Wanting a novel for your 10+ Son ? Something that's easy to read and will keep him occupied and keep his interest? Review: The Odd Job Squad- Karl Fields-2011 Have you got a son that is finding it hard to get into reading ? Has he read the books Captain Underpants , Diary of A Wimpy Kid , Middle Grade was the worst years of my life ? If so, then The Odd Job Squad by Karl Fields is the perfect book to move him onto and develop his reading skills as it's more pages than they are used too , but if they enjoyed the storylines of the above then this is them for sure. We all know that boys love books that have the characters getting into mischief and it makes it even more enjoyable when they can relate to it e.g at school and dodging detentions and getting into trouble with the teachers/principals. The Odd Job Squad takes us into the heart of middle school where Ander Cartwright has formed a squad called "The Odd Job Squad", these are the kids that you go to when you have...

Wanting a fun light hearted novel that includes the supernatural with PI skills ? Have you read First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones ? Review: Second Grave on the Left- Book #2 Charley Davidson Series- Darynda Jones - 2011 When I read First Grave on the Right , I loved it to pieces as I fell in love with the character of Charley Davidson who turned out to be one awesome chick with the ability to not only see the dead and help them cross over but she also runs her own PI business and can kick some serious butt and then she topped it off by falling in love with the Son of Satan Reyes. In Book #2 Second Grave on the Left we are reunited with Charley and her best friend Cookie as they get a mysterious note saying that Cookie's friend Mimi has disappeared. It starts off just like any normal police case but of course, trouble seems to follow Charley everywhere and the case starts to take and form a life of it's own as Charley and Cookie discover that over twenty years ago, som...

Have you been following the Morganville Vampire Series by Rachel Caine ? Ready for Book #10 - Bite Club ? Review: Bite Club - Book #10 Morganville Vampires Series - Rachel Caine- May 2011 Are you ready to rumble Vampire/Mortal way ? Wanting to experience a Morganville Vampire novel written differently to the rest of the series? Bite Club by Rachel Caine is Book #10 of the Morganville Vampires series and starts off quite innocently with Claire sorting the Glass House's mail into piles - Michael's, Shane's , Eve's, Her's and Junk, when Shane arrives downstairs and picks up a flier - there's a new gym opening up and teaching Self Defence and Martial Arts. Shane whose always been a bit of a fighter goes along , but trouble is sure to follow as strange going-ons have been happening around town , Vampires are being killed and there blood is being used as a powerful drug and weapon. It is discovered also that Bishop has escaped and is on the loose . Is Bishop behin...

Are you a fan of the story Tristan and Isolode ? Wanting a modern retelling with a spice of magic ? Review: Tris and Izzie - Mette Ivie Harrison- October 2011 Are you into renditions of Classics and tale from the past ? I find myself in love with the modern retelling of some of our classic stories. One in particular I came to enjoy via the film as it had James Franco in it of course was Tristan and Isolode. In Tris and Izzie, we read it as not only a modern retelling of the novel as we meet Izzie - your average high school student with a dark secret , which is what gives the novel a twist as she is in fact an elemental sorcerer and her mother a witch is dating the high school Football star Mark. Life would have been easy for Izzie, but her best friend Branna as we are about to discover is secretly in love with Mark. Enter newcomer Tristan aka Tris - Izzie comes up with the idea that if she can get Branna with Tris then her friend will be happy and all will be fine , so Izzie conjure...

Wanting a mystery to read ? A Nice Light-hearted one ? Review: No One To Trust - Book #2 Lexi Carmichael Series - Julie Moffett- June 2011 Are you wanting a fun and light-hearted mystery to read ? Are you a fan of all those Spy TV Shows like The Mentalist, Covert Affairs ? Fancy yourself a female version of Frost from Rizzolli and Isles?. Get ready for more Lexi Carmichael mayhem in Book #2 No One to Trust - Lexi is now working as a Private Investigator and her hacking skills are the best, though in this up and coming case , we see that it's Lexi's skill at Cryptology - a subject I've always wanted to try that will be of importance in solving the case. The team have been hired to find and locate Darren Green , all that he has left behind is a note written in Navajo - the note reads SOS Find Lexi Carmichael . Help GU. This startles Lexi as she has no idea who Darren Green is, the note part reminded me of a scene on Veronica Mars , when a dead guy turned up with her name w...

As a reader and a voracious one at that , also being in a profession as a Librarian. My Favourite time of the week in terms of Books is during Banned Book Week , I can't wait each year to see which books have made the list and why. I then like to go through the list and see how many I have read. The List Can Be Found @ - http://www.ila.org/BannedBooks/BBW_Short_List_2010_Single_R5.pdf How Many Have You Read on the 2010-2011 Banned Books List ? "Read Titles in Purple". The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian - Sherman Alexie Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson ( One of my All-Time favourite Books) The Flamingo Rising - Larry Baker The Notebook Girls: Four Friends, One Diary, Real Life - Baskin, Julia; Lindsey Newman, Sophie Pollitt-Cohen, and Courtney Toombs Brashares, Ann -Forever in Blue, the Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood Burroughs, Augusten-Running with Scissors Butler, Dori Hillestad -My Mom’s Having a Baby Cast, P. C., and Kristin Cast- Betrayed Chbosk...

Wanting a Christmas Tale as Winter comes to an end and the fact that it's only 2 months till Christmas Time ? Or are you a fan of Amish Fiction, if so you will enjoy Suzanne Woods Fisher's latest novel "A Lancaster County Christmas". Synopsis: A Lancaster County Christmas- Suzanne Woods Fisher- September 2011 Jaime and C. J. Fitzpatrick began their married life as most couples do--in love and looking forward to a bright future together. But four years later they've drifted apart and are almost ready to call it quits. Mattie Riehl was hoping to give her husband Sol the Christmas gift they have both longed for--news that a baby was on the way. But as usual, she is disappointed. The holidays bring an acute awareness to Mattie that her dream of a big family isn't likely to become a reality. Then a winter storm raging outside blows the Fitzpatricks into the Riehl home--and into a much slower pace of life. Can these two couples from different worlds help each oth...