"The Evertree--Spirit Animals" by Marie Lu

The Evertree--Spirit Animals (Book 7) by Marie Lu is a children's story about four kids and their spirit animal friends who save the world. This is an adventure that probably would appeal more to children than adults. Apparently there is a game online that goes along with this series because on the back it says "Unlock the game. Discover your own spirit animal and join the adventure at scholastic.com/spiritanimals." There's also a code given to "unlock huge rewards."

First of all, I didn't realize this was a book 7 of a series until I looked at it closely. The cover really caught my attention and as well as the fat that Marie Lu is the author. I had a little bit of difficulty with keeping track of all the characters and remembering what names were of the animals but after I got into it, I got it all sorted out.  This is not a book I would recommend to adults but I think kids would enjoy it.
(Karen's review, 2 stars)

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"Eeny Meeny" by M. J. Arlidge Did Not Disappoint!

Eeny Meeny by M. J. Arlidge is a thriller!   In this novel, someone is putting two people in a locked room with only one way out.  Only one person can get out.  Do I have your interest yet?

This book looked good to me so I picked it up on a whim at the library.  The story moves along well and it kept my interest throughout.  There is good action and a really good ending--well worth reading.

Here's a teaser for you from page 3:

"On the floor by the phone you'll find a gun.  It has one bullet in it."
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)

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Teaser Tuesday--5 Today!

Gerard's:

Sir reaches for me but I shove through his grip, pushing by everyone--Dendera, who shouts something about floral arrangements, and Alysson, who says something about calming down, and Mather, who says nothing because that's what he does, he just stands there while I'm supposed to close my eyes and obey.

If I have to close my eyes and obey, Noam does too.

From page 210 of Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch.
  

Carter snapped his fingers and the meeting began to break up.  Suddenly, Archie felt empty, used up, discarded.

From page 38 of The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.

After many minutes of this silence, something happened that had never happened before, at least to Valentina's knowledge:  Mrs. Ivanova began to cry, turning her head away in a futile attempt to hide her emotions from the girl.  Valentina saw the tears anyway and soon she was crying also, upset and afraid but without knowing why.

From page 3 of Dark Eyes by William Richter.

Karen's: 

Celaena took the barmaid into the alley, if only because she didn't want to wake the other inn guests and get into yet another fight.  She didn't really know why she'd offered to teach her to defend herself.

From page 3 of Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica.

Whenever Sarah used to be upset about something bad that happened to her, she would cheer herself up by saying, Worse things have happened to better people.  But I don't think anything worse than this has ever happened to anybody.

 From page 70 (Loc. 1100 on Kindle) of Love Saves the Day by Gwen Cooper.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.


Happy Reading!

"Dark Eyes" by William Richter

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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Happy International Cat Day!

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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