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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Most of the students had read this one, and several of my co-workers, and the premise sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a try. I’m very glad I did! This is the best book I’ve read so far this year. It…
Anita by Keith Roberts My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not what I was expecting. I thought I was in for a novel, but what I got instead was a chronological series of stories about the young witch Anita and her cranky old granny. Some of the stories were better than others, so it was…
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey My rating: 2 of 5 stars zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz If you come to this book hoping for a rip-snortin’ classic Western, pass it by. What you’re in for is pages and pages of repetitive description and second-hand action. The action sequences was the most frustrating part of the read.…
It’s shaping up to be a fun and busy summer. I’ve just signed on to do seven stops on a tour of the Pioneer Library System here in Central Oklahoma. Here’s a summary of what’s going on: Shapeshifters, Sorcerers, and Spirits, Oh MY! Delve into the mysteries of paranormal and fantasy fiction with popular young…
Ragnarök: The End of the Gods by A.S. Byatt My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was really, really looking forward to this book. Pre-release hype billed it as a World War II-era fable incorporating Norse mythology into the life of a young girl evacuated to the British countryside. Unfortunately, all it turned out to…
Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’d been looking forward to this book for years because it was John Steinbeck’s first novel and was just hard to find. Then one of my AP Literature students bought a copy for me. (No, it didn’t help his grade.) This was, well,…
The Road by Cormac McCarthy My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wow. I just finished this book moments ago. It’s an incredibly bleak but moving story about a father and son in a post-apocalypse wasteland. McCarthy doesn’t tell us what happened to the world, it simply is desolate, with roving bands of cannibals and lonely,…
The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed this very short book, but I actually didn’t read it for pleasure. I used this book as a teaching tool in my AP English Language class. It worked very well as a tool for teaching students to look…
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 3 of 5 stars Overall, this was a good book. I never got so frustrated that I considered giving it up, but there were several spots where it dragged, where Kay seemed to drone on and on about things that weren’t all that important. If you’re into political…
This is pretty cool. After Obsession earned a four blue-ribbon review at Romance Junkies. Here’s just a little taste of what reviewer Chris had to say: A young adult paranormal series just ripe for the horror-obsessed, aficionados of the creepy, angst-loving teenager in all of us, AFTER OBSESSION sets the stage for what could easily…
Steven E. Wedel 