Okay, this book is pretty good. Not my favorite, but it certainly is in the top 10. It’s about a girl named Jordan who’s life was going down in flames. Her ex- boyfriend, Michael, died. But Jordan knew the truth: Michael was alive – well sort of. She has to put up with him sitting outside her window, begging to offer him in every night since his funeral. She’s been smoking pot, popping pills, and getting drunk to ease the pain but now there’s a new option: “You can’t go on like this, Jo. I can stop it all, and we’ll be together again…” Jordan longs to let Michael in, but is that what she really wants? Can she really trust him?









Book Featured: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Review By: Paige

I was wary of this book, because I generally am when it comes to things that seem to create a whole new world. I tend to think that the author simply stole from people such as J.K. Rowling or Stephanie Meyer [although I thought that of both of them at first as well], but this book, and it's sequal, is amazing. It's about Clary Fray who finds out she is a Shadowhunter. Turns out, her mom has been keeping some secrets from her since she was born. Her mother then disappears before Clary can find out what this revelation means to her life and she is forced to learn of a new world on her own. We follow her in her adventures against Valentine, the "Shadowhunter Gone Bad." I like to think of him as an even more demented Voldemort. (Speaking of...what's with names starting in V?) The author manages to sweep even a skeptical reader into her world and by the end of the book, I was very glad that I happened to pick City of Bones up in Barnes and Noble.








Book Featured: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Author: Libby Bray
Review By: Paige

This book has it all. It's a wonderful story for girls and I think anyone that is a teen or older would enjoy this book. It's set in Victorian England. Gemma Doyle is sent to Spencer Academy that most upstanding girls attend after her mother dies. However, she spent most of her life in India and is just not used to England. At the same time, she begins to have visions. She also finds out her mother's association with a group called the Order, a witch group. And Gemma is the only one that can stop the one that wants to open the realms. She teams up with three other girls to ensure that the realms are not open. Along the way, she meets Kartik, a boy from the Brotherhood, that wants to help here. There are definite feelings between the two, although in Victorian England, Gemma marrying a gypsy would bring great scandal and Gemma's grandmother is constantly pushing for her to marry someone from Nobility. This book is fantastic, and it's sequals are only better. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a romance, magick, and England. It's wonderful.








Book Featured: Looking for Alaska
Author: John Green
Review By: Paige

When I picked up this book, I thought it was going to be a book I passed time with, but I didn't really love. I was very wrong. This book sucks you in. It's about a boy, Pudge, that goes to his father's old boarding school. There, he meets Alaska Young, the Colonel, Takumi, and Lara. Together, these teenagers break alot of rules, such as smoking cigarettes and drinking and play pranks on other kids and teachers. At first, it seems as if it's normal teenage fun. Pudge falls hard for Alaska, who pulls him into her self-destructive world. The books goes along until tragedy strikes and then nothing is ever the same. Looking for Alaska is a book for anyone that's had tragedy in their family or anyone that fell for someone that was not the best person to fall for. I'm so glad that I picked up this book. It's a thrill ride from beginning to end and as you turn the page, you feel as if you truly don't know what's going to happen next, but you have to keep reading, even though you know it can't end well.








Book Featured: Vamped
Author: David Sosnowski
Review By: Jessica

Vampires now outnumber the human race and “There’s a sucker born every minute.” according to Marty Kowalski, a lonely vampire who’s so bored with his never-ending life that he could just die—again. The thrill of the hunt is now lost since the modern conveniences of synthetic blood and Mr. Plasma machines. Marty just wants to settle down and start a family. [It could happen, right?] But is he really ready for all that responsibility? Well he doesn’t have time to think about all that when he stumbles upon a little human 6-year-old orphaned girl named Isuzu, who steals his non-beating heart one little word and giggle at a time. Isuzu, being one—probably the only one—human that travel around at night, could be an easy rare meal for the next vampire that comes along. Time goes on and he thinks it’s hard enough to raise her when she’s little, but what’s going to happen when she gets older, more independent, and more curious with the vampire world around her? And what’s going to happen when Marty starts dating to try to find Isuzu a mother-type figure? Can Marty trust another vampire with his little human secret?








Book Featured: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series
Author: Ann Brashares
Review By: Paige

These books have been out for quite awhile now, but for so long I couldn't make myself read booksk about something ridiculous as a pair of pants. Well, I'm glad I did now. These books is about pants, for sure, but its also about an undeniable friendship that lasts throughout being separated all summer, and then later on in the series through college. In today's world girls are often stabbed in the back and find themselves around fake friends that use them. In these books, Lena, Tibby, Carmen, and Bridget, show a real friendship that I think many girls will appreciate reading about. These books showed me that I needed to look at some of my friendships and I'm so much happier because of that. Not one for reading? Well check out the movie review on this website and then go rent it!








Book Featured: Speak
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Review By: Paige

Speak is a must read for any teenager. It is about a girl that has been rendered pretty much silent because of a tramatic event in her life. Not only that, but all her friends from middle school will no longer talk to her. It is perfect for anyone that feels abandoned at times in high school. I loved reading this book, even though, as usual I was reading a book that had been out for years.










Book Featured:Hard Love
Author: Ellen Wittlinger
Review By: Paige

I picked this book up after an hour of fruitless searching and it is wonderful. It's about a teenage boy that writes 'zines. He has a very disfunctional family that is both touching and funny. He reads a 'zine called EscapeVelocity, written by a girl named Marisol. The twist? She's a lesbian. Between all the real content, you get little articles that they wrote that are hilarious. I would recommend this book to any teenager.










Book Featured: Marked: A House of Night Novel
Author:P.C. and Kristin Cast
Review By: Paige

I recently read this book and I was hooked from the very first paragraph. It is about a vampire school and a world in which vampires have always existed, which may sound dark and depressing, but this book does the subject matter with humor, teenage angst, and basically the life of a normal teenage vampire. The main character is Zoey, a newly marked vampire and she goes to the House of Night right after she is marked. She meets new friends, which are an array of characters, and begins to go to House of Night, a boarding school for vampires. This book uses many modern day jokes and blends it well with old myths and legends and the vocabulary of the book is not hard to understand. Overall, I think this book is a very good book to read, especially with Halloween around the corner.








Book Featured: Betrayed:A House of Night Novel
Author:P.C. and Kristin Cast
Review By: Paige

This book is a fabulous addition to the House of Night Series. It takes place directly after the end of the first novel in this series. You'll find that you begin to dislike some characters greatly, and you'll start to like hated characters. This book has one very sad event, that is both expected and unexpected. You'll also see Zoey begin to come to terms with the romantic details of her life. I personally, cannot wait for the third installment and I think it will continue to be even better than the first two! I'll have a long time to wait though, because the third one will not come out until March 2008

I have heard different opinions of this book since it came out years ago. Even after reading it, I still have mixed opinions. There were parts of this book I liked and parts I didn't like. It also makes me wonder if Mr. Westerfield got his inspiration from an old Twilight Zone episode. This book is set in the future, it is a very surreal experience to read how they think of our population's lives. It is also very surreal to read how Tally longs to be "pretty" and doesn't realize that she might be pretty already. This book is very hard to explain without giving away the plot. I would suggest you read it, but not buy it until you have made your own opinion. This book is not one of my new favorites, but I definitely want to read the second book, "Pretties."

This book is a very typical story of boy meeting girl. However, this girl happens to be a prostitute for the biggest pimp in London and a herion addict. Joe meets Candy and pretty much instantly falls for her. He's determined to help her. This book is a roller coaster, especially if you know someone who was a drug addict. At some points, you want to laugh, others you want to cry. I would recommend this book to anyone that is on the other side of drug addiction, the side of not being addicted, and watching someone you love begin to withdraw.








Book Featured:Valiant: A Modern Tale of faerie
Author: Holly Black
Review By: Paige

This book is a great read. From beginning to end, you'll feel a variety of emotions. At some points, you'll think the book is almost over and you'll see how many pages you have left and wonder what could POSSIBLY happen next. The mythology of this book is amazing and not something that you normally see with a fantasy book. By the end of the book, you'll wish Ms. Black would write a sequal about Holly and her boyfriend, but Ironside is about a complete different set of people, leaving you to wonder what could have possibly happened to them