The two books that I did not read, but started to read are Boy Minus Girl by Richard Uhlig and Handbook for Hot Witches by Dame Darcy.
BoyMinus Girl had
a striking voice, plenty of sarcasm and might even be a good read, but there
were too many references to what teenage boys want to do to teenage girls and I
just couldn’t keep going. Having said that, it might be the book that would
keep a teenaged boy reading.
Handbook for Hot
Witches gives the definition of what a hot witch is (probably not what you
are thinking from the title) and then gives tips and pointers on how to be the
best kind of hot witch in your category. Again, this did not interest me, but I
can think of others who might delight in this book.
The first winner: Melody
Burning by Whitley Strieber. Strieber is a writer for adults and promoter
of the supernatural. This is his first attempt at writing for young adults and
he does an excellent job! Melody is a young soon-to-be superstar whose mother
dominates her life and career. Beresford is a young man who grew up in the
bowels of a fancy high rise apartment building in Los Angeles. You will find
mystery, romance and family struggles to keep you interested. While some of the
plot lines are a little hard to believe, there are strong emotions to keep you
interested.
Emily’s Dress by
Kathryn Burak is a dark tale of high school angst about suicide and murder, but
ultimately about true love and how to overcome. Claire is trying to finish her
final year of high school while reconciling her feelings about her mother’s
suicide and her best friend’s sudden disappearance a year before. A loving
father and new friends help her to see the good within herself and together
they solve the mystery of her former friend’s disappearance. In spite of the
dark topics, this is definitely worth reading.
No comments:
Post a Comment