Showing posts with label Wisconsin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wisconsin. Show all posts

Monday, April 1, 2013

April's new books are all vampire romances! (Part 3)

April Fools :)

Break My Heart 1000 Times by Daniel Waters
In the aftermath of the Event, which made seeing the dead a part of life, Veronica and her friend Kirk investigate why the ghosts seem to be gaining power and stumble upon the sinister plot of a teacher who is seeking a replacement for his dead daughter.

 One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.

Suzanne Collins: Words on Fire by Marcia Amidon Lusted
Sizanne Collins came up with the storyline for The Hunger Games one night while channel surfing. Images of televised news coverage of the U.S.-led war in Iraq blurred in her mind with scenes from a reality show and sparked an exciting idea. What about a story that focused on teens in a fight-to-the-death battle, televised live from start to finish?  Read more about this highly successful author in this USA Today Lifeline biography.

Bleach vol 4, 5, & 6 by Tite Kubo
Volumes 4-6 of the popular manga.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Happy Holidays ~ New Books for December (Part 3)

The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter
Five tales retelling the Persephone legend and the lives and loves of the gods and goddesses on Olympus.

 Regine's Book: A Teen Girl's Last Words by Regine Stokke
Regine Stokke began to blog about her day-to-day life shortly after she was diagnosed with leukemia in 2008. Regine's stated purpose with her posts was to give people a sense of "what it's like to live with" such a serious illness, and her blog became an almost instant classic. It was first adapted into book form in 2010, and became a best seller in Norway. Regine was also a very gifted photographer, and had her photos exhibited at both the 2009 and the 2010 Nordic Light photography festivals in Kristiansund.

Burned by Sara Shepard
It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset and leave their troubles behind for one blissful week. But where Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna go, A goes, too. From scuba diving to tanning on the upper deck, A is there, soaking up all their new secrets. 

The Lost Files: The Legacies by Pittacus Lore
I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Legacies contains three action-packed novellas that give the heart-pounding backstories of some of your favorite Loriens. Originally published as the e-novellas Six's Legacy , Nine's Legacy , and The Fallen Legacies , now, for the first time ever, their backstories are together in one volume. 

The Boy Recession by Flynn Meaney
When all the boys start transferring out of Julius P. Heil High, a lovable slacker becomes a hot commodity much to his best friend's bewilderment.