What Should I Read? Book Talks and More

I finished Clash of the Demons last night. Kids are always asking for scary books, and this series is pretty scary! Here is a synopsis from the card catalog: "Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever."

Someone brought The Hunger Games back to the library yesterday--can you believe it--no one else checked it out...so I did. I can't wait to read it! I bought the squeal from the book fair for the library--hope to get it on the shelves soon.

I am continuing to read the Darren Shan saga. It is good! Take a look at some of the earlier blogs about this series. Here's what is on the card catalog of Trials of Death . "Darren begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as the the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain."

If you are a regular reader of this blog (crickets chirping), you know that I have been reading a lot of fantasy and talking with people who do, too. I received a funny titled list in email the other day...called Clean Vampire Books. That's because kids are asking my colleagues and I for vampire books ALL THE TIME right now. Twilight and all that...so my friend asked around and found a bunch. I will post it later and you can tell me what you think!!!

We have some real readers at Hadley Middle School. One of my helpers in the library, Chris, reads SO much that he is always telling me about new series and new books. He told me about the Darren Shan series The Demonata (Shan is known for Cirque Du Freak of course--and Chris is one of the people who helped me want to read that series). I am reading book 2 of The Demonata , just because I couldn't get the first one at the public library. Oh yeah, it is called " Demon Thief ." link It is pretty intense so far. The main character came back from "beyond" -- and I don't know where that was. This protagonist isn't any help because he doesn't REMEMBER anything about where he was. But, I think he brought someone back with him!!!! Shan's website says " The Demonata" is a ten-book series which will take readers into new realms and universes, all of them populated or threatened by demons. Fast-paced and bloody, horrific and fantasti...

This is the second in a series--it is a super hero book! Here is the synopsis from the card catalog: "After an unknown adversary leaks their true identities to the world, Titan and his partner Diamond flee to the United States with their friend, Danny Cooper, and together the trio learn how to master their powers and use them for good. " Some series really need to be read in order and this is one of them. There are a bunch of characters in the stories and that is part of my confusion. Plus, I read the first one Quantum Prophecy a LONG LONG time ago...ok a couple of years ago. It seems that Carroll is finally getting going on this series...I found this link... http://www.iol.ie/~carrollm/qp/main.htm

I finished reading Vampire Mountain in the Darren Shan Saga. An interesting thing about this book is that readers learn about the rites and code of vampires in this series--of course Shan creates his OWN world and does not necessarily follow all the ideas about vampires that have been written before him. It keeps things interesting! Next I am ready for Trials of Death and I am very lucky because someone just returned it to the library TODAY! Here's a synopsis of Vampire Mountain from the card catalog: Mr. Crepsley leads Darren Shan on a dangerous trek to Vampire Mountain, the very heart of the vampire world, to be presented to the Council, but an encounter with the Vampanese along the way means trouble. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Shan