Apr. 29th, 2013

goodreads: (Peanut: Book geek)
Title: Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth Prequel)
Author: Terry Goodkind
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 116
Date read: April, 2013

Abby's struggling to win the aid of the wizard Zedd Zorander, the most important man alive. Abby is trapped, not only between both sides of the war, but in a mortal conflict between two powerful men. For Zedd, who commands power most men can only imagine, granting Abby's request would mean forsaking his sacred duty. With the storm of the final battle about to break, both Abby and Zedd are caught in a desperate fight to save the life of a child... but neither can escape the shadow of an ancient betrayal. With time running out, their only choice may be a debt of bones. The world - for Zedd, for Abby, for everyone - will never again be the same.

More a novella than a novel in its own right, and it won't make much sense unless you are familiar with the Sword of Truth universe - at least the first book anyway.

That said, to one very familiar with the Sword of Truth universe, it was a fun insight into Zedd's life before the events of Wizard's First Rule. It was a quick and easy read, but I'd recommend it only to people who want to "know more about Zedd" as the plot itself was nothing special.
goodreads: (Peanut: Book geek)
Title: Running Out of Time
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Genre: YA
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 192
Date read: April, 2013

Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 -- or so she believes. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother reveals a shocking secret -- it's actually 1996, and they are living in a reconstructed village that serves as a tourist site. In the world outside, medicine exists that can cure the dread disease, and Jessie's mother is sending her on a dangerous mission to bring back help.

But beyond the walls of Clifton, Jessie discovers a world even more alien and threatening than she could have imagined, and soon she finds her own life in jeopardy. Can she get help before the children of Clifton, and Jessie herself, run out of time?

Really fascinating and creepy story. I'd had it recommended to me as "that book it seems like M. Night stole his idea for The Village from", and I can definitely see why! It kept me hooked till the very last page.

The perfect read for Dewey's Read-A-Thon.
goodreads: (Peanut: Book geek)
Title: School Spirits
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Genre: Paranormal
Rating: 4.5/5
# pages: 304
Date read: April, 2013

Izzy and her mother are Brannicks. Trained to fight mosters from a very young age. It's all Izzy has ever known, but after her sister mysteriously disappears during a job, her mother decides it's time for them to take a break. Fortunately rumours of a haunting at a small high school have surfaced, so for the first time in her life Izzy will be pretending to be an "ordinary" teenager - which turns out to be more difficult than it sounds when you have absolutely no frame of reference.

Fortunately for Izzy, the high school Paranormal Mystery Society (PMS) is ready to welcome her with open arms, but keeping her distance and remembering that "it's just a job" turns out to be harder than Izzy expected when faced with friends like Romy, Anderson and especially Dex.

Turns out the haunting is very real - and more sinister than Izzy originally had thought. The ghost is able to do things no regular ghost should be able to... which means that there's a hedge witch involved somewhere.

This spinoff series to Hex Hall is off to a good start. I was hesitant at first, because I wasn't sure Rachel Hawkins could make it work, but she proved me wrong, and provided a delightfully engaging read. I really liked the members of PMS and how it was obvious that they weren't friends just because they were all considered freaks and had no one else to turn to, but because they genuinely liked each other, and liked Izzy. I thought there was a good balance between Izzy's monster-hunting antics and her relationship with her new friends, but I would have liked to see more interaction with her mother. Hopefully that'll come in the sequel :)

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