Book Giveaway: Starts January 2011

Every month the Hobart Branch Library will give away free books from our book sale room. To receive a free book, simply submit a book review to be published on this blog. If you would like to participate, pick up a book review form at the circulation desk. Or you can email me your review at lklemm@lcplin.org. To get the form off the blog click here: Book Review Form


Three entries per person, per month.

The Secret Life of Samantha Mcgregor series by Melody Carlson

Reading Level: Young Adult
(4 out of 5)

Bad Connection is the first in a four book series about a girl named Samantha Mcgregor. Samantha is not just an ordinary girl, she gets visions from God. When Samantha's classmate Kayla goes missing she doesn't think anything of it. Kayla liked to party and she kept telling everyone she was going to meet her online boyfriend. Then Samantha starts getting visions about Kayla and Kayla is not okay. With the help from her friend Olivia and Detective Ebony Hamilton Samantha is able to make sense of these visions and hopefully find Kayla before it is too late. This is an inspirational fiction book. Don't forget to check out the rest of the series, Beyond Reach, Playing with Fire, and Payback. Each book just got better and better.

Unraveled by Gena Showalter

Reading Level: Young Adult
(4 out of 5)

Witches, goblins, werewolves, vampires, fairies, souls, and so much more. Aden Stone finally has everything he has ever wanted, a home, friends, and a girlfriend. Unfortunately for him he still has three souls living in his head, one that has predicted he will die by a knife through his heart very soon, witches and fairies are after him, and oh by the way he is the new vampire king. Did you get all that? Aden isn't the only one with problems. His friend Mary Ann discovers she is a drainer and is a danger to her werewolf boyfriend Riley. There is a lot going on in this book but it's oh so good! I'm not going to tell you more. Just read it, unless you haven't read the first book Intertwined then read that one and then this one. The next book in this series, Twisted, will be out September 2011.

THE VAMPIRATES DEMONS OF THE OCEAN BY JUSTIN SOMPER

Reading Level: Young Adult

RATING 3

This is a young adult novel NOT about pirates and vampires but Vampirates. Vampires that live on the ocean in the year 2505. Twins Connor and Grace never dreamed that there was any truth to the Vampirates shanty their father sang to them. Due to unfortunate events, the twins find themselves shipwrecked and separated from each other. For Connor, who is taken aboard a pirate ship, there’s the chance to learn to sword fight and experience new adventures. However for Grace, who is aboard a mysterious ship of vampires, the danger is great.

If you’re ready for an adventure that will take you into the future, aboard a pirate ship and a ship of vampires, in an unforgettable race against time and the elements, you will enjoy this book.

Helen Duda

November 22, 2010

The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

Reading Level: Adult
(5 out of 5)


I loved this book. I was actually reading a different book when I came upon this one. After reading the first page I was hooked. I like how each new segment has a heading. For example chapter one starts with the heading After Lunch, then Dinner, Later, Memories, you always know the time frame which is nice. Grace Divine is the daughter of a local pastor. Daniel Kalbi was Grace's next door neighbor and her brother Jude's best friend until one night Jude came home covered in blood and Daniel had disappeared. Now Daniel was back and even though Jude made Grace promise to stay away from him she just can't help herself. Ms. Despain weaves religion, werewolves, and romance into an incredible story. I'm excited that the next book The Lost Saint comes out in January. So I don't have forever to wait. Yeah!!!

Double Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld

Reading Level: Adult
(4 out of 5)

Mrs. Seinfeld gave us Deceptively Delicious, a cookbook for parents to help their picky eaters to eat healthier by adding vegetable purees to their foods. Now with Double Delicious! she has many more yummy looking recipes that are healthy and fit for the whole family. The chicken and rice soup looks very good and has cauliflower and carrot puree along with other whole veggies. The sesame beef with broccoli has carrot puree in the sauce. It gets a thumbs up from her family. Don't fret because if you have sweet tooth she has great looking desserts as well. I want to try the doughnut cookies. They look delicious and you can have two for only 70 calories and 2.5 grams of fat.

Beautiful Darkness By Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Reading Level: Young Adult
(4 out of 5)

This book was like sinking my teeth into a triple layer fudge cake. So delicious and so rich. In Beautiful Darkness school is out. Ethan is looking forward to the summer with Lena, but Lena isn't the same girl she used to be a few months ago. Somehow she got away without claiming herself on her sixteenth birthday and she is in turmoil: good or bad, light or dark. Which one will she become? In order to protect the people she loves from herself she runs away with her cousin Ridley and the mysterious John Breed. But Ethan isn't going to just move on. He loves Lena and even if their relationship is over he is determined to help her. So with the help of his best friend Link and keeper in training Liv they embark on a dangerous mission: find the fabled great barrier and save Lena.

The Castor world of the tunnels come alive in this book. You only got a taste in Beautiful Creatures, in Beautiful Darkness you get the tour. Things really aren't what they seem. I'm thrilled that it looks like there will at least be two more in the series. One coming out in 2011 and one in 2012.