Book Reviews

Reviewed by D. Elsing, January 2019

The book 9 From the Nine Worlds by Rick Riordan is a collection of stories following the side characters from the Magnus Chase and the Gods Of Asgard series. The book follows the multiple stories of the Einherjar as they try and live their lives, but as they try to complete simple tasks, Thor appears. Thor… Read more

Reviewed by W. Erickson, January 2019

#murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil is a book where the reader is taken on a thrill ride through plot twist, dark humor, mystery, and survival while main character, 17 year old Dee is wrongly accused of murdering her step-sister. Now she is sent to Alcatraz 2.0, a sentence that is usually reserved for… Read more

Reviewed by W. Erickson, January 2019

You Will Be Mine by Natasha Preston is a book of a girl named Lylah and her group of college friends go out partying near the holidays with Valentine's day coming up. As they are about to leave the doorbell rings but nobody is there. An envelop sits there on the door mat. It's an anonymous note addressed… Read more

Reviewed by A. Brickson, December 2018


The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is about a young girl named Liesel living in war-ridden Germany. It mainly revolves around her life as a foster child, her family’s struggles through the Holocaust, and how she survived. The Book Thief is an interesting book because it breaks a lot of… Read more

Reviewed by G. Buss, January 2019

Noah and Walt (aka Swing) have been trying out for the high school baseball team for the last 3 years and in the search for "cool". Walt is on the track to woo girls and gain athletic fame. While Walt's friend Noah is taking advice from Walt's cousin on how to win his friend and long-time crush, Sam. Until he stumbled… Read more

Reviewed by J. Roelke, December 2018

Elena Gilbert lives in the small town of Fells Church, she lives with her Aunt Judith and sister Margaret. Her parents died a couple of months ago and she was finally starting to be a little happy. Than a new guy comes into town and everything changes. He is mysterious and dark but something about him makes Elena… Read more

Reviewed by K. Thays, December 2018

    In the book Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon, the story revolves around a girl named Madeline. All her life she has been known as the “sick girl” who could never leave her house. When she was a baby, she was diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency, or better known as SCID.… Read more

Reviewed by A. Klink, November 2018

Daisy is a young girl who has always been good. A good daughter and a good sister, helping out her autistic brother when he has turned from a boy to a thirteen year old man-child. The only aspect that can help her cope is her trumpet. The one feature that makes her stand out in her world of blending in. But when her… Read more