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"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." -Dr. Seuss

Thanks for stopping by. I really hope that you take something away from this blog, even if it's just a book recommendation that leads you to a new series or new author that you will enjoy. I know that by keeping this blog, it's encouraging me to try new genres and to expand my horizons as far as reading new books, rereading old, and I'm even inspired to read the classics that I've missed. Because I'm a mom of four, I'll also be adding children's books into my reviews as I try to spend time reading with my kids on a regular basis. So why not review those as well and share them with you?

Books, for me, have always been great escapes. I remember being stranded on the island with the Swiss Family Robinson when I was 10 years old and it was a great place to be as I was having a rough childhood at the time. I flew away with Peter Pan and traveled with Meg through wrinkles in time, in Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Now that I mostly read 'grown up' books, I don't travel to islands but I do live in someone else's world (or mind) for a while and it's a great way to get away from it all even if for a short time every day.

Enjoy my blog and as always, happy reading!

Karen

New England is home

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The House at the End of the Street

The House at the End of the Street
       written by Lily Blake, David Loucka and Jonathan Mostow


Wow....an extremely good and very short read.  If you have a teen  that does NOT like to read...get this book.   If they have a book report or something where they have to read something...this book may actually turn them on to reading.  I read it in one weekend and probably could have read it in about four hours had I been uninterrupted.

Because it's so short, the fact that it was so surprising...had such good twists and turns and also quite a bit of suspense was actually surprising.  I won't do any spoiler alerts so I cannot tell you much but a girl and her single mom move to a new place due to the main character not focusing on school as much as a guy and some illegal substances at their previous residence.  So of course, she immediately gets involved with the town freak the second she moves to this new location.  Bad stuff happened at the house he lives in and she thinks he just needs a break...some friends, AND she thinks he is cute.

Well there really isn't much left to say without giving things away so I'll go on to my rating.  I think Teens who enjoy that kind of fiction will LOVE this book.  Those who don't like to read that much will enjoy it too.  Even adults!  Just don't see the movie first.  It would so ruin it.

Short and sweet, this book gets an overall 4 on my behalf.  The writing wasn't top of the line but with some suspsense it doesn't need to be.  This carried itself without too much character development.  Most of the focus is on our heroin and that s enough.

Read whenever you can and know that this one is a four!!!

Ciao for now!!!





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