I need to start this review of RETURN TO PARADISE, the sequel to Leaving Paradise by talking about the author – Simone Elkeles – because she is the reason I read the first book in this series. Ever since I read Perfect Chemistry (my first Simone Elkeles book) I have loved her as an author – she writes emotional, edgy, real,… Read More
Archives for September 2010
In My Mailbox – New Books This Week
OK…so this is my first New Books This Week post because I’m so excited about all the books that I’ve gotten this week, and I want to start sharing more titles that my students may be interested in reading – and give them a sneak preview of what will be showing up in my classroom library soon. This idea came… Read More
THE 39 CLUES series
For almost two years (and through the course of ten books), I’ve been following the story of fourteen-year-old Amy and eleven-year-old Dan Cahill, and all of their relatives, as they’ve traveled the world learning about all sorts of famous people and events throughout history as they’ve fought to search for their family’s hidden clues that would lead to power. They’ve… Read More
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS series: CITY OF ASHES & CITY OF GLASS by Cassandra Clare
After reading City of Bones, the first book in The Moral Instruments series, I knew that I wanted to read the rest, so I quickly moved on to CITY OF ASHES and CITY OF GLASS, and am glad that I did. I liked the first book in the series and the Shadowhunter world that Cassandra Clare created and the characters… Read More
