Review: Solitary - Book #1 Solitary Tales - Travis Thrasher - August 2010 I picked this one up expecting a cozy, creepy little YA read to curl up with, and what I got instead was... something else entirely. Something I'm still turning over in my head, if I'm being honest. Chris Buckley moves to the small town of Solitary, North Carolina, right in the messy aftermath of his parents' divorce to a new school, new house, that particular kind of loneliness that comes from starting over somewhere nobody knows your name. It's a setup that feels instantly familiar and warm, like settling into a worn armchair. You root for Chris immediately. He's just a kid trying to find his footing. Then Jocelyn Evans walks in, and the book shifts into something stranger. She's beautiful, guarded, impossible to read ,  the kind of girl who pulls you in precisely because she keeps pushing you away. And Chris, sweet and a little lost, falls for her anyway. Underneath the small-town cha...

Review: Caught up in the Drama - Book #7 Good Girlz Series - ReShonda Tate Billingsley - April 2010 2021, was the year I decided to try and focus finally on clearing my kindle with old books. Especially since I didn't have the distraction of the new books coming into the library, since I no longer work there. The Good Girlz is a series I discovered so many moons ago and finally I have read almost the whole series. Caught up in Drama tells us the story of Camille who not only wins her school talent show when everyone discovers the beautiful set of pipes on her but she also gets the chance to sing and star in a Sisco music video. At first, Camille's friends are happy for her but soon as the video and that side start to take over her life, her life becomes divided and she starts to focus on the music side and her friends drift away. Camille can't see why she can't have both but soon jealousy sets in and Camille starts to lose her friends and boyfriend. However, what will...

One of my goals this year for my blog The Phantom Paragrapher is to participate in a few more link-up type events .  Ever stumbled across an amazing first line in a book that has stuck with you for the remainder of your reading life ?  Now is your time to share - every Friday that is , with First Line Friday courtesy of Hoarding Books @ https://hoardingbooksblog.wordpress.com/ Book- Infinity - Book #1 Chronicles of Nick - Sherrilyn Kenyon - May 2010 This particular line is one that I will never forget and when I first read it , it made me LOL but in August 2011 "I was officially a Mandork"  Your turn, reader friends! Share YOUR first line in the comments below! Click the blog hopping link to visit more FLF folks! http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=814471    

Review: Pies and Prejudice - Book #4 The Mother-Daughter Book Club Series - Heather Vogel Frederick - September 2010 It's about to be Freshman year for the girls in the Mother-Daughter Book Club and the year is looking exciting, and the girls are making plans. That is until Emma and Darcy's mother announces that the whole family is moving to England for a year and doing a house swap with a family from the UK.  The family is excited as it is the home of Jane Austen and many other authors but Emma's life has just got interesting as she has her first boyfriend Stephen and Jessica isn't happy with her crush - Darcy and best friend Emma moving. The club present Emma with a laptop, so that they can participate still in the Book Club sessions and since it was Emma's time to host - she and her mum pick one of Jane Austen's most famous books "Pride and Prejudice ." As the story goes along, the group decide to make Emma's Chri...

Review: My So-Called Death - Book #1 Dead High - Stacey Jay - March 2010 Remember years back when hot Zombies were the rage, and you didn't call them Zombies but Death Challenged or Death Impaired. This is one of the series that was popular back then, and yes, I bought it and only just got around to finally reading Book #1. I had previously read Book #0.5. In My So-Called Death, Karen is getting used to her life as a Zombie after an accident in cheerleading caused her to fall to her death and come back as a Zombie. She is now attending a Zombie high school. The thing though is that someone is killing the Zombies and if she isn't careful she could be next on the list as her newfound friends are being found with their brains harvested. Can Karen get through her first year of Dead High and stay alive well undead alive and find out who the killer Zombie Brain Harvester is?   Find out in this fun YA read and perfect for those supernatural/paranormal fans out t...