Book Reviews

Jon and I wanted to read more books this year so we made a list with a mix of new and old books.

You can click on the list and it will take you straight to the review. If you have read some of the books listed feel free to comment on the reviews too.
If you want to know what we are currently reading, click on our goodreads profiles:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8851468-carlyn-brody
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8853894-jon-clark

ABC

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens- Review by Carlyn.
• Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen- Review by Carlyn
• Book Thief, The - by Marcus Zusak - Review by Carlyn
• Book Thief, The - by Marcus Zusak- Review by Jon
• Blue Flower, The -by Penelope Fitzgerald- Review by Carlyn
• Call of the Wild, The- by Jack London - Review by Carlyn.
• Count of Monte Cristo, The by Alexander Dumas- Review by Jon and Carlyn
• Corrections, The by Jonathan Franzen- Review by Jon and Carlyn

DEF

• Decision Points by George Bush- Review by Carlyn 
• Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson- Review by Carlyn 
•  Essence of Happiness,The by The Dalai Lama and Dr. Howard C Cutler or any book written by the Dalai Lama

GHIJ

• Holes by Louis Sacher - Review by Carlyn
• Hunger Games, The series by Suzanne Collins- Review by Jon.
• Hunger Games, The by Suzanne Collins- Review by Carlyn
• Good Earth,The by Pearl. S. Buck- Review by Jon 

KLM

• Lighthouse at the End of the world,The by Stephen Marlowe - Review by Jon

NOP

• Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell -Review by Jon and Carlyn
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult- Review by Carlyn. 
• Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey- Review by Carlyn
• Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt - Review by Jon.
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith Review by Carlyn

QRS

• Seriously I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres- Review by Jon Bear(also includes review of Lewis Black's Nothing Sacred)
• Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman - Review by Jon Bear
• Soon I will be Invincible by Austin Grossman- Review by Carlyn.
• 1 random book from the bargain bin

TUV

To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee - Review by Carlyn

WXYZ

• With You and Without You by Ann M. Martin - Bargain book challenge, review by Carlyn

I also have a separate list of books which is part of my goal of reading the books that have been on my bookshelf for a long time and have never been read. Carlyn. 

ABC
Anastasia, the last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer
Around the world in eighty days by Jules Verne 
Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 

Con-nerd by Oliver Phommavanh 
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 
Causality by Jack Tate
Blatantly Bogus by Paul Stafford 

DEF

Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster
Dawn and the Surfer Ghost by Ann Martin 
The Dark Flight Down by Marcus Sedgwick
Dark Sun by Robert Muchamore
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
Divergent by Victoria Roth
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Eleanor by Kristiana Gregory
Emily of New Moon by L.M  Montgomery

Everything Changes: The Babysitter's Club by Ann Martin
The Fifth Quest by Debra Oswald 

GHI
The Genius Wars by Catherine Jinks
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Henry and Voula: An offbeat story by Maureen Stewart
I am Spock by Leonard Nimoy
It Cuts Both Ways by Jack Tate
I don't mean to be rude but... Simon Cowell
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. Jerome
The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough (AUDIO BOOK VERSION)
Isabel: Jewel of Castilla by Carolyn Meyer
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins 

JKL

Jackie Chan: My life in Action by Jackie Chan and Jeff Yang
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay 
Kaiulani: The People's Princess by Ellen Emerson White
Kevin and I in India by Frank Kusy
Kristy and Bart =? by Ann M. Martin
Lady of Palenque: Flower of Bacal by Anna Kirwan

Little Billy's Letters by Bill Geerhart
Lola and the boy next door by Stephanie Perkins 

Love Letters of Great Women edited by Ursula Doyle
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

MNO

Mary Anne and Miss Priss by Ann. M Martin 

Mary Anne and the Memory Garden by Ann. M. Martin
Mary, Queen of Scots- Queen without a country by Kathryn Lasky 
Mary Poppins by P.L Travers
Miles to go by Miley Cyrus and Hilary Lifton 
Mind your own business Kristy by Ann. M Martin 
Mr Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange
New Moon by Stephanie Myer
Not Again Dad! by Thurley Fowler
No.1, Ladies Detective Agency, The- Alexander McCall Smith 
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba by Patricia Kissack
Old Friends and New Fancies: The imaginary sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen by Sybil Brinton


PQR
Paddington Take a test by Michael Bond with drawings by Peggy Fortnum
Penny Pollard’s Letters by Robin Klein Illustrated by Ann James
The Perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Please Write Back! : More Letters from Henry and Voula by Maureen Stewart

STU

Stacey and the bad girls by Ann M. Martin 
The Selection by Kiera Cass
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer
The Rest of Us Just live here by Patrick Ness 
Sondok: Princess of the moon and stars by Sheri Holman
 Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush
Stacey vs the BSC by Ann M. Martin 
Suzuki's Green Guide by David Suzuki and David R. Boyd

Tom Amazing Machine takes a trip by Gordon Snell
Twilight by Stephanie Myer


VWXYZ

Voyage to the Edge of the World written by Lesley Sims

Wall Street by Kenneth Lipper
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
You by Caroline Kepnes

672 by J.S Lee