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A Tense World War II Thriller Filled with Spies and Tactics Author: Ken Follett A tense thriller, Eye of the Needle is the novel that effectively launched Ken Follett’s career as a novelist, also spawning a later movie. Set in WWII the story oscillates between three narratives the first being the shenanigans of a Nazi spy named “die Nadel” (the needle) who prefers to kill with a stiletto knife and has debunked allied counter-intelligence regarding the true location of the D-Day landings by accidentally discovering fake tanks, aircraft, and a military town – an elaborate scheme designed to convince the Nazis that [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different Author: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” And so it begins, this tongue-in-cheek, bone crushing, carnage splattering homage to Jane Austen’s most memorable (and universally acknowledged) sensitive romance of social station and the higher meaning of pure love. What is better than a Mr. Darcy who carves his way through the zombie hordes, musket smoke curling around his dark, fine locks, to proclaim fidelity for the woman he is unfortunate enough to kind of like? What [...]

Tween Angst Author: Dawn Brotherton Do you remember what it was like to be 12 years old?  Yeah, me neither, not really.  But author Dawn Brotherton does a pretty good job bringing back the memories in her tween book, Trish’s Team. Trish is our main character, and she is 12 years old (so knows exactly how it feels).  She loves to play softball, is heading to junior high in the fall, and has parents who don’t understand her (she’s a little advanced for her age with that one).  She’s pretty happy playing with her current softball team, but is very [...]