Landon Snow And the Auctor’s Riddle
Facts:Date finished: 8-31-08Author: R.K. MortensonCategory: Children’s fantasyPublished: 2005Pages: 223Rating: 2/5 Basic Plot:On the eve of his 11th birthday, Landon’s dream stone opens a new world to him, one with talking books, a riddle to solve and a chess board of potential death. Can Landon get out of this strange world…
One Dangerous Lady
Facts:Date finished: 8-22-08Author: Jane Stanton HitchcockCategory: ThrillerPublished: 2005Pages: 359Rating: 2.5/5 Basic Plot:It should be a lovely time celebrating the wedding of a friend’s daughter, but personality clashes, horrible weather and a missing man conspire to make the wedding of the decade for all the wrong reasons. And as Jo Slater…
FISH
Facts:Date finished: 8-22-08Author: Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John ChristensenCategory: BusinessPublished: 2004Pages: 115Rating: 3.5/5 Basic Plot:The third floor at the company has been called a toxic energy dump, and Mary Jane is determined to change things, starting with herself. She picks up some valuable lessons in the most unexpected of…
Minerva Clark Gets A Clue
Facts:Date finished: 8-2-08Author: Karen KarboCategory: Young adult mysteryPublished: 2005Pages: 245Rating: 4.5/5 Basic Plot:Minerva Clark is your typical teenager – awkward, self-conscious, overly concerned with appearances. That is, until she gets electrocuted. Suddenly, she’s little miss confidence and with a huge sense of curiosity to boot. When her favorite cousin gets…
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Facts:Date finished: 7-28-08Author: Madeline L’EngleCategory: Children’s, fantasyPublished: 1978Pages: 278Rating: 4/5 Basic Plot: My assessment:I didn’t realize when I picked this up that it was part of a series that included A Wrinkle in Time. I remember (vaguely) reading/being read that book when I was a kid, but I don’t remember…