Shannon's Library

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! Cristian Florescu is a teenage boy living in Romania in 1989. He knows firsthand what living under a communist regime feels like. When he is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, his already difficult life becomes much more complicated. With the revolution brewing, Cristian will risk…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS NOVEL! Clementine Madigan is a magician. She and her father are the wardens of Hereswith, trained to protect its citizens from their own nightmares. The entire kingdom has been living under a terrible curse for over a century. Once a month, on the night of the new moon, nightmares can…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! Charles and James are joint ministers at the Third Presbyterian Church in 1960’s New York City. Together, with their wives, Lily and Nan, they face the challenges of life and love during tumultuous times. This beautifully written novel is a testament to all types of faith. Faith in God,…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! Earth is in crisis. Humanity’s future is at stake. A lone astronaut is on a mission to save the day. There’s only one problem, he’s just woken up on his spaceship, light years from Earth and has no idea who he is or what he is supposed to be…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! Just off the coast of Crete is a tiny island, formally known as Spinalonga. This barren place housed exiled Greek lepers from 1903-1957. The Petrakis family lives in a small coastal village just miles ashore from Spinalonga. When Eleni Petrakis is sent to the island in 1937, she is…

At 127 pages, I would consider this more of a booklet than a book. A novella instead of a novel. A brief yarn, not a long-winded saga. But don’t let that keep you from reading it! It’s a delightfully, funny little booklet/novella/yarn! I’m a big fan of murder mysteries taking place in quaint English villages,…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! Megs Devonshire’s little brother, George, is obsessed with C.S. Lewis’ new book, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” George is very sick and desires more than anything to know where Narnia came from. Megs starts meeting with Mr. Lewis and as stories of his earlier years are told,…

Written by my nephew, Joey Rapp… So, you want to read a sci-fi or fantasy book, but you are intimated. I’m here to tell you that you can do it! I’d like to share some advice on how to read books within these genres without getting frustrated or overwhelmed. But first, let me tell you…

The Lunar Chronicles is my favorite young adult fantasy series! It’s a fun, unique retelling of some popular fairytales. It has suspenseful action, space travel, intense battles, royal intrigue, cyborgs, genetically manipulated creatures, and mind-manipulating moon people! And, it has not one, not two, not three…but four cute romances! What more could you want in…

LET’S GET EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK! “The Exiles,” is a powerfully moving historical fiction novel about women who have unfairly lost their homes and must find a way to survive, forgive and carve out new lives for themselves. The book alternates stories between a young aboriginal girl in Tasmania and convict women from England who…