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Review: "Brave New Girl," by Rachel Vincent
I liked this dystopian mystery. Dahlia 16 works with the plants in her district. There are 5000 girls her age who are exact copies of...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 20, 20181 min read


Review: "Shadowshaper," by Daniel Jose Older
This was an excellent audio book narrated by Anika Noni Rose. I listened to it in its entirety on my road trip from OKC to Galveston. The...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 22, 20181 min read


Review: "Arise," by Tara Hudson
This sequel takes Amelia and Joshua to the depths of New Orleans and voodoo magic. Amelia is given a message from the demons that they...
Mrs. Denney
Jun 26, 20181 min read


Review: "Hereafter," by Tara Hudson
This romantic ghost story was great - and it has Oklahoma connections. Eighteen-year-old Amelia has been dead for a while. Her spirit has...
Mrs. Denney
Jun 16, 20181 min read


Review: "Frozen Charlotte," by Alex Bell
When teens Sophie and Jay play around with a ouija board app on Jay's phone and Sophie asks for the ghost of her distant cousin Rebecca...
Mrs. Denney
Jun 4, 20181 min read


Student Review: "Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen," by Richard Paul Evans
After forcing Hatch to flee the Elgen Academy in Pasadena, the Electroclan (Michael, Ostin and Taylor), escapes back to Idaho where Elgen...
Mrs. Denney
May 16, 20181 min read


Review: "Dreamland Burning," by Jennifer Latham
This novel alternates between present-day and 1921 Tulsa, Oklahoma. In present-day, teenage Rowan is living with her black mother and...
Mrs. Denney
May 14, 20181 min read


Review: "The Accident Season," by Moira Fowley-Doyle
I finished this book two days ago and I still don't think I'm ready to write it up. It has quite an interesting premise: Every year,...
Mrs. Denney
May 8, 20181 min read


Review: "Her Every Fear," by Peter Swanson
I'm rating this as "it was ok" because I don't really know how I feel about it. I was really into it for the first 100 pages. Then it...
Mrs. Denney
Apr 30, 20181 min read


Student Review: "Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25," by Richard Paul Evans
Michael Vey go's to Meridian High School with his friends Ostin and Taylor. Michael and Taylor seem ordinary but they are anything but...
Mrs. Denney
Apr 30, 20181 min read


Review: "The Child Finder," by Rene Denfeld
Short, lyrical tale of a private investigator who has a unique talent for finding missing children. Not all of her cases are successful...
Mrs. Denney
Apr 23, 20181 min read


Review: "Thunderhead," by Neal Shusterman
Book 2 in the series begins one year after Scythe ends. Rowan is now known as Scythe Lucifer and he's made it his mission to permanently...
Mrs. Denney
Apr 18, 20181 min read


Student Review: "Firefight," by K. Wild
Freedom Smith is a gypsy boy with the Hercules gene, which gives him supernatural strength. Usually gypsy boys do not work with the...
Mrs. Denney
Mar 29, 20181 min read


Review: "The Ocean at the End of the Lane," by Neil Gaiman
I'm not sure how to aptly describe this short creepy tale! Neil Gaiman paints a beautiful word picture of a man returning to his...
Mrs. Denney
Feb 14, 20181 min read


Review: "All the Crooked Saints," by Maggie Stiefvater
Would you face your darkness in order to receive a miracle? The pilgrims who make their way to Bicho Raro do just such a thing. Their...
Mrs. Denney
Jan 5, 20181 min read


Review: "Little Monsters," by Kara Thomas
This psychological thriller will be a hit with teens who want to be right in the middle of the drama and mystery. These were the books I...
Mrs. Denney
Dec 27, 20171 min read


Review: "The Darkest Corners," by Kara Thomas
When Tessa's father dies, she has to leave the life she's led in Florida for the past ten years with her grandmother and travel back to...
Mrs. Denney
Nov 23, 20171 min read


Student Review: "Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race," by Chris Grabenstein
The third book in the Lemoncello series is a page turner with plenty of action and surprises. Like the other books, it revolves around...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 28, 20171 min read


Review: "This Book is Not Good for You," by Pseudonymous Bosch
I picked out this book to listen to in the car with my 9-year-old, not realizing it's actually book 3 in a series, and the book still...
Mrs. Denney
Oct 5, 20171 min read


Student Review: "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," by Ransom Riggs
“Miss Peregrine’s House for Peculiar Children” is a story about a boy named Jacob. Jacob’s grandfather used to show him pictures and tell...
Mrs. Denney
May 15, 20171 min read
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