A Dog Named Christmas

Fiction by Greg Kincaid.


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A cute book, this is good for a fast holiday read.

Forbidden

Fiction by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee.


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This story was set in a dystopian future where everyone's emotions had been genetically removed.

Oh, except fear. They had to leave that one in in order to control everyone.

The book was good, but I had trouble buying the premise. I think society, and particularly families, would fall apart without any emotional bonds to hold us together. But the guy in the book has a mom and a dad and a girlfriend....(?!) It's weird. I had a problem getting into the story because I just didn't believe it.

Also it's the beginning of a series, so you have to wait for the next book to find out what happens, which is annoying.

Need to Know

Fiction by Christine Merrill.


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A lighthearted romance/suspense story. It was fun to read.

Calling Invisible Women

Fiction by Jeanne Ray.


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In this story, the main character turns invisible and no one notices.

(This scared me. I'm pretty sure no one would notice if I turned invisible. Read more about that here if you're interested.)

But the story was good. It turns out there is a REASON that she is invisible, and she's not the only one who is suffering from this problem.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Fiction by Ned Vizzini.


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This is a story about teenage boy in Manhattan who has a loving family and gets good grades at a challenging high school. Unfortunately he also wants to kill himself.

Obviously this kid goes to a mental hospital. That's what the story is about.

The author does a good job of really helping you see this character from the inside. I actually believed that this dude with the near-perfect life was in abject despair. It's a very interesting character study.

By the Light of the Moon

Fiction by Dean Koontz.


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In this book, an artist who is traveling with his autistic brother is injected with an unknown substance by a crazy doctor in a desert motel.

Cool beginning, right? It's a good book and has several unexpected twists.

Sanctuary

Youth fiction by Jenny Carroll/Meg Cabot.


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This is the fourth book in the 1-800-WHERE-R-U series.

After I read Safe House, which I thought was book two, I found out it was book three (GRRR) and had to go back and read Code Name:Cassandra.

I hate it when I read a series out of order, but these books are actually good enough to stand alone.

Anyways, this was a great series.

So now I'll go back to grown-up fiction, I guess.