The Companion by Katie Alender Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups So creepy! So twisty! Margot has been through so much tragedy and she is only 16. She lost her family and she is living in a group home. But luck finally seems to be coming her way when she is chosen by … More The Companion
This author has had a beautiful life! I always assumed pilots loved to travel, why else would they be pilots. In this book, Mr. Keehn talks about his attraction to South American travel. More and more, he requested trips to explore our southern neighbors. But this book is more than merely a memoir. Yes, you … More Where Dolphins Walk
The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads.com Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . … More The Woman in the Window
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads When Dee Moreno makes a deal with a demon—her heart in exchange for an escape from a disastrous home life—she finds the trade may have been more than she bargained for. And becoming “heartless” is only … More The Hearts We Sold
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads In this asylum, your mind plays tricks on you all the time… Delia’s new house isn’t just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled … More The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda Rating: 4 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he’s the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That’s why … More Best Day Ever
Last week was World Read Aloud Day. I work in a middle school and never put too much thought into this day besides making the students aware and maybe suggesting they go home and read a story aloud to a family member. But the past few years we in the library have decided that middle schoolers … More World Read Aloud Day
Wintersong by S. Jae Jones Rating: 3 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: Beware the goblin men and the wares they sell. All her life, nineteen-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her … More Wintersong
Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly Rating: 5 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: The shadows that surround us aren’t always as they seem… Emmeline has grown up with a gift. Since the time she was a baby she has been able to control shadows. And her only friend and companion is … More Shadow Weaver
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Rating: 5 out of 5 Magical Coffee Cups From Goodreads: Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life—at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school, where he faces down bullies who target … More The Serpent King
