“LEGEND” by Marie Lu, 305pages, $17.99 Hardback Reviewed by Laura Bird If you’re looking for a fast paced dystopian romance, you are in luck. ”Legend” will take you on a ride. The two main characters tell their stories against the … Continue reading
THE GOLEM’S EYE, Jonathan Stroud, 562pages, $8.99 Nathaniel is gliding the winds of success. He has saved the Prime Minister and other government higher ups from death, (it would appear singlehandedly). And now, with everyone hailing his brilliance and the … Continue reading
THE HUNGER GAMES, Suzanne Collins, 374pages, $ Varies @ Amazon If there was ever a testament to the old saw that “life is what you make of it”, it would have to be the life of Katniss Everdeen. Sure life … Continue reading
THE SUBTLE KNIFE, Philip Pullman, 326pages, $Prices vary at Amazon Will Parry has to get his mother to safety. There are men trying to find out whether his father, an explorer lost somewhere in the north pole, has been in … Continue reading
THE GOLDEN COMPASS, Philip Pullman, 399pages, $ Varies at Amazon Book one of the Dark Matter Series Lyra’s Oxford is a little different than … Continue reading
The Magicians, Lev Grossman, 402pages, $16.00 paperback Life really begins at seventeen. It’s the age of great decisions: Whether we will go off to university or not, and if so which one, and if not, how will we spend our … Continue reading
THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND, Jonathan Stroud, 462 pages, $9.99paperback London as it turns out isn’t what we think it is. Government workers and the upper classes are really all magicians, while the struggling middle and lower classes are non-magical folk … Continue reading
THE ISLE OF BLOOD, Rick Yancey, 555 pages, $18.99 Hardback When a knock is heard at the door of 425 Harrington Lane, it’s never at the front door and never at a decent hour. This time it is an English … Continue reading
Review by J.Taylor THE CURSE OF THE WENDIGO, Rick Yancey, 424 pages $9.99paperback It has been two difficult years since Will Henry was taken in by the “self absorbed lunatic”, Dr. Pellinore Warthrop. Two years to observe this “genius enslaved … Continue reading
THE MONSTRUMOLOGIST, Rick Yancey, 454pages, $9.99 paperback. “These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed.” These are the opening words set down in a journal by an old man who mysteriously lives to the … Continue reading