Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

This book is about a telepathic waitress who gets thrown into the dangerous and exhilarating world of the supernatural.
Sookie, the main character, meets Bill the vampire and saves his life from drainers, humans who want to sell vampire blood on the black market. Bill and Sookie become a couple. There are murders in the area and the police suspect Bill because of the fang marks on the bodies. However then Sookie’s brother is romantically linked the victims and Sookie will do whatever she can to help her brother, including hanging out with vampires and using her telepathic powers to help Bill’s boss out. Will it all work out or will the police jail her brother and it would all have been for nothing?

This is the first book in the Southern Vampire Mysteries and it is now a leading T.V. show True Blood. People should read this book because it is exciting, has good plot lines and, best of all, it is near enough jam-packed with all things supernatural. The vampires are out and the shape shifters are close behind. The fae, which includes the fairies, goblins and elves, could come out at any time then the humans really are in trouble.

By Miss Talk-a-lot :)

Gone series by Michael Grant

The Gone series is about a city called Perdido Beach in California, America. When suddenly a nuclear disaster occurs and a large dome appeares encasing everyone inside. Everyone above the age of fiteen disappears and those who are left, start to develop strange abilities. And they all has to fight to survive.You should read it because:
It is a great, discriptive, action packed, imaginitive book that makes you want to read it non-stop.

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The Notebook By Nicholas Sparks

The Notebook is a heart wrenching novel about a young summer love. It focuses on the romance of Noah and Allie. They fall in love at first sight however her rich parents fight to end their love as Noah is poor and not ‘worthy’ of Allie. So they are separated as Allie moves.
But as the story goes, ‘You never forget your first love’. Will Allie ever get her‘Happily Ever After’ with Noah?
I’d encourage any girl/woman who loves to sink into a romantic novel to read this. But make sure you have a box of tissues beside and maybe a slab of chocolate!
Enjoy! :)
Review by J`enisa!

The Blurred Man by Anthony Horowitz

The Blurred Man is one of the three short stories written by Anthony Horowitz after the success of his previous three: The Falcons Maltesers, South by South East and public Enemy Number Two.
The short stories consist of: The Blurred Man, The French Confection and I know what you did last Wednesday.

The blurred man is about Two Brothers called Nick and Tim, Tim is a private detective, but he has to be the worst private detective in the world. Nick is his younger brother his parents went to live in Australlia so he ran off the plane, he has been living with Tim and is alot smarter and often comes up with the ideas. They call themselves the diamond brothers even though their last name is Simple. Tim thought that diamond sounded cooler. A man called Joe Carter hires them to solve the mystery of a man called Lenny Smile. Lenny Smile is the owner of a charity called dream time which Carter gives millions to, Carter went to meet Smile, but he never showed. *SPOILER ALERT* Lenny Smile was run over by a steam roller and killed, but there is somethings that don’t make sense and it is the Diamond Brothers job to find out. I reccomend this book as it is exciting, has a good plot and a shocking ending. PICK UP THIS BOOK TODAY!

By NotRory.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. J.K Rowling

In this Final installment to the worldwide phenomonon, Harry has finally come of age, and finally started on his final journey to defeat Voldemort for good. Harry sets off with Ron and Hermione on a difficult quest to find and destroy the last of Voldemort’s horcruxes.

Will Harry and Ron’s friendship survive this quest and will Voldemort truly be defeated forever? Well, you shall have to read the book to find out!

           I would recommend this to readers of all ages because no matter how old you are, Harry Potter is an eye catcher for everyone. I have loved Harry Potter since I got the first book when I was seven and have continued to love it ever since.

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Shopaholic and Baby By Sophie Kinsella

This book is one of the many in the shopaholic series. These books are about a women named Becky Bloomwood who is obbsesed with shopping. In these different books Becky has many disasters are gets in to bother with money, work and her husband.
In this book Becky is Pregnant. All is going well she is shopping for baby clothes looking for a house when disaster strikes......

I think this book is really good, it is very funny and you just want to keep reading it!
I would recommend this book! :)

By SmileyFace

Artemis Fowl (The demon colony) by Eoin Colfer

Artemis Fowl (The demon colony) by Eoin Colfer

I think this is a good book because it has a lot of action and there is a lot of mythical creatures like demons, pixie’s and goblins. The main character Artemis fowl is a young man that is a genious and he has a giant bodyguard called butler who protects him wherever he goes. There is soon a problem when the demons are planning a war agianst earth and Artemis teleports with a warlock and his pixie friend to try and stop them. There’s a problem because butler is not with them and they get stuck in the demon world...what will happen? Dun Duun Duuuuuun!
I think everybody should read this book because it has a great story with lots of action in it.

By Bropeep

The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

The Recruit by Robert Muchamore

This book is about a boy who’s mum dies and is moved to a children’s home. He is picked up by a group of kids who work for CHERUB. CHERUB is a place created by MI5 to protect people. But the agents are children. This is the first of the series but the rest are just as good. Everyone should read this book because it is action packed and funny.

By Emile Heskey

Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

Skullduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

This book is part of a series. It’s about a girl who gets involved in magic. She fights different creatures with a skeleton detective. She goes through this whilst trying to keep Baron away so he can’t dominate the world. Stephanie, the girl, creates a ‘reflection’ so she can go off with skulduggery and save the world...
You should read this book if you like mystery books because it’s exciting. It also has lots of action and fights in it.

By The Door-nob!

My Desperate Love Diary by Kelly Ann.

My Desperate Love Diary by Kelly Ann.

This book is romantic, girly book that will keep you turning the pages! This is the blurb:
‘Kelly Ann is fifteen and desperately in love with G - the biggest idiot in school. Her best friends Liz and Stephanie can see how awful G is - and also that Kelly Ann's quietly gorgeous friend Chris is madly in love with her. But Kelly Ann stumbles along blindly, unable to see what's right in front of her eyes. Navigating her way through teenage embarrassments, sick-filled parties, awful love poetry and green condoms, Kelly Ann is a hilariously endearing character and one every female reader, whatever age, will be able to relate to.’

There is a series of these books, including: My Rocky Romance Diary, My Now or Never Diary and My Disaster Dates Diary. I would recommend this book for 13-16 year olds. It is a fantastic read! It will make you laugh, smile and shout at the book with rage. Many teenage girls will be able to relate to this book and you are immediately drawn to the life of Kelly Ann. It’s all about the ‘difficulties’ of a normal girl teenage life. Relationships, boys, crushes and being in love! As soon as I had finished this book I went to get the next one!

Rosiecheeks:)

Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord

Conspiracy 365 by Gabrielle Lord
‘12 books, 12 months and 1 thrilling series’

The series is about a teenager who is falsely accused of attempted murder on his uncle and sister after the death of his father. The mysteries of the Ormond family turn Callum’s life upside down on his hunt to find out the truth about his family. With the help of his best friend, Boges, and his new friend Winter will Callum be able to figure out the secret to his childhood and how his father died...

I would recommend these books because of the thrilling mystery that Callum tries to unravel throughout the series. The series shows the qualities of trust and friendship as well as being a great series to read. Conspiracy 365 is aimed at teenagers and is a series which is great to read with a great plot with strange but fitting characters.‘Totally Unputdownable’

Starlollipoplover101

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

"Mockingjay" is the third instalment of the popular kids franchise of books ‘The Hunger Games’. It was written by Suzanne Collins and it is pretty interesting.
It is about a girl called Katniss who just won ‘The Hunger Games’ but her winning started up a war. The Hunger Games is a competition where you have to fight for survival. If you don’t kill, you will be killed. It is a very cruel way to remember their history. She then has to go to war and fight ‘The Capitol’. The Capitol are the people who are in charge of all the districts and run the hunger games.
Mockingjay is a very good book and is good for teenagers to read. If you are to read anything this year, make sure it is Mockingjay.

By Mo Farah

Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd

Holly Hogan is a 14 year old girl living in foster care. After being adopted by a middle class family her favourite social worker leaves her for a better job. Although she is happy with her new family she still feels incomplete, so she sets out on a life changing trip to find her mother, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a child. On this trip she doesn’t travel as her boring old self she puts on her foster mothers blond wig and suddenly she is solace, her smart, brave and slightly terrifying alter ego.

I think people should read this book because it is filled with suspense, tragedy and humour. The characters are compelling and will have you both cheering them on and shedding a tear for them at the same time.

Review by Solace of the library

Happy 200th Birthday Charles Dickens!

To celebrate Charles Dickens' 200th birthday there is a writing competition you can enter over on What the Dickens?

If you want to know more about Charles Dickens the head over to the Charles Dickens Museum site or you can try the 200th Birthday Celebration site.

If you would like to read some Dickens not only do we have some titles here but you can get them free over at Project Gutenburg and read them on you e-book reader or even listen to some on your iPod or similar.

The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

The Northern Lights is about an eleven year old girl called Lyra who lives in a parallel world. In that world everybody has a dæmon which is part of your soul but takes the shape of animal forms. Children’s dæmons can change forms while adult’s dæmons settle. In the world there is a particle called Dust and it goes in through your dæmon and runs into you. When Lyra discovers this by sneaking into the theatre room she wants to find out more but then her Uncle and her friend go missing. There is only one explanation in her mind who took them. The Gobblers!!! Things get weird when women called Mrs Coulter turns up on the scene. Lyra decides to head north, to save her uncle and friend.

You should read it because it has action all the way through the book from the start to finish and it has a great cliff hanger at the end.
By Blog

Blood Ransom by Sophie Mckenzie

In this book a girl gets tricked and kidnapped by the person who cloned her . She is a clone. He wants to do tests on her to clone more people. Her friend finds out she went missing and travels from America to rescue her.
You should read this book because it is good.

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Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins

Everyone should read - Eyeball Collector by F.E. Higgins
It is about a man who collects eyeballs, has one eye, and has to kill to be happy.
The book is a good book.

By Higgins

Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

Summary-Michael goes on a trip to go around the globe but disaster strikes when he falls out the boat into the ocean. He then wakes up in the morning washed on an island in the middle of the Coral Sea.

Why should everyone read it-It is an amazing adventure about a boy who has to survive on a island in the middle of the Coral sea.

By Christopher

Michael Rosen’s Sad Book

Author-Michael Rosen

Summary-It is about this man who is always sad. His son Eddie dies and sometimes he want to talk about all his sad thing to someone like his Mum but he can’t because his Mum has died and he is on his own because everyone in his family has died.

Why should everyone read it-They should read it because it has some funny parts.

By Theodore

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