Book Reviews

Ninth House book review Ninth House written by leigh bardugo review by todd kuchel review 4.5 STARS  4.5/5 Her entire life, Alex Stern has been haunted by ghosts. They have followed her home, appeared in her classrooms, bedroom, even her bathroom. In her primary...

The Secret Runners of New York book review The Secret Runners of New York written by Matthew Reilly review by todd kuchel review 5 STARS  5/5 Skye Rogers recently moved to New York with her mother, step-father and brother, Red, leaving behind her...

Impossible Music book review Impossible Music written by sean williams review by todd kuchel review 4.5 STARS  4.5/5 Music was Simon’s life, until a midnight mini-stroke left him with cortical deafness.Anguished by his resulting condition, Simon reluctantly yields to his mother’s efforts to...

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  Lenny's Book of Everything Written by Karen Foxlee   BOOK REVIEW BY TODD KUCHEL Lenny Spink has a brother named Davey who has something peculiar that just isn’t quite right, he won’t stop growing. With their mother working two...

A New England Affair Written by Steven Carroll   BOOK REVIEW BY TODD KUCHEL During a night of amateur theatre in 1913, Emily Bale, a twenty two year old with theatrical aspirations and 25 year old Tom Eliot,...

Children of Blood and Bone Written by Tomi Adeyemi   BOOK REVIEW BY TODD KUCHEL Eleven years ago, King Saran orchestrated a raid; slaughtering the Maji to eliminate all magic. Stripped of their destiny, their children, ‘the diviners’ are...

    Jaws by Peter Benchley BOOK REVIEW BY TODD KUCHEL I’ve read a lot of great books this summer, but it was a classic that I feel deserves acknowledgement … Peter Benchley’s first novel, JAWS. Everyone knows the...

  Never Say Die by Anthony Horowitz Opening with a brilliant chapter involving the heist of a US Army helicopter named the Super Stallion, this novel is immediately set at a flying pace.   Following the death of...

  Library of Souls, by Ransom Riggs The third novel of the Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children series   After being deceived by Miss Peregrine’s evil brother Caul, Jacob and Emma follow the trail of their kidnapped friends to Devil’s...