There’s this virtual reality game environment called MEEP (I have no idea what that stands for, and I think I forgot halfway through the book). People become absorbed in the game, so absorbed that they don’t want to come out again. It’s up to Levellers like Nixy to drag them back to reality. In her newest challenge, Nixy has to enter MEEP to find the son of the game’s inventor. He is lost in the game, and to make the situation more urgent, he left […]
A teenage boy moves back to his father’s hometown. You won’t believe what happens next…
But I can tell you that it involves scary monsters with wings, superstition, and peer pressure. You can read my full review here.
“Things had changed and would continue to change until there was room for everyone to have a normal life…”
This is the sequel to Landry Park, which is a dystopian tale of nuclear power, class warfare, and debutante balls. The story was about Madeline Landry trying to figure out who attacked her friend. She learns about the Rootless people, the lower class who change the nuclear reactors in the manor houses. There are a lot of revelations being revealed. In the sequel, Madeline Landry is back to solve another mystery. This time…things get deadly. The heirs of the Gentry’s elite are being killed. Madeline […]
The Jungle Book, but in a graveyard
First Read March 13, 2010, reread for book club 2015 The Graveyard Book is a terrific book. It was inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, and Gaiman’s young son, and although I haven’t read it I remembered elements from the Disney classic. The Graveyard Book isn’t simply a change in venue. Gaiman is a wonderful storyteller who paints a rich background for this novel of mystery, intrigue, and coming-of-age. I expected great things since I had previously enjoyed his other work, specifically, Coraline, and […]