Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, By Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

“Sixteen-year-old Lily left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to find the notebook and rise to its challenges. What follows is a whirlwind …

The Starless Sea, By Erin Morgenstern

Summary When Zachary Ezra Rawlings was young he encountered a door painted on the wall of the alley behind his mother’s store in New Orleans, but didn’t open it. Years later, he finds a book, in the basement of the university’s library, containing that story, his story, in detail, right down to his shoe laces. …

The Legend Of Sleep Hollow, By Washington Irving

SummaryThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow, takes place in a quiet little village just north of Tarry Town, New York, called Sleepy Hollow in 1790. A place, that has been long inhabited by Dutch settlers, who reportedly have a reputation for deep roots and unlike their American or even British neighbors do not suffer the same …

The Hawley Book of the Dead, By Chrysler Szarlan

Synopses As a world famous illusionist alongside her husband Jeremy in Las Vegas with three young girls, and the gift of real magic it would seem as if Revelation “Reve” Dyer has a nearly perfect life. However, everything changes on the night she shoots and kills her husband on stage. As a suspect in his …

The Portable Dorothy Parker

I have wanted to meet Mrs. Parker since the very first time I was introduced to her work. A friend of mine was reading the Portable Dorothy Parker for a book club and said she thought I might enjoy it. As evidence she had me read Resumé. Resumé Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids …