Redwall by Brian Jacques
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I had to read this for my book club. I would never have picked it up if not for the club.  I don't plan on reading any others.  It is well written.  But I am shocked to think of it as written for tween.  It is so violent, and graphically violent to little animals.  If I had read this when I was 10 I would have been devastated.


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I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Ed Kennedy is an underage cab driver, pathetic at cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend Audrey, and devoted to the Doorman, his old and incredibly smelly dog. He doesn’t have a lot of prospects: he works, plays cards and ….. well, that’s it really.

Until the failed bank robbery ….

Until the envelope arrives in the mail…..



Here is

A book about hope

A book about caring

A book about a messenger

A book that is a message





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Leverage by Joshua C. Cohen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


A book about bullying.
A book about the effects of steroids.
A book about losing your humanity.
A book about facing fears and doing the right thing.

Football is king at Oregrove High School.
And the best players think they are privileged and beyond the rules that bind everyone else. Nothing pleases these self-proclaimed kings more than to target the weak.

The bullying becomes progressively more violent over time. 

Who is brave enough to do the right thing and show these thugs up for what they truly are? 

Soon a despicable act lays the foundation for right against wrong, decency over depravity, and freedom over victimization. 




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First Date by Krista McGee

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


This started off promising to be an entertaining read.  The idea was good and the dialog moved the story along.  But after week two of the competition the plot twists became too contrived and lost their reality for me.  I won't go into details as that would spoil if for others.  I'm willing to suspend my beliefs but only so far.
It also became too preach-y which turned me off.  I liked the Christian aspect until it became all consuming.



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