What We’re Reading

MARIE

The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
“The Fall of Hyperion is the follow up to Dan Simmons’s Hugo award winner, Hyperion. This book picks up where the nail biting cliff hanger left us. Everyone is elusive regarding this books as to not give it away- if pressed to describe it I’d say it’s about travelers with strange histories, far away planets, and intergalactic wars. It’s truly a piece of classic literary sci-fi.”

TOMMY

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
“The mark of Athena is definitely creepier than Riordan’s previous work. That being said I’m hooked. The story is going where I thought it would but in ways I’d never predicted. Greece and Rome meet, and it doesn’t end well. Now the kids are faced with new challenges, what fight is next? I can’t wait to find out what happens in the end, I’m sure I’ll finish it all tonight!”

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JOE

Cold Days by Jim Butcher
“I just got a reader of the fourteenth Dresden Files novel, Cold Days by Jim Butcher. I don’t usually go for the whole urban fantasy thing, but I do admit that a new Dresden Files book is always one of the high points of the year. If you don’t know the series it’s about Harry Dresden, who is Chicago’s only professional wizard/private investigator/ police consultant. I will start and probably finish this book today and I’m sure I’ll highly recommend it.”

TA’NECIA

The Farm by Emily McKay
“The Farm is about a dystopian world in which blood sucking monsters called ticks have covered the earth. They prefer the blood of children, so the remaining youth have been placed in farms for their protection. Lily is a twin, and wont let anything happen to her sister Mel, who is severely autistic. Carter, a boy Lily had gone to school with before the ticks took over, has an escape plan but he also has am agenda all his own and doesn’t want Lily to know the power she already possesses. So far it’s a real thriller.”

GRACE

Pim & Francie by Al Columbia
“Al Columbia drew Pim & Francie over the course of ten years, but the cartoon was never fully realized. The result is a haunting series of drawings that tell the stories of two child lovers/siblings who go through a lot of dark and sticky situations- zombified grandparents, dead cats, a lethal swing dancing session… It’s very disney-esque (the children don Mickey ears, there are broken puppet boys, and something that looks awfully like a Goofy Big Bad Wolf). It’s dark and creepy in some really great ways.”