Synopsis: This is a fiction book. It is a story of a dead infant on an Amish farm. The baby is not stillborn but died shortly after birth and was born prematurely and could have died from natural causes due to listeria, which Katie contracted due to drinking unpasteurized milk. Katie Fisher, an eighteen year …
Synopsis: This is a horror novel about seven outcast children that are part of “The Losers Club” living in the town of Derry, Maine. Every twenty-seven years, It awakens to feed on the town’s children. After defeating the creature once, they make a vow to return to Derry if It ever resurfaces. Bill is a …
Synopsis: This is a non-fiction book about a fire at the Los Angeles Central Library. It is also a history of that library and of libraries in general. Review: As a lover of books and libraries, I very much enjoyed this book and found it to be very interesting and engaging. “A book feels like …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book set in the farmland of the Salinas Valley in California. It follows the two families of the Trasks and the Hamiltons. This is a biblical parable of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel. The Trask family is made up of Charles and Adam Trask, Caleb (Cal) and Aaron …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about a woman named Diana, an art acquisition specialist, who has always planned her life perfectly. Diana and her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, are supposed to be leaving on a vacation to the Galapagos Islands. However, Finn tells Diana that he can’t take time off due to the …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about a shooting at a women’s health clinic in Mississippi, which is the only remaining women’s health clinic left in the state to provide abortions after the other ones were shut down. It is written in reverse chronological order. It has multiple viewpoints including Wren, a fifteen year old …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about two sisters Meredith and Nina Whitson. Meredith is a wife and mother and manages the family apple orchard, and Nina is a famous photojournalist. After their beloved father dies, they reunite to take care of their mother, Anya, who has always been cold and distant with them. She …
Synopsis: This is a fantasy fiction book about Nora Seed, a thirty-five year old woman who is restless and unsatisfied with her life and with the help of Mrs. Elm, the school librarian, discovers the Midnight Library and travels throughout the library to experience different lives and find her purpose in life. She first experiences …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about Zachary Ezra Rawlings, a graduate student in Vermont who discovers a mysterious book hidden in the library. While reading the book, Zachary reads a story from his own childhood. He discovers a series of clues including a bee, key, and sword that lead him to a masquerade party …
Synopsis: This is a fiction book about Rose McKenna, a mother whom volunteers in her daughter Melinda’s elementary school in order to keep an eye on Amanda, a girl who’s bullying Melinda. One day, after Rose’s daughter goes to the bathroom after being bullied by Amanda, there is a huge explosion in the school kitchen. …