In September, I took a new job as an elementary school librarian, so
the number of picture books I read increased this month.
1. The Wintersmith Terry Pratchett CD 5/5
2. Scots on the Rocks Mary Daheim 4/5
3. Hard Row Margaret Maron 4/5
4. California Demon Julie Kenner CD 4/5
5. Wishful Thinking Jason Lethcoe 4/5
6. Eclipse Stephanie Meyer 5/5
7. Red Leaf Yellow Leaf Lois Ehlert
8. Mama Do You Love Me Barbara Joose
9. The Giant Hug Sandra Horning
10. The Season's Of Arnold's Apple Tree Gail Gibbons
11. You've Been Warned James Patterson 5/5
12. This Year's Garden Cynthia Rylant
13. We The Kids David Catrow
14. The Library Dragon Carmen Agra Deedy
15. A Story for Bear Denise Hasely
16. Wake Up Sun David Harrison
17. Demons are Forever Julie Kenner 4/5
18. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp Rick Yancey
CD 4/5
19. The Chardonnay Charade Ellen Crosby
4/5
20. Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share Kevin O'Malley
21. The Monster Ring Bruce Coville CD
5/5
The best this month was a tie between The Wintersmith and Eclipse.
Both are young adult books and both happen to be the third in a
series. Wintersmith is about a young witch or wise woman in training
(Tiffany Aching is only 13, so you can't really call her wise woman,
yet.) One of the great things about this series are the MacFeagles
(sp? I'm not sure about the spelling because I've listened to the
whole series on CD.) They are little blue men who are bound to Tiffay
by a geas to help keep her safe. They are a hoot. In The Wintersmith,
Tiffany inserts herself into the winter dance, causing the
Wintersmith (Jack Frost) to fall in love with her. How she gets away
from him makes a good story. Eclipse is the third in a mostly non-
violent and romantic vampire story. Oh and there are werewolves,
too. Bella is in love with Edward who belongs to a coven
of "vegetarian" vampires (they hunt animals, not people). She very
much wants to become a vampire so she will not grow older while
Edward stays young. Her best friend is a young Native American teen,
whose tribe are actually werewolves. Things are complicated by the
fact that he is in love with here. Things are further complicated by
a vindictive female vampire who blames Bella for the death of her
partner. And she's out to get her. Oh and did I mention the head
honcho vampires from Italy who either want Bella killed or turned to
a vampire before she exposes their secret? Very intense series. It's
no surprise that teen girls (and some adult girls as well) really
enjoy this series.
Beverly
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