Friday, 11 January 2008

Some more titles ...

Hey if there are any spelling errors, they're only most likely to be typing errors. Please bear with that, as I am typing this at super-fast speed ..

Shades of Simon Gray - Joyce McDonald

Smart, reliable, hardworking, trustworthy Simon Gray is every parent's ideal teenager - or is he? One night Simon crashes his Honda into an old oak tree, and suddenly the lives of Simon and his friends begin to unravel. What dark secret are they hiding?
Simon himself, trapped in a coma, seems to be having conversations with a man who was hanged for a murder two hundred years ago, from the same tree Simon smashed into. But was this man really guilty? And what is his connection to Simon?
Simon's accident unleashes strange events and forces sinister secrets to light in this eerie, suspenseful tale of hidden crimes and passions, both past and present.

Angelica's Review: This book was okay ..

Shooting the Moon - V. M. Jones (--also by V. M. Jones is Buddy, which is a great read--)

At 14, Pip's life is finally his own. His domineering dad is focusing his ambitions on big brother Nick, and as for Pip's climbling - his passion in life - he's going one way ... up. Even his love life's finally sorted: he doesn't have one.
Beneath the tranquil surface currents are stirring, but Pip is wrapped up in his own emotions, oblivious to the new forces undermining everything he believes indestructible.
When Pip heads into the wilderness with Dad on the traditional McLeod first hunting trip he faces a dramatic choice and discovers what it means to confront issues of life and death ... and, threatened by the ultimate loss, learns what matters most of all.

Angelica's Review: Ooh, a great read ..

Violet Eyes - Nicole Luiken

Angel Eastland knows she's different. It's not just her violet eyes that set her apart. She's smarter than her classmates and more athletically gifted. Her only real companion is Michael Vallant, who also has violet eyes - eyes that tell her they're connected, in a way she can't figure out.
Michael understands Angel. He knows her dreams, her nightmares, and her most secret fears. Together, they begin to realize that nothing around them is what it seems. Someone is watching them, night and day. They have just one desperate chance to escape, one chance to find their true destiny, but their enemies are powerful - and will do anything to stop them.