Hi everyone! Every second week Hastings Library hosts the
Teen Bookclub. It’s filled with fun and laughter and a lot of talk about books.
Check out what we’ve been reading this week!:
What if you aren’t the Chosen
One?
The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or
whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?
What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe
finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up
the high school. Again.
Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world,
and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.
I loved this book! If you’re
ever having an ordinary or blah day read this book and find out that we’re all
extraordinary in an ordinary kind of way.
People would kill to be thin.
Solu’s luxurious celebrity-filled “Cruise to Lose” is billed as “the biggest
cruise since the Titanic,” and if the new diet sweetener works as
promised—dropping five percent of a person’s body weight in just days—it really
could be the answer to the world’s obesity problem. But Laurel is starting to
regret accepting her friend Viv’s invitation. She’s already completely
embarrassed herself in front of celebrity host, Tom Forelli (otherwise known as
the hottest guy ever!) and she’s too seasick to even try the sweetener. And
that’s before Viv and all the other passengers start acting really strange.
But will they die for
it, too?
If you think diet pills are the
solution to getting thin think again! Cruises, cannabilism, addiction and diet
pills are just some of the interesting quirks this book explores. Recommended
by Hannah.
A SACRED OATH
A FALLEN ANGEL
A FORBIDDEN LOVE
Romance was not part of Nora Grey's plan. She's never been particularly
attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee,
pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes
that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better
judgment.
But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure whom to trust.
Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her
closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run
and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a
truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those
that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will
cost Nora her life.
Jessica loved this book! Action, romance and drama, what
more could you ask for?
It starts with an itch you just can't shake. Then comes a fever
and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you'll be blabbing your secrets
and chatting with strangers like they’re old friends. Three more, and the
paranoid hallucinations kick in.
And then you're dead.
When sixteen-year-old Kaelyn lets her best friend leave for school without
saying goodbye, she never dreams that she might not see him again. But then a
strange virus begins to sweep through her small island community, infecting
young and old alike. As the dead pile up, the government quarantines the
island: no one can leave, and no one can come back.
Those still healthy must fight for the island’s dwindling supplies, or lose all
chance of survival. As everything familiar comes crashing down, Kaelyn joins
forces with a former rival and discovers a new love in the midst of heartbreak.
When the virus starts to rob her of friends and family, she clings to the
belief that there must be a way to save the people she holds dearest.
Because how will she go on if there isn't?
Recommended by Hollie – Great read, as if we weren’t scared
enough by real life flu virus’ here’s the book version!
Alex, 14, goes to bed in
December, and wakes in June, in a strange house to a strange family. In the
mirror, he sees Flip. Unless Alex finds out what's happened and how to get back
to his own life, he may be trapped forever inside a body that belongs to
someone else. What is identity, the will to survive, and what will we
sacrifice to survive?
Highly recommended by Vaari
It's the beginning of the summer
in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful,
happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are
on Emma.
The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember
what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's
in pain. But everyone else does.
Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma
that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front
of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes...
In bookclub we share everything we’ve read, including the
really bad ones. This slots really nicely into this category! This book was
hideous – that is the actual word used by Jessica. I’ve also read it and
unfortunately can see how this is reflected in our society today.
By
MzLib
