What about this book?
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been seeing Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart everywhere, lately. There’s the book drive going on at My Friend Amy and this positive review over at Presenting Lenore. Oh, and this hilarious interview.When I first saw this book, the title threw me off a little bit. The first thing I thought of was, “Ghosts? Not really my thing.” That was before I read the summary and found out a little bit more of what the book was about.
Ever since her mother passed away, Katie’s been alone in her too-big house with her genius dad, who restores old paintings for a living. Katie takes a summer job at a garden estate, where, with the help of two brothers and a glamorous librarian, she soon becomes embroiled in decoding a mystery. There are secrets and shadows at the heart of Nothing but Ghosts: symbols hidden in a time-darkened painting, and surprises behind a locked bedroom door. But most of all, this is a love story—the story of a girl who learns about love while also learning to live with her own ghosts.
The more I learn about this read, the more it intrigues me. I’ll definitely be at the live chat tomorrow evening. What about you? Does this book sounds like something you’d like to read?
Is it worth it?
Does it bother you to read a book and know what the ending will be? For me it basically depends on what I’m expecting. In a few books I’ve read lately, I’ve known basically what the ending would be before I ever began. For the books I read it didn’t bother me too much. They were fun, light, basically chick-lit reads. I wasn’t expecting a big shocker at the ends. In the past, I have read a few books that I was bitterly disappointed in when I finished because I did know the endings. I kept expecting something to happen but nothing ever did. Those books were more action oriented. Have you had any experiences like that in the past?
In My Mailbox (7)
Thanks to Kristi from The Story Siren for hosting this meme! I received a couple contest wins this week, as well as picked up a book from the library. Here’s what I got:
Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated polygamous community without questioning her father’s three wives and her twenty brothers and sisters. Or at least without questioning them much—if you don’t count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that Kyra must marry her 60-year-old uncle—who already has six wives—Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family.
I’ve read several reviews of this book, and they’ve all been pretty positive, so I can’t wait to read this one!
Lutie McFee’s history has taught her to avoid attachments.to people, to places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, 15-year-old Lutie lives in the god-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with her twelve-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate spends most of his time reading, watching weird TV shows and worrying about global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in Floy’s old Pontiac. Choosing the latter, they head off to Las Vegas in search of a father who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in the kids he left behind.
I like the cover of this book. The plot sounds intriguing, and perhaps a bit deeper than that of which I’ve been reading lately.
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City’s elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone—from the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud—threatens Elizabeth’s and Diana’s golden future.
With the fate of the Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family duty and true love. But when her carriage overturns near the East River, the girl whose glittering life lit up the city’s gossip pages is swallowed by the rough current. As all of New York grieves, some begin to wonder whether life at the top proved too much for this ethereal beauty, or if, perhaps, someone wanted to see Manhattan’s most celebrated daughter disappear…
In a world of luxury and deception, where appearance matters above everything and breaking the social code means running the risk of being ostracized forever, five teenagers lead dangerously scandalous lives. This thrilling trip to the age of innocence is anything but innocent.
Just one question: How is the title of this book pronounced? I can’t figure it out. Anyway, this is the book I picked up from the library. I’ve been waiting on it for awhile, so I can’t wait to get started!
Well, that’s what I received this week! Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them?