Featured Library Item Staff Review
The cat (whose ears are too big for his head) loves to use his imagination, and, as a mom, I could enjoy the book just for that. However, it is funny and sweet as well. A favorite in our house.
Smile is a delightful story you can savor slowly page by page. The creative fonts and illustrations look exactly like the main character Sunny drew them. Sunny loses her smile when Mom says she may not have any cookies before dinner. As you savor each page, you find Sunny looking everywhere for her smile. She offers one humbug as a reward to whoever finds it, but to no avail. While in pursuit of this missing smile, wonderful things happen along the way. Sunny cleans her room, finds Dad's...
This is a page turner of a spy thriller written by a former MI6 agent. I really felt as though I was watching a movie as this book unfolded. The main character is a lifelong secret agent with scars all over his body. He is driven by vengeance, and has no regard for potentially losing his own life as he fights to track down the world’s biggest threat. Of course there is the requisite love interest and plot twists, and plenty of shooting and fighting. If you...
Such a Pretty Girl shocked me into a reading marathon. One chapter in and I had to make sure that Meredith would survive. Never have i felt such a burden to see a character through to the end or been so glad I did.
Meredith wears old overalls, her long hair hides her face, she doesn’t shower often and she smokes. She wants to be invisible. If she can’t be invisible then she wants to be repulsive because today her dad is coming home. ...
Need a fun read? Need to wipe tears from your eyes from laughing so hard? Look no further than Swim the Fly. Three life-long friends create a "challenge" each summer and this summer is to be no different. The challenge: to see a real-live naked girl for the first time - quite a challenge given that none of the guys has the nerve to even ask a girl out on a date. In the spirit of Hollywood's blockbuster comedies, screenwriter-turned-YA-novelist Don Calame unleashes a true ode to the...
Dav Pilkey has become a favorite author in our household. We just can't get enough. And, the latest book, Ook and Gluk, doesn't dissappoint. Complete with the silly jokes and the Flip-O-Rama we've come to expect, Ook and Gluk take you for a prehistoric ride. There is even a "Cavemonics" section in the back to learn how to talk like a caveman. Learn how to turn "I'm going to the local amusement partk today" into "me go to parf ride place." It's billed to be fun,...
This book is told from the point of view of a man’s dog Enzo. The dog tells a funny yet deeply profound story of his life with his race car driving owner Denny. Having taught himself many things by watching television, Enzo has a great amount of insight into the human condition, and hopes that in his next life he will return as a human - with the opposable thumbs that intrigue him so. He tells the story of his life with Denny, and how he has watched Denny struggle through the loss of his...
Bruno is a young boy who loves playing with his three best friends, sliding down the banister in his house and exploring his surroundings. When his dad gets a job promotion and moves the family, Bruno has to leave his old world behind and start over. One day Bruno meets a boy that is his same age and he begins a friendship that will change his life forever.
Although this novel is set in Germany and Poland and decides to take on some of the heavy themes of WWII, I enjoyed the innocence and...
The Bride by Julie Garwood is an historical romance set in England and Scotland in 1100. Alec Kincaid has been instructed by his king to marry an English bride, one of the daughters of Barron Jamison. Jamie has been ordered to marry a Scot by her King. Both rulers believe that this marriage alliance will help avert war between the two nations. Alec is laird of the Kincaid clan. He has a horrid reputation. Some rumors say he killed his first wife. Jamie is the fifth child of Barron Jamison and...
I have sat down to write this review on numerous occasions. Always I have failed. If I merely describe the steam punk plot with a Shakespearean twist I miss the whole point. When attempting to describe the immense philosophical insights I received from this book I find myself prone to hyperbole. The only course left to me is my reading narrative.
After fifty pages, I called my sister and demanded she read this book with me. Half way through the book I began questioning...