Envy by Gregg Olsen

Envy by Gregg Olsen is the first in his new Young Adult series An Empty Coffin Novel. This book is about a teeenage girl who dies a tragic death. Just the title and cover art alone are enough to make me want to read this book. However by looking at a few pages I become even more intrigued.

Page 1 " At fifteen, Katelyn knew something about hurt. Promises had been made... and broken. Things change. People let you down- even those closest to you. Promises she realized, were very, very hard to keep."

Page 56 "As they walked through the alleyway toward home, neither Taylor or Hayley was aware that a pair of eyes was riveted to their every move. Studying them. Wondering from a dark place just what the twins' rekindled relationship with the dead girl's family was all about."

This book has a lot ot twists and turns that will leave you on the edge of your seat. The characters are real and well carried out. Although this book is the beginning of a series,it can be a stand alone. But the intensity and drama of the book make you want more by this author.

The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan

Sometimes the first line of a book can be enough to entice us into reading it. For example in Andrew Klavan's series The Homelanders the first line is:

"Suddenly I woke up strapped to a chair"

Now I don't know about you but I am curious as to what has happened. So next I look at page 56. Just a random page number but a quick way to see if the book holds my interest.

"It all seemed to happen fast and slow at once. I could sense and see that I was moving with unstoppable speed, but my mind was so focused on every moment that it felt like slow motion somehow, like a slow motion movie unfolding frame by graceful frame. Every kick and blow and step carried me farther and farther........"

Well after reading those lines I want to read more- and the cover helps as well.

Turns out this book is an exciting survival story about a boy who wakes up one morning not in his own bed and not even in his house. He must escape and survive to determine how his whole world turned upside down and everyone: terrorists, police, ordinary people see him as a dangerous enemy. When yesterady he was just an ordinaryhigh school kid.

What are you reading?

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Mrs. Kruger