Daily Archives: December 13, 2020

The Haunting of Locker 31by Deidre Bjorson

“There are some weird stories about that locker. They don’t usually let kids have it.”

After her mother commits a terrible crime, Misti is sent to live with her estranged Aunt and Uncle. Welcomed with open arms, Misti finds herself in a safe place for the first time in a long time. She struggles to navigate life around her cousin, Penny, new friends and the handsome boy in her art class who impacts her life more than she ever wanted. On top of all of this, Misti is assigned Locker 31, the haunted locker. Misti dismisses the stories. Ghosts aren’t real. 

When her things are arranged for her classes, Misti suspects she is being pranked. When her lock is spinning, she blames lack of sleep.When a 20-year-old diary appears not only giving life to the odd occurrences at the locker but brings them to her home; she runs out of explanations. With the help of her new friends and possible boyfriend, Misti sets out to solve The Haunting of Locker 31.

Fortunately, the Milkby Neil Gaiman

An absolute delight of a madcap story for the young (and young-at-heart) by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, with equal parts pirates and piranhas, adventure and aliens, oddity and love.

"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: t h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road."

"Hullo," I said to myself. "That's not something you see every day. And then something odd happened."

Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal, expertly told by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Skottie Young.

A True Story from a Parallel Universe (The Poe Detective Agency Book 1)by Brian Yansky

An Urban Fantasy Hero’s Journey For Beginners.

Romeo Moon, a detective of The Poe Detective Agency, must, with the help of his zombie girlfriend, undertaker best friend, and a famous three-headed dog, defeat a robber baron nicknamed The Emperor who wants to conquer Romeo’s home town. The Emperor has an army of the dead, the undead, and the living, all looking forward to putting an end to Romeo and his friends and anyone who gets in their way.

But there’s more. Romeo has a past that has been hidden from him all his life. It turns out his mother and father are not who he thinks they are. In fact, his birth father happens to be a former god of the Underworld who is dead set on sending Romeo on a one way trip to the afterlife. 

Can Romeo survive family issues, a father with poor parenting skills, and a rich enemy whose ambitions require Romeo’s demise? All this and more answered. Read Today.

The Book of True Believer: An Allegory About Love, Disillusionment, Pain, and Power.by M. Funk

This is the story of True Believer, an introspective and empathic young woman who becomes hopelessly entangled in the fame and drama of Pentecostal faith healer, Jeremiah Promise.

Through raw and insightful journal entries, True shares her hopes, dreams, and all that she learns along the way about love, morality, disillusionment, and the power of belief.

Excerpts from The Book of True Believer . . .

“Intimacy, now there’s a word with a wealth of underutilized dimensions . . . its greater worth may be
found in this riddle: name the means by which one embraces tightest
without touching and plunges deepest without spilling a drop of blood.”

“As a noun, the emotion of love ebbs and flows naturally. The sea
changes of our feeling states are as sovereign as the tides. As a verb, love
must be mindfully (vigilantly) cultivated. It takes effort to develop the
will to love—to act with kindness, be respectful, forgive, and commit,
even when it feels impossible.”

“Sometimes I’m tempted to deny things I haven’t seen with
my own eyes. But I’m starting to realize that some people are endowed
with the gift of exceptional sight—whether it be foresight, insight, vision,
or experience. Some (like me) are privileged to behold the world’s
wonder and beauty, while others are obliged to witness more than their
fair share of ugliness.”

“A beautiful galaxy of understanding has clicked into focus. I was wired
all night because my mind was busy dashing through the avenues and
alleyways of epiphany. It’s huge. Massive. Life-changing! I have figured out the secret of why
people like me.“