Dark Eyes by William Richter is about a Russian girl who is adopted by an American couple and moves to New York. Years later, she goes by Wally and lives on the street. She knows her way around and nobody messes with her. She still wants to find her birth mom and her dad, who was in a Russian prison, breaks out and wants to find his wife too. But what he has in mind is not very nice! Wally needs all her street smarts to find her first. It took a while for the action to start, but when it does, this book heats up! It is well worth reading.
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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In honor of International cat day, here are a couple cat book trailers I just saw on YouTube this week:
This was Booktube Read-a-thon challenge to re-enact a scene from a book done by Between Chapters.
After viewing this book trailer done by Why Mermaids for the Booktube Read-a-thon challenge, I quickly borrowed the e-book from the library and am currently reading it on my Kindle.
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Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican centers on St. Michael's, a school that now accepts questionable students and highly religious students which is not a good mix. There is lots of bullying going on. I really enjoyed the character of Father Mercedes and Sister Maria. I thought Brutal Youth has good action and it held my interest throughout.
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica centers on a charitable woman named Heidi who helps stray cats. One day she sees a teen girl holding a baby at a train station and decides to take her in for just one night, assuming she's homeless. This novel is told by multiple points of view which I thought made the story that much better. The real good thing is the multiple story lines. You do not really know what to expect next! This is a page turner that is well worth reading, enjoy!
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica is a contemporary psychological thriller that is sad and heartbreaking. This novel combines the sad stories of Heidi Wood, a married woman with a 12-yr.-old daughter and Willow, a homeless teen girl with a baby. Their paths cross and Heidi opens her home to Willow and the baby in spite of objections from her husband and daughter. The reader is gradually given bits and pieces of Heidi’s and Willow’s pasts as the current events unfold which culminate into a good ending. I liked Heidi at the beginning but as the book went along, I liked her less and less. I liked Willow though and felt sorry for her throughout the book. This book portrays the social worker as incompetent and totally repulsive behavior on the part of Willow’s foster dad. This book was very disturbing to me because of the content. I thought it was an interesting read and didn’t have any clue as to how it would end so wanted to keep reading.
(Karen's review, 3 stars)
See our review of The Good Girl by Mary Kubica which we both liked.
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Here is my Booktube spoiler free review of Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas:
The Assassisn’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas is amazing! It has action, betrayal, romance, humor, and shows a softer, caring side of Celaena that I wish I had known going into the Throne of Glass series. This book is about two assassins, Celaena and Sam, who like each other in spite of being competitors. We also see Hamel Arobynn’s dark, cruel, mean side--he's a real scumbag. There are five novellas that comprise this book that were all very good. I particularly liked the first three better than the last two just because the last two are so heartbreaking and so sad. After reading this book, I like Celaena even more than I already did. This book is a page turner that had me from start to finish. I liked this one even more than those I’ve read in The Throne of Glass series because this book does not have any magic in it, just action and a lot of character development. I enjoyed this book very much and wish I had read it before starting the series so I knew Celaena better. I think Celaena and Sam should have went back to the Red Desert and worked for the mute assassin when they decided to leave Arobynn. In the second story about the healer, I found the self-defense lesson by Celaena very interesting and liked how she was willing to train Yrene, the barmaid at the White Pig Inn, how to defend herself. In the third story, Celaena finally finds a friend in Ansel and has some fun for a change. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy adventure, action, and well developed interesting character interaction.
(Karen's review, 5 stars)
The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Mass is made up of five short stories that give background on Celaena, the main character in The Throne of Glass series. This collection could have easily been a novel because the stories follow in chronological order. The three big things I got out of this book were: (1) I got to see a different side of Celaena; (2) Got to know Sam and about his relationship with Celaena; and (3) got to know more about Arobynn Hamel (the guy who trained her to be an assassin).
Wow! This book is fantastic! The stories are very good and filled with twists and turns. I LOVED IT A LOT! I would recommend reading this first before the Throne of Glass series although I didn't do it that way and still enjoyed it. I just think reading this one first would give you helpful background on Celaena going into the next books.
(Gerard's review 7/22/15, 5 stars)
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