Daily Archives: June 2, 2013
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die – April Henry
Another thriller from April Henry! The story opens with Cady regaining consciousness after being tortured. Whatever she has been through, including having her fingernails pulled out, has caused amnesia. Now the bad guys are planning to drag her outside and … Continue reading
Far, Far Away – Tom McNeal
What an odd yet enchanting story! The author weaves a study of the Grimm Fairy Tales into a murder mystery. The ghost of Jacob Grimm wandered for years until he found a special boy, Jeremy Johnson Johnson, who could hear … Continue reading
Rush – Eve Silver
The story opens with a dramatic, heroic and ultimately self-sacrificing, rescue of a small child. Our main character dies. But did she? She is resurrected to play a “game” that requires painful fights with Earth-invading aliens. Sprinkled with bits of … Continue reading
The King’s Deception – Steve Berry
Gary Malone is one angry teenager. Not surprising, considering his mother has just revealed that he’s the result of an affair. That the man he has always called “Dad” isn’t really his dad. His mother has refused to tell him … Continue reading
Cotton Tenants: Three Families – James Agee, photographs by Walker Evans
In the summer of 1936 James Agee, then a staff writer for Fortune magazine, was commissioned to write an article on sharecroppers in Alabama. He and Walker Evans, a staff photographer, spent two months observing three families, chronicling every aspect … Continue reading
Life After Theft – Aprilynne Pike
Jeff is new in town, so he assumes that practical jokes on the first day of school just come with the territory. When he runs into a cute girl in the hallway who claims to be dead, the only explanation … Continue reading
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