This morning I arrived to find more than 50 new paperbacks on my desk, ready to be put on the shelves. Everything from fantasy to sports, romance to diaries from a demon. Check it out, I'm sure you'll find something enticing.
Kathleen
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
New Books this Week
Here are a few of the new books that arrived this week:
Flora's Dare: How a girl of spirit gambles all to expand her vocabulary, confront a bouncing boy terror, and try to save califa from a shaky doom by Ysabeau S. Wilce This is the sequel to Flora Segunda and is fantasy with a very twisted sense of humour.
Chloe Doe by Suzanne Phillips A gritty story about a girl who takes to the streets and the people who try to save her.
Monster Academy: Monster Hunters book 2 by Dean Lorey This is the third book by this author about these characters. They are very funny fantasy stories with lots of action and monster death.
Bloodchild by Tim Bowler If you like creepy thrillers, you'll love this book. Will wakes up one day without any memory but with a strong sense that something terrible is happening in his town. Why did someone try to kill him, and why do people seem so hostile toward him?
The Dragon's Lair by Elizabeth Haydon The third story of the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme follows Ven into the midst of two warring kingdoms. He is supposed to find out the cause of their dispute and report back to his King. Unfortunately, the cause is a very angry dragon!
By Royal Command by Charlie Higson This is the 5th book in the Young James Bond series and it pulls in characters from the last 4 books. I love this series!
Headlong by Kathe Koja Lily and Hazel both attend the exclusive Vaughn school for girls. Lily has always belonged to the lifestyle at Vaughn and taken it for granted. When Hazel, the scholarship student, arrives on campus the two become friends and Lily sees that her life may not be as completely perfect as she always thought.
A couple that I have read lately and want to recommend are Impossible by Nancy Werlin and Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Both are fantasy novels with strong female characters. Impossible is about a girl who finds out that her family has been cursed by an Elfin knight and the only way to break the curse is to complete three impossible tasks. Graceling is more traditional fantasy. When we first meet Katsa, she is a strong-arm bully for her uncle the King. She is Graced, meaning she has some kind of special talent, in her case she believes it is killing. She is not happy with the way her life is but doesn not know how to change it. As the story goes, she does take control of her life and it changes dramatically. Romance, adventure, intrigue!
Stop by and see what else is new.
Kathleen
Flora's Dare: How a girl of spirit gambles all to expand her vocabulary, confront a bouncing boy terror, and try to save califa from a shaky doom by Ysabeau S. Wilce This is the sequel to Flora Segunda and is fantasy with a very twisted sense of humour.
Chloe Doe by Suzanne Phillips A gritty story about a girl who takes to the streets and the people who try to save her.
Monster Academy: Monster Hunters book 2 by Dean Lorey This is the third book by this author about these characters. They are very funny fantasy stories with lots of action and monster death.
Bloodchild by Tim Bowler If you like creepy thrillers, you'll love this book. Will wakes up one day without any memory but with a strong sense that something terrible is happening in his town. Why did someone try to kill him, and why do people seem so hostile toward him?
The Dragon's Lair by Elizabeth Haydon The third story of the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme follows Ven into the midst of two warring kingdoms. He is supposed to find out the cause of their dispute and report back to his King. Unfortunately, the cause is a very angry dragon!
By Royal Command by Charlie Higson This is the 5th book in the Young James Bond series and it pulls in characters from the last 4 books. I love this series!
Headlong by Kathe Koja Lily and Hazel both attend the exclusive Vaughn school for girls. Lily has always belonged to the lifestyle at Vaughn and taken it for granted. When Hazel, the scholarship student, arrives on campus the two become friends and Lily sees that her life may not be as completely perfect as she always thought.
A couple that I have read lately and want to recommend are Impossible by Nancy Werlin and Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Both are fantasy novels with strong female characters. Impossible is about a girl who finds out that her family has been cursed by an Elfin knight and the only way to break the curse is to complete three impossible tasks. Graceling is more traditional fantasy. When we first meet Katsa, she is a strong-arm bully for her uncle the King. She is Graced, meaning she has some kind of special talent, in her case she believes it is killing. She is not happy with the way her life is but doesn not know how to change it. As the story goes, she does take control of her life and it changes dramatically. Romance, adventure, intrigue!
Stop by and see what else is new.
Kathleen
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Teen Advisory Board Meeting
In case you hadn't seen yet, the meeting will be Thursday, January 15 at 7:00 (yes that is tomorrow). Sorry for the late reminder.
Kathleen
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