Harry Dresden Files by: Jim Butcher

Reviewed by: Nearly Headless Nick

The Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher, are some of the best books in this entire library. If you like fantasy or mystery then this is the book for you! The adventure begins with a man named Harry Dresden, who is a professional wizard. He spends his days selling his services to people who need a “wizard.” Anything from finding lost keys to solving murders, although he refuses to do parties.

This book is a perfect mixture of funny and exciting. With his helper, Bob, a skull inhabited by the spirit of an old (and sometimes naughty) wizard, Harry sets out to solve a series of mysteries. His journey starts when a woman comes to his shop asking for help. There’s something going on with her husband, and she’d like to know what. He decides to take the case because of his unsatisfactory financial position. Then he’s picked up by a passing limo. He meets a man with a cool and controlled demeanor. What happens during the ride is a shock to everyone. When the Chicago PD knocks on his door, the party really starts going.

The Harry Dresden files are an amazing series. Once you start you won’t want to put them down until you find out everything about Harry’s life. If you are looking for a book, I implore you to go pick up the first book, Storm Front. You won’t regret it!

The Dark Divine by: Bree Despain

Reviewed by: CRBee

Since we are approaching Halloween, I thought I’d share a read that can kind of get you in the spirit of things. This book is all about a girl named Grace Divine, who has always wondered about the night Jude, her brother, came home beat up and bloody. She was never given the truth until Daniel, a guy who used to be good childhood friends with Grace and Jude, that mysteriously disappeared after that night, returns. With his return, Grace grows closer to him and discovers more about he and Jude’s real identities. She also learns about that strange night and is forced to choose between her growing relationship with Daniel and her loyalty to her brother. Her decision is clearly difficult and to make it worse she is struggling to save possibly the most important thing: her own soul. This book is filled with mystery, secrets, surprises, and,of course, darkness!, so catch some moonlight and check it out! There is also a second book available called The Lost Saint if you feel like reading more!

Need by: Carrie Jones

Reviewed by: Fantasy Girl

Zara is completely dead inside. Her mother ships her off to the freezing state of Maine, her father dies, she has a weird obsession with phobias, and there is a crazy creepy stalker following her around everywhere she goes. Being shipped off to Maine to supposedly stay “sane” is not working so well. Zara’s life starts tumbling down when boys from her school randomly go missing. Not to mention the stalker guy she has been seeing is no man, but a pixie! Her friend/super hot guy she wishes she was dating is a werewolf. Her mother hooks up with a pixie and her step dad is a weretiger. Can it get any worse?

Twilight Series by: Stephenie Meyer

Reviewed by: Hopskock

A Book That Bites

You know it, you love it, and if you don’t you’ve heard all about it! It’s none other than the Twilight series! In 2005 Stephanie Meyer wrote this amazing series. Just three years later, in 2008, the book was made into the movies that left viewers wanting more. I thought this series would be fitting to blog about seeing as Halloween is right around the corner! Before reading this blog, I have only one request; DON’T judge a book by its movie.

Twilight focuses on a love triangle amongst its three main characters; Bella, Jacob, and of course the fabulous, sparkling Edward. Bella Swan is not a spectacular girl by any means. She is what society would call a normal teenager. When Bella decides to go live with her Dad in Forks, Washington, she meets Edward Cullen. Immediately she is drawn to his mysteriousness and charming good looks. Along with meeting Edward, she is reconnected with her childhood friend Jacob Black whom she also develops feelings for.

As Bella attempts to file through her love interests, she discovers some secrets along the way. The fabulous Edward is really an immortal vampire, ready to sink his teeth into her, and her innocent childhood playmate is actually a werewolf. The two boys fight throughout the story to win Bella’s love and maintain the peace between the Black and Cullen families.

This plot is way too simple right? WRONG!! Eventually the plot thickens (muahhahahahaaa!!) Both Edward and Jacob end up having to work together to protect Bella from other vampires who want to kill her. And that is where I’ll stop! Read the rest of the book to find out what happens to Bella and who wins her in the end! Remember when reading this series that the movies are a very poor representation of the books. The books are extremely well-written and entertaining. Don’t be afraid to cuddle up with Twilight; I promise it won’t bite!

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Harry Potter Series by: J.K. Rowling

Reviewed by: Nearly Headless Nick
If you are in high school and you haven’t read this series then shame on you! Harry Potter is the third highest read book series in known history. Not only is it a great story, it is one of the best written series that I have ever read. These books are extremely important to me because I grew up reading it. As you read the books the characters move from being children brought into an amazing, magical world to a group of courageous adults fighting the greatest evil the world has ever seen.
When Harry was just one year old his parents were murdered by a dark wizard. When the wizard turned on Harry, his spell inexplicably backfired. The story unfolds with a group of old wizards bringing the baby to his only living relatives. Harry and his friends enter into the wizarding world and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While he is in school he meets friends that he’ll never leave and enemies that will never stop.
Harry Potter is an inspirational story about how one person can change the world, stand up to adversity, and fight for what is right. Many people talk about how they won’t read it because it teaches bad things, but I implore them to try it. If you don’t like it after you’ve read the first book then fine, but never judge a book by its cover!
★★★★★

Everneath by: Brodi Ashton

Reviewed by: Fantasy Girl
Nikki loses everything in her life. Her heart, filled with the pain and sadness of the loss of her mother, feels as if her life is buried deep in the ground, completely shattered inside, Jack picks up the pieces of Nikki’s broken heart. Living a wonderful high school life with the boy of her dreams who picked her back up when she was down, she finds happiness once more. Then everything takes a turn in the wrong direction. Her mother’s death ends up in the newspaper, her father forgives the unforgivable, and she catches her boyfriend with another girl. Nikki, completely shattered, looks for the easy way out of life and goes to a boy named Cole who claims he can take away all the pain and sorrow she feels. Nikki takes Cole’s hand and he leads her away to the everneath. At the very moment she takes Cole’s hand, death is out to get her. Everneath is one of the best books I have read. Brodi Ashton has a beautiful way of writing and her imagination amazes me. This book full of suspense, love, and hurt. This is a five star book. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! I can’t wait until the second book comes out on January 13!!!
Genre: Fantasy
Parts of a Series: 2nd book will be published in January
Pages: 370
Publisher: Balzer and Bray, 2012
★★★★★

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Welcome to the WDHS LTL (Love Thy Library) Blog.  As you can see, we have an excellent group of bloggers who are planning to write about some of their favorite books.  A love of reading is a true gift that will be with you for a lifetime.  If you aren’t a reader, that’s ok.  Hopefully you’ll find something to tweak your interest.  

I have been a librarian for more years than you have been alive.  It has been a wonderful career filled with books that have moved me and changed me.  Robert Cormier, the author who has been recognized as the first true Young Adult author says it best....”I have lived a thousand years lost within the pages of a book.”

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