Book of the Month – July: All Our Yesterdays

Posted on: July 1, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

By Cristin Terrill Em is being held prisoner on a secret military base. All that keeps her going is the voice of the boy in the cell next door and a list of instructions she finds inside the drain, written in her own handwriting. It appears that she and the neighbouring prisoner have made multiple […]

Denton Little’s Death Date

Posted on: June 3, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

By Lance RubinIn the world Denton grows up in, everyone knows what day they are going to die, thanks to tests run at birth.  For some people, that day is when they are very old, and for others, it is when they are quite young.Denton is one of the people with an early death date. […]

Book of the Month – June: I’ll Give You the Sun

Posted on: June 1, 2015 at 9:00 am, in

I’ll give you the sunby Jandy Nelson Jude and Noah are fraternal twins and absolutely inseparable. They both love art, live carefree lives, and know that they have each other. But one day something happens and their relationship falls apart. Jude no longer wants her awkward brother around, and Noah doesn’t recognize his boy crazy […]

The Selection

Posted on: May 17, 2015 at 10:00 am, in

By Kiera CassI’m not going to lie: I picked this book up based solely on the gorgeous cover. Turns out, I became so hooked on the story that I’m now a tiny bit obsessed with this series by Kiera Cass.In a newly formed nation called Illea, citizens are born into a strict caste system that rarely allows for […]

The 100

Posted on: May 2, 2015 at 3:07 pm, in

By Kass MorganI have been watching the T.V series connected to this novel from the first episode. I was excited when the library received the novel hoping to compare. I was very surprised to read and discover that while there are similarities there are even more differences. Character’s names and occupations are different and the […]

Shadow and Bone

Posted on: March 20, 2015 at 9:26 pm, in

By Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone readers are taken into a whole new world, surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. […]

Afterworlds

Posted on: March 6, 2015 at 9:14 pm, in

By Scott Westerfeld This book takes place in parallel universes. Our main character Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her novel, Afterworlds. Darcy drops everything she knows and heads to New York. Once she gets to New York she has no apartment or friends and she wonders whether she’s […]

Book of the Month – March: Salvage

Posted on: March 2, 2015 at 9:19 am, in

By Alexandra DuncanSeventeen year old Ava was born and raised in deep space, on a merchant ship called the Parastrata. The culture of her ship is conservative and patriarchal. Women have babies, cook, clean, and work with textiles and animals. Men are leaders who take multiple wives, act as guards, fixers and flyers and are […]

Cruel Beauty

Posted on: February 7, 2015 at 8:52 pm, in

By Rosamund Hodge Cruel Beauty is an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast with some Greek Mythology thrown in. Our main character, Nyx, since birth, has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom, because of a bargain struck by her father. Also since birth Nyx has been training to kill her future husband, […]