This is where the story takes off for Daphne. With her brother now missing she must go to Earth for the first time and find him. I would highly recommend this book to any fiction lover. It was a really well written book and you get to see how Daphne develops over the span of her first visit to Earth.

Heaven is for Real

turducken — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:25:43 +0000

Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo is an intriguing story of a child’s out-of body-experience. After an emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix Colton Burpo describes his spiritual journey. I was a bit skeptical when I started reading this book but as it progressed I felt the story was captivating. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the perspective of eternity through the eyes of a child.