Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4) By: Holly Black Published by: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Released On: 2004-04-06 ISBN: 0689859392 Pages: 128 Genre: Childrens Author’s Website: http://www.blackholly.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: hardcover Source: purchased Recommendable for people who enjoy: childrens, adventure, fairy Synopsis (from blackholly.com): First, a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves tries to entrap Jared. Why is the entire faerie world so eager to get…
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Spiderwick Chronicles 3 – Lucinda’s Secret
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK AUDIO Lucinda’s Secret: Movie Tie-in Edition (Spiderwick Chronicles (Hardback)) By: Holly Black Published by: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Released On: 2008-01-01 ISBN: 1416950192 Pages: 128 Genre: Childrens Author’s Website: http://www.blackholly.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: hardcover Source: purchased Recommendable for people who enjoy: childrens, adventure, fairy Synopsis (from blackholly.com): Things at the Spiderwick estate are getting completely out of hand. If being attacked by a band of marauding goblins and almost eaten by a bridge troll…
Read MoreSpiderwick Chronicles 2 – The Seeing Stone
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles #2) By: Holly Black Published by: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Released On: 2003-05 ISBN: 0689859376 Pages: 128 Genre: Childrens Author’s Website: http://www.blackholly.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: hardcover Source: purchased Recommendable for people who enjoy: childrens, adventure, fairy Synopsis (from blackholly.com): The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda’s strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. Jared and his sister have to rely on the help…
Read MoreSpiderwick Chronicles 1 – The Field Guide
Buy on Amazon Available in: HARDCOVER PAPERBACK The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) By: Holly Black Published by: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers Released On: 2003-05 ISBN: 0689859368 Pages: 128 Genre: Childrens Author’s Website: http://www.blackholly.com/ Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: hardcover Source: purchased Recommendable for people who enjoy: childrens, adventure, fairy Synopsis (from blackholly.com): Things at the Spiderwick estate are getting completely out of hand. If being attacked by a band of marauding goblins and almost eaten by a bridge troll wasn’t…
Read MoreChill Run by Russell Brooks
Buy on Amazon Available in: PAPERBACK KINDLE Chill Run By: Russell Brooks Published by: Independent Released On: 2011-11-30 ISBN: 0986751340 Pages: 243 Genre: Thriller Author’s Website: www.russellparkway.com Author’s Social: Twitter | Facebook Format of Review Copy: Softcover Source: Author Recommendable for people who enjoy: thriller, crime drama, mystery Synopsis (from Amazon): You know a publicity stunt has backfired when someone dies.Starving author Eddie Barrow, Jr., will do anything to get a book deal with a NYC publisher. Even if it means getting caught by the media while engaging in S&M…
Read MoreA Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Buy on Amazon A Tale Dark and Grimm By: Adam Gidwitz Published by: Puffin Released On: 2011-08-18 ISBN: 0142419672 Genre: Childrens – Middle Grade Pages: 256 Author’s Website: www.adamgidwitz.com Author’s Twitter: n/a Author on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=771370130 Recommendable for people who: enjoy fairytale retellings, children’s books, the Brothers Grimm. Synopsis (from Amazon): Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm (and Grimm-inspired) fairy tales. An irreverent, witty narrator leads us through encounters with witches, warlocks, dragons, and the devil himself. As the siblings roam…
Read MoreCarrie by Stephen King
For my first Stephen King featured post, I wanted to share one of my favorite Stephen King books (and movies!) Buy on Amazon Formats: Hardcover / Paperback / Audio / Kindle Movie Adaptation: Carrie (Special Edition) Carrie: A Novel Of A Girl With A Frightening Power By: Stephen King; Alex Gotfryd Cover Art Published by: Doubleday & Co. Released On: April, 1974 ISBN: 978-0385086950 Genre: Horror Pages: 199 Author’s Website: www.stephenking.com Author’s Twitter: n/a Recommendable for people who: Enjoy Horror, YA Synopsis (from stephenking.com): The story of misfit high-school girl,…
Read MoreLittle Red Riding Hood. Into the Forest Again by Shaunda Kennedy Wenger
Buy on Amazon Little Red Riding Hood. Into the Forest Again By: Shaunda Kennedy Wenger Published by: Essemkay Company Productions Released On: 2011-03-28 ISBN: 0615445977 Genre: childrens Pages: 70 Author’s Website: http://www.shaundawenger.blogspot.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/Wenger13 Recommendable for people who: have smaller children, or are fans of fairy tales and fairy tale retellings. 🙂 Synopsis (from Amazon): When Little Red sets out to bring a cake to Grandmother’s house, she promises the mirror on her wall that she won’t talk to strangers. But as the shadows of the forest press around…
Read MoreTorrent by Lisa T Bergren
Buy on Amazon Torrent: A Novel (River of Time Series) By: Lisa T. Bergren Published by: David C. Cook Released On: 2011-09-01 ISBN: 143476429X Genre: YA, Historical Fiction Pages: 400 Author’s Website: http://lisatawnbergren.com/ Author’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/LisaTBergren Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/lisa.t.bergren Recommendable for people who: action, adventure, ya, romance, series Synopsis (from Amazon): When Gabi and Lia finally learn to surf the river of time, they realize they must make hard choices about life and love in the third and final book in the River of Time series. Gabi and Lia Betarrini…
Read MoreFrom Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
Buy on Amazon From Dead to Worse (Southern Vampire Mysteries, No. 8 ) By: Charlaine Harris Published by: Ace Released On: 2009-03-31 ISBN: 0441017010 Genre: Fiction-Paranormal, Horror, Romance Pages: 336 Author’s Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com Recommendable for people who: Enjoy vampires, suspense, horror Synopsis (from Amazon): After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. And things are changing, whether the…
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