2005

*Primavera - FLB 189 pgs. * * * * * sequel to Ecstasia. Calliope's daughter, whose voice makes flowers bloom, goes on a journey to discover herself and love.
*The Empress' New Lingerie - Hillary Rollins 156 pgs * * * Bedtime stories for grown-ups, actually pretty funny!
*Nightmares and Fairytales - Serena Valentino and FSc 160 pgs * * fairytales with a nightmarish twist.
*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams 216 pgs * * * * seconds before the earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, an undercover alien
*Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan 368 pgs * * * * troubled by family problems, Henry finds his life taking a whole new dimension when he and his friend, old mr. fogarty, become involved with price pyrgus malvae, who has been sent from the faery realm in order to escape the treacherous faeries of the night.
*Valiant - Holly Black 313 pgs * * * * When 17-year-old Valerie catches her boyfriend and her mother fooling around, she runs away to New York City. There she falls in with a small group of teens who live in the subway tunnel, where Valerie meets a troll and she learns that there is an entire world that she has never known existed
*City of Masks - Mary Hoffman 340 pgs * * * * * 1st in Stravaganza trilogy. while sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a parallel world that resembles Italy and becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the city's duchessa.
*Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli 186 pgs * * * * * in this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of non conformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes mica high school forever.
*Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - JK Rowling # 652 pgs * * * * 6th in series, Harry learns more about Voldemort’s past and the mysterious Half blood prince.
*City of Stars - Mary Hoffman 453 pgs * * * * * second in trilogy. Georgia, who loves horses, buys a figurine of a winged horse that has magical powers which transport her to 16th century Talia, similar to Italy. in the city of Remora she finds danger and intrigue as well as friendship and a chance to perfect her riding skills
*Dance Upon the Air - Nora Roberts 373 pgs * * * * first in 3 sister's island trilogy
*Zel - Donna Jo Napoli 227 pgs * * * * * based on a popular fairy tale (not telling which one!), the story is told through alternating the point of view between mother, Zel, and the prince and delves into the psychological motivation.
*Heaven and Earth - Nora Roberts 346 pgs * * * * second in three sisters island trilogy.
*Necklace of Kisses - FLB 227 pgs * * * * * 6th in Weetzie bat series, weetzie has a midlife crisis and checks into the mysterious and magical Pink Hotel.
*Face the Fire - Nora Roberts 358 pgs * * * * third in three sisters island trilogy
*City of Flowers - Mary Hoffman 478 pgs * * * * * third in Trilogy. 17 year old Sky joins the other stravaganti in Gilia, a city similar to Florence and becomes involved in ancient feuds and palace intrigue.
*The Purple Emperor - Herbie Brennan 424 pgs. * * * * sequel to Faery Wars
*The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 183 pgs * * * 4 English children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of narnia and assist Aslan to triumph over the white witch.
*the magic circle - donna Jo napoli 128 pgs * * * * after learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later.
*sirena - donna Jo napoli 210 pgs * * * * the gods grant immortality to the mermaid sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan war.
*Am I Blue - Marion Dane Bauer 272 pgs * * * * a collection of short stories about growing up gay or lesbian