Natasha's Shelf: Book Reviews

Fiction

The Twisted Thread, by Charlotte Bacon
The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern
The Map of Time, by Felix J. Palma
Before I Go To Sleep, by S. J. Watson
The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Five Stars!)
Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon
The Gracekeepers, by Kirsty Logan

Christian Fiction

Demon, by Tosca Lee
Auralia's Colors, by Jeffrey Overstreet (fantasy)
Outlaw, by Ted Dekker
Eyes Wide Open (The Outlaw Chronicles #1), by Ted Dekker (psychological thriller)
Water Walker (The Outlaw Chronicles #2), by Ted Dekker
Hacker (The Outlaw Chronicles #3), by Ted Dekker
A.D. 30, by Ted Dekker

Crime Thrillers

The Priest's Graveyard, by Ted Dekker
The Sanctuary, by Ted Dekker

Supernatural Thrillers

Immanuel's Veins, by Ted Dekker

Fantasy Thrillers

Forbidden (The Books of Mortals #1), by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
Mortal (The Books of Mortals #2), by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
Sovereign (The Books of Mortals #3), by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee

Grade School Fiction

Kenny & the Dragon, by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Spindlers, by Lauren Oliver

Middle School Fiction

Hero, by Mike Lupica
There's a New Name in School (The Ashleys, Book 1), by Melissa de la Cruz
The Giver, by Lois Lowry (1994 Newbery Medal winner)
The Two Princesses of Bamarre, by Gail Carson Levine
The Cabinet of Earths, by Anne Nesbet
Winterling, by Sarah Prineas
The Invisible Tower, by Nils Johnson-Shelton
Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett (audio CD)

Young Adult Fiction

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Three Quarters Dead, by Richard Peck
Dust City, by Robert Paul Weston
Extraordinary, by Nancy Werlin
Hunger, by Michael Grant
Star Crossed, by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
Entwined, by Heather Dixon
Angelfire, by Courtney Allison Moulton
Firelight, by Sophie Jordan
The Book of Tomorrow, by Cecelia Ahern
The Water Wars, by Cameron Stracher
Red Riding Hood, by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright (based on a 2011 screenplay)
I Am Number Four, By Pittacus Lore (movie adaptation review)
The Pirate Captain's Daughter, by Eve Bunting
The Dark Divine, by Bree Despain
Prisoners in the Palace, by Michaela MacColl
Unearthly, by Cynthia Hand
The Iron Queen, by Julie Kagawa
Pathfinder, by Orson Scott Card
The Candidates (Delcroix Academy, Book 1), by Inara Scott
Stork, by Wendy Delsol
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, by Morgan Matson
A Long, Long Sleep, by Anna Sheehan
Fury, by Elizabeth Miles (waste of time)
Variant, by Robison Wells
The Girl in the Steel Corset, by Kady Cross (Steampunk Chronicles)
The Girl of Fire and Thorns, by Rae Carson (Really good!)
Pure, by Julianna Baggott (compares with The Hunger Games!)
Glow, by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Claire de Lune, by Christine Johnson
Nocturne, by Christine Johnson
Fracture, by Megan Miranda (for older teens)
The Implosion of Aggie Winchester, by Lara Zielin (2 1/2 stars)
The Vespertine, by Saundra Mitchell
Crossed (Matched trilogy), by Ally Condie
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25, by Richard Paul Evans (one for the guys!)
Wisdom's Kiss, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Legend, by Marie Lu
Under the Never Sky, by Veronica Rossi
The Way We Fall, by Megan Crewe
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1), by Marissa Meyer
Everneath, by Brodi Ashton
Incarnate, by Jodi Meadows
Eve, by Anna Carey
Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions, by Melissa Marr and Kelley Armstrong (16-author anthology)
Shatter Me, by Tehereh Mafi
Grave Mercy, by Robin LaFevers
Invisible Sun, by David Macinnis Gill
The Peculiars, by Maureen Doyle McQuerry
The Selection, by Kiera Cass
The Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa
Unraveling, by Elizabeth Norris
Darker Still, By Leanna Renee Hieber
The Lost Code (Book 1 of The Atlanteans), by Kevin Emerson
A World Away, by Nancy Grossman
Such a Rush, by Jennifer Echols
Insignia, by S.J. Kincaid
False Memory, by Dan Krokos
Carnival of Souls, by Melissa Marr (for older teens)
The City's Son (The Skyscraper Throne, Book 1), by Tom Pollock
Don't Turn Around, by Michelle Gagnon
Destiny Binds (Timber Wolves, Book 1), by Tammy Blackwell
Rise of the Elgen (Michael Vey, Book 2), by Richard Paul Evans
The Last Dragonslayer, by Jasper Fforde
Beta, by Rachel Cohn
Breathe, by Sarah Crossan
Starters, by Lissa Price
The Darkest Minds, by Alexandra Bracken
Speechless, by Hannah Harrington
Divergent (Divergent #1), by Veronica Roth
Insurgent (Divergent #2), by Veronica Roth
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles #2), by Marissa Meyer
Mind Games, by Kiersten White
MILA 2.0, by Debra Driza
When We Wake, by Karen Healey
Blackout, by Robison Wells
The Eternity Cure, by Julie Kagawa
The Testing, by Joelle Charbonneau
Reboot, by Amy Tintera
Pivot Point, by Kasie West
Reached, by Ally Condie
In the After, by Demitria Lunetta
Twinmaker, by Sean Williams
Icons, by Margaret Stohl
The Elite (A Selection novel, #2), by Kiera Cass
Allegiant (Divergent #3), by Veronica Roth
These Broken Stars, by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
Cruel Beauty, by Rosamund Hodge
The Burning Sky (The Elemental Trilogy #1), by Sherry Thomas
Salvage, by Alexandra Duncan
Pawn, by Aimee Carter
The Winner's Curse, by Marie Rutkoski
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3), by Marissa Meyer
Panic, by Lauren Oliver
The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
The Wolves, by Tracy Kolberg (self-published by a local author and friend of mine)
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, #2), by James Dashner
The Death Cure (Maze Runner, #3), by James Dashner
The Eye of Minds, by James Dashner
Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson
Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld
The Ring & the Crown, by Melissa de la Cruz
The One (A Selection novel, #3), by Kiera Cass
The Jewel, by Amy Ewing
Storm Siren, by Mary Weber (published by Thomas Nelson)
Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles #4), by Marissa Meyer
Firefight (Reckoners #2), by Brandon Sanderson
The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
The Perilous Sea (The Elemental Trilogy #2), by Sherry Thomas