The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher

Willie Weaver spent his whole life training for the big game, quality time in the backyard with his father, throwing pitch after pitch until he could throw the heat with his eyes closed. All those years of practice paid off during the big game against Crazy Horse Electric. But life can’t be measured by the past and the memories of that big game, especially when you can’t anticipate the future curve balls that might be thrown your way. A freak accident leaves Willie disabled and everyone, including himself, has trouble adjusting. For his parents, especially his father, this blow feels like losing another child (Willie’s baby sister, Missy, died of SIDS). After overhearing an explosive argument between them, Willie decides his only option is to leave Coho, MT and find a place for himself in California. Is there life after The Crazy Horse Electric Game? Willie is about to discover just that.

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Dexter in the Dark

Dexter Morgan is like any average guy living in Miami. He has a boat to go fishing in the ocean on, a sweet girlfriend that's soon to be his wife, and he has a stable job on the forensics team as a blood spatter analyst. Oh yeah, he's also the most notorious serial killer Miami has ever seen.

Dexter in the Dark is the third book in the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay. Everyone's favorite serial killer is in for hard times in this book, when his Dark Passenger abandons him after a particular case. Not knowing why his backseat driver has left, it never having happened before in Dexter's entire career as the Dark Avenger, he is left to try and solve the case without any help from his inner voice. Which seems to prove harder than he would have known. Without the Dark Passenger, Dexter comes to realize they he may not have been who he thought he was all these years, and he also comes to question where his Dark Passenger had even come from in the first place. With no intuitive voice to tell him he's in danger, Dexter feels exposed and frightened when he discovers that he is being followed, as well as being watched. Dexter has to struggle to find himself, when for the first time, he is the Hunted instead of the Hunter. Without his Dark Passenger, Dexter feels truly left in the dark.

4P

5Q

Kafka On the Shore by, Haruki Murakami

"That things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events there's no such thing as coincidence." Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami is my absolute favorite of Murakami's works. Psychologically captivating, and starkly thought provoking. Kafka On the Shore follows the parallel tales of the young Kafka Tamura and mentally disabled Satoru Nakata. Kafka is a fifteen year old boy who runs away from his father in search of answers and in search of his long lost mother and sister. A prophecy told to him at a younger age leads him to a secluded library far from home. This library proves to be the answer to many of Kafka's questions but unexpectedly reveals more mysteries. Nakata lost most of his mental capabilities during World War II while on a field trip with his elementary class. While on the trip a mysterious flash of light filled the sky and while most of the children were unconscious for a mere few minuets, Nakata woke up several weeks later. Once Nakata finally awoke, he was unable to read and had lost many of his memories. However, Nakata soon learns he is able to speak with cats and while Kafka is on his path to self discovery, Nakata's own adventure begins and although the two characters never meet, their destinies are much more similar than they first appear. Fast paced and intelligent in every way, Kafka on the Shore is strongly reccomended for those in seek of a mental feast. Some material however may be unsutiable for children.

P:4 Q:5

Unveiled is a novella of one woman who changed all of history, and is written by Francine Rivers with great imagination.

At early adolescents, it is common practice for young women to be betrothed. Tamar has reached that age, and is going to soon be married to a son in Judah's house. When the day arrives, she is awed at how handsome her husband is. As the day unfolds, Tamar, though tired from her long walk to her father-in-law's house, is determined to be a good wife, and tries to remember everything her mother taught her. When the wedding ceremony and feasts are done, she and her husband go into the bedchamber. Tamar is shocked. However handsome Er was, he has a heart of stone. Tamar soon learned to stay out of sight whenever possible. As her days turned into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, Tamar began to take notice of Judah's God. Losing her faith in the pagan Canaanite gods, Tamar felt an awesome power, that is unexplainable. She also felt the need to hang onto anything to survive.

Betrayed on all sides, and risking her life, she fights to fulfill her duty for Judah's household, for a chance to dare believe in a God who is all loving.

Confessions of a Shopaholic: Sophie Kinsella

Confessions of a Shopaholic written by Sophie Kinsella, is an outstanding novel- that is nothing like the movie. Sophie Kinsella has a way with words that keeps the reading laughing even when they don't want to.

Rebecca Bloomwood is a shopaholic.. to say the least. She has a driving sense for fashion and a want for expensive clothing, accesories, and things that she never uses.

Becky as a result of buying many things is in debt up to her eyeballs and ironically she works for sucessful savings as a journalist on how to save money.

Instead of paying off her debt like a normal person would think to do, she just keeps buying more... and she knows she has a problem. Becky tries many things to get rid of her spending and shopping habit, but in the end she ends up buying more and realistically hurting her life. Travel with Becky store to store, confession after confession as she tries to get her life in place, find the love that money can't buy, the story that no one can pass up, and change her life from going upside down to the right way.

Ratings:

5Q

4P

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Fascination,
mystique,
protection,
desire,
love,
fear,
heat,
cold,
summer,
winter,
connection,
memory,
regret,
hope,
empty,
human,
wolves,
woods,
snow,
Grace,
Sam.
Shiver …

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Sent by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Jonah, Chip, Alex and the 33 other adoptees had just been told that they were missing children kidnapped from history. Chip & Alex were being returned to the 15th century, their true place in history, when Jonah and Katherine grabbed onto Chip and were also sent through time.

The year is now 1483 and the group finds themselves in the Tower of London. Chip is really Edward V, king of England, and Alex is his younger brother, Richard, Duke of York. Chip is convinced that his uncle, Richard of Gloucester, plans to kill him and seize the crown and throne. So these 21st century teens find themselves in the middle of a time traveling mess. They must remain undetected while trying to figure out how to save Chip & Alex and return home without drastically changing the past. It would be a whole lot easier if they had some understanding of what really happened the 1st time around.

Sent is the 2nd book in The Missing series.

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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

As we all know, Katniss & Peeta became the first dual winners of the 74th Hunger Games. And while many in Panem are excited and reenergized by this feat, the Capitol and President Snow are not impressed. They view Katniss' stunt with the berries as rebellion. They also don't buy the story of Katniss and Peeta as star-crossed lovers.

As Katniss and Peeta prepare for their Victory Tour, set midway between the games, President Snow pays Katniss a surprise visit and leaves her with a threat. Either convince the Capitol and all of Panem that you are madly in love with Peeta, or those you love with die, starting with Gale. He also informs Katniss that her "stunt" at the Games has set off a chain reaction of rebellion throughout the Districts. She must not fan those flames or else.

How can you smoulder a spark you didn't even mean to light, especially when you, a poor coalminer's daughter, have become the symbol of hope for a generation? Katniss better figure it out and fast. Especially since the Quarter Quell is approaching... and every 25 year anniversary of the Hunger Games holds it's own special treat for Panem. And this year's twist will no doubt leave everyone on the edge of their seats.

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