Category Archives: Staff Book Reviews

Staff Review: The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Johnathan

Why I checked it out: I enjoyed all of Maggie Stiefvater’s previous books and wanted to check out her newest story which is due out on September 18. Why I liked it: “The Raven Boys” entertains with its unpredictability. Filled … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Posted on September 5, 2012 by DBRLTeen

Reviewer: Library Associate Tricia Price Why I liked this book: It’s interesting to think about what life would be like aboard a spaceship making a three hundred year journey to colonize a new planet. The story is told by Elder, … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: The Selection by Kiera Cass

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dana

Why I checked it out: I’ll admit it, I picked it up because the cover was pretty. But I checked it out because it’s dystopian and I found out there’s a television show it in the works based on the … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Bewitching by Alex Flinn

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Jerilyn

What do Hansel and Gretel, the Titanic disaster, the Little Mermaid, the Princess and the Pea, and the Great Plague of 1666 have in common? Kendra was there.  In “Bewitching” by Alex Flinn, Kendra gives you the inside scoop on … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Jerilyn

I just finished another good read and I want to recommend it to fans of Twilight and Shiver: Embrace by Jessica Shirvington. On Violet’s 17th birthday she finds out that exiled angels are on Earth who want to take over … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Posted on May 11, 2012 by DBRLTeen

Why I checked it out: It had been many years since I had read a young adult novel, and I wanted to see if this positively reviewed book could bring me back to the genre. Why I liked it: Late … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jerilyn

“Dear Ed, In a sec you’ll hear a thunk.” Min Green, lover of old movies, is about to leave a box on the doorstep of Ed Slaterton, co-captain of the high school basketball team. In it is “every last souvenir of the … Continue reading →

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Staff Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dana

Why I checked it out:  Is there anyone not talking about this trilogy?  Plus, the sequel, Insurgent, comes out in May. Why I liked it:  This story has it all:  pulse-pounding action, a harsh dystopian world set in a ruined … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: Double Whammy Closer

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Book Dude

If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser When DeShawn and his friends talk about the future they don’t say, “when  I grow up,” they say, “if  I grow up.”  For them, the possibility of prison or an early death is very … Continue reading →

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Gateway Mondays: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jerilyn

If I Stay by Gayle Forman Life or Death?  These are Mia’s choices.  She is outside her body watching what goes on around her. Her parents have been killed in a car accident and she is in a coma.  Should … Continue reading →

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