Book 3… Do not read this unless you have read The Awakening and The Summoning!
Chloe (a sup-ed-up necromancer) is on the run from the Eddison Group with a werewolf (Derek), a warlock (Simon), and a sup-ed-up witch (Tori). All were genetically modified so that their powers wouldn’t have the restraints of the normal supernaturals. In this the 3rd book, Chloe and the others have finally gotten into a situation where there are adults who they can trust and who want to help them. Or so they think. With an older necromancer who is going to teach her the basics, Chloe thinks she will finally get to understand something about her powers. But when the other necromance makes Chloe conjure in a graveyard even after the protests of both Chloe and Tori…all kinds of trouble erupts.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!
I really liked the first two books of this escape story turned love story, but this one left me wanting. I was waiting for a really awesome ending of the trilogy. I was waiting for the unexpected…but, I was left with the predictable “…and they lived happily ever after” type of ending. I loved that Derek finally got to change into his wolfy self and that Chloe finally uses her powers to protect herself instead of just fear them, but I was left thinking this third (and final) book should have had more in it. Then I learned that there is a book 4!!!!! The Gathering is set to come out in April 2011. Really this is book 1 of a 2nd series with different kids who have also got messed with by the Eddison Group, but Chloe and the others will be back in this series towards the end, or so Armstrong says on her site: http://www.darkestpowers.com/the-gathering/
Tags: Book Review, Hannah's Reviews, kelley armstrong, the reckoning
We are about half way to our 600 teens goal!!!
If you are a teen and want to see Hannah at Main, Angie at Eola, Pat at West , & Ginger at the Bookmobile all dye their hair whatever color wins the poll on the right side of the screen, then get to Level 4 of the summer reading program before the 7th!!!! You read 6 hours you get prizes. If you can read 24 hour between now and Saturday then you can make it to level 4! REMEMBER, You can only turn in one level per day!!! Plus as a bonus on top of getting some fun prizes for every 6 hours, you get a free book at level 4 and a chance to win a Wii and a game to go with it. See your Teen Librarian to learn more!
Tags: 2010, contest, hair dye, summer reading
Every summer Belly, her brother, and their mom spend the summer at their mom’s best friend’s beach house with her and her two sons, Conrad and Jeremiah. Belly has always had a crush on Conrad, but has always been like a little sister to the two brothers. The summer she turns 16 everything is different. It used to be that she was always getting left out of the fun the boys had. Now that she’s 16 all the boys are looking at her, even the other boys in town. She is ready for a summer of fun, but Conrad is acting up and Jeremiah is acting weird. Something is up with the two boys and it’s not just that this is the summer that she turned pretty.
Seriously this book reminds me of a mix of Sarah Dessen and Lurlene McDaniel. The only down side was that it kept skipping through time, back and forth and back again. While listening to this on playaway I had trouble keeping track of which summer it was. The book was really incredible and I enjoyed it a lot. It was sad close to the end, but instead of a love triangle it was more of a love square.
check out the authors site! http://www.dearjennyhan.com/
Tags: Book Review, Hannah's Reviews, jenny han, the summer i turned pretty
So cool, but very much a mix of every teen book turned into a movie in the past few years. But, any movie that has a “lightning cage” rocks in my opinion. What do you all think? Anyone see it?
Tags: movie, the sorcerer's apprentice
Ever Bloom is the only survivor of a car accident that took the lives of her mother, father, sister, and their dog. Since the accident she has been living with her aunt and going to a new school. All her old friends have stopped talking to her and she has become a very different girl then who she was before the accident. She sees auras, can read minds, and if she touches someone she knows everything about them. Studying is no longer necessary. She just knows, and if she tells anyone they will think she’s crazy, so instead she blasts music on an ipod and wears clothes that hide her from the world. But, when she meets Damen her life gets turned upside down yet again. When he touches her the world is blank, she can no longer hear the inner voices of everyone in the room.
When I first started this one I thought it was far too much like Twilight and that there would be a vampire. I was actually surprized by who Damen was. It was a good book that made me smile, even if I thought that at times the characters where a bit flat in places. I must now read book 2! My thanks to the teens who told me to read it!
Tags: alyson noel, Book Review, evermore, Hannah's Reviews
Book 2!!! It comes after Evil Genius. Cadell is back and in hiding without a country to call his own because Prosper English wont claim him as his son. So Cadell lives in foster care with two other “troubled” kids. One of which never gets in trouble for the damage he causes Cadell. Being followed by undercover police officers (who wont give him a ride) and only being allowed to be on the computer for a short time each day (and if he isn’t there to use it during his allotted time he looses it), Cadell is not happy. When an opportunity for alternate living conditions with unlimited computer access opens up, with a bonus of living with Sonja, Cadell jumps in to the Genius Squad. But, with people looking for him and the cops watching him and Prosper still out there, Cadell is worried.
These are fun books to listen to…until you get to the number code and then listening to the audio can get annoying, but the books are great. And this one leaves it open for a 3rd book. If you like books about smart kids who could take over the world (if they want to) then this author is great!
Tags: Book Review, Catherine Jinks, genius squad, Hannah's Reviews
This is book 4!!!!! Spoiler Alert!!!!!
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Ken can hear dead people and they always talk to him at the most inappropriate times. Amanda is a body snatcher and only recently was in Ken’s. Each is special and each are in the Special Class at school for kids like them who have special abilities. The entire class of 9 has been warned that there are people who would like to use them for their abilities and so far they have overcome a lot by working together. When Ken gets a message in his locker about a SEANCE he and Amanda decide to go check it out. When Amanda feels sorry for a woman trying to contact her mother she ends up becoming the woman and Ken becomes obsessed with helping a small boy who’s family desperately needs money since his father died. Between trying to help the boy and dealing with his dead best friend’s old girlfriend Ken has enough to do. Amanda wants to show everyone in class that her power in not worthless and then a perfect opportunity just happens to open up when she accidentally body snatches at the SEANCE.
Book 4. The teens in these books are mostly in grade 9. Each book is a quick read that is never dull. In this one I was glad that I got to find out about the first time Ken heard someone from the other side. I am hooked on this series and normally finish one of these books in a day.
Tags: Book Review, finders keepers, gifted, Hannah's Reviews, Marilyn Kaye
Gabry lives in Vista, a little town that lies between the forest and the ocean. Vista is also one of the last safe towns in, wherever, meaning it is not overun with Mudo, the dead who have risen and now crave human flesh, although they still infest the Forest beyond.
Gabry’s mother, Mary, keeps her safe from the Mudo that wash up on the beach and from the secrets of her past. But when some of the teens climb over the Barrier for a midnight stroll, Gabry is invited to come along, and all hell breaks loose.
Gabry is devestated that everything has fallen apart after everything just seemed to be going right in her life. A new found love and an even closer friendship are ripped from her as secrets are revealed and Gabry must face the terrifying Forest of her mother’s past.
This was a very intense and satisfying read. There was so much action, I just tore through it and before I knew it I was reading the acknowledgements!!! This is a MUST read.
Tags: Book Review, Carrie Ryan, dead-tossed waves, http://www.carrieryan.com
Sam/Jack had grown up with Old Bill, his stepfather, telling him what a no-good, womanizing, selfish creep his father, James Keagan, was. Why, because Sam had Tourette’s syndrome and Bill can’t accept that from his adopted son. After graduation, Sam is befriended by George, an old friend of his dad. George calls Sam Jack, because that’s his original name. When George dies, Jack is sent on a cross country trip to Jerk, California. It gets complicated when Naomi decides to go with Jack. Along the way Jack tries to sort out who he is, learn who his father was, his feelings for Naomi, and just where he fits in. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Except for “Old Bill” all of the characters seem to learn and grow. But even “Old Bill” is believable. One of my favorite parts is when Naomi learns how to milk a cow.’ “They just yank on this thing and milk comes out.” She [Naomi] scowls at Mary. “But now they’re content giggling at me, aren’t you?”’ A nice summer read.
Tags: Tourette's Snydrome, travel
you know, when you find a word or phrase or sentence or paragraph in a book that is just so amazing or beautiful you feel like you ought to write it down or memorize it forever? i remember reading about a sunset “melting into a golden puddle” or a sky that was lemon and rose colored. Can’t you just see it?
Tell me something you remember from a book that has stuck with you.
Tags: favorite quotes
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