Thursday, September 27, 2018

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon


Madeline Whittier is smart, witty, and imaginative, but she hasn't left her house in seventeen years. She has a rare immunodeficiency disease called SCID that basically makes her allergic to the world. She longs for life outside her home, and when she meets the new boy next door, Olly, she begins to wonder if it's a possibility.  Olly is a risk taker and likes to push the limits. They develop a friendship and budding romance through emails, and eventually question if meeting in person is worth the risk. 

This book is found in the Young Adult section of the library and received 4 stars on Goodreads.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The Peach Keeper

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The Peach Keeper
by Sarah Addison Allen

Welcome to Wall of Waters, North Carolina, a small town with many secrets.  The town coffee shop owner, Willa Jackson, has learned that an old classmate, Paxton Osgood, is restoring Willa's old family home, the Blue Ridge Madam to its former glory with plans to turn it into an inn.  A skeleton is found buried beneath the lone peach tree on the property.  Willa and Paxton must work together to try solve the mystery of the skeleton.

This book is about the power of friendship, love and traditions, with a little bit of magic, and mystery thrown in. I was drawn into the story from the very beginning, it was a fun, quick book to read, although I felt the author could have explained the magic a little better.

You can find The Peach Keeper in the adult fiction section of the library.