#12 Facing Redemption by Kimberly McKay

John Mikale has a secret that haunts him, gives him nightmares and tears at his soul. In his youth, he had done something horrible. He is happily married and expecting his first child with his wife Andie.
Chastity was missing her mother who had recently died, All alone in Venice, taking an art class, she was filled with anticipation for the impending visit of her boyfriend Timothy. But all is not beauty and excitement..she still has to decide what to do with the letter from her father, a man she has never known, who's family made her childhood, fragmented and unsettled, forcing her and her mother to move frequently, never being able to put down roots.
These two stories connect and intertwine as God has a hand in the future of both.
A great story about faith and adversity.
ISBN#978-1477635551

#11 Mo the Talking Dog by Michelle Booth

An interesting book about an abused puppy, genetic engineering, bullies, friendship and a solitary elderly neighbor. It talks about what a "Family" is (including dear friends), about doing the right thing. Set in the English Countryside.
A good chapter book for school age kids with an interest in science and animals.
ISBN# 978-1481826457

#10 Pippy's Wish by Maddie Ryan

Pippy is a Jr. High Angel-in-training. Full of high spirits, inventions and ideas that seem to keep her perpetually in trouble! Now she may not graduate to High School unless she can pass a test and prove she can focus and learn the truth behind the saying "Be careful what you wish for".
Follow along with Pippy and find out what she learns and is it enough?
A good book for school age kids. I know my Grandchildren will enjoy it!
ISBN# 978-1-62622-965-5

#9 The Life of Pi

The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Piscine Molitor Patel, named after a French swimming pool, grew up in a Zoo in India. One would think that would be enough to make him unique, but there is more, much more.
He survives the sinking of a ship that killed his entire family and most of the zoo animals, he lived for 227 days in the company of a bengal tiger named Richard Parker, discovers a carnivorous island populated by meerkats. Eventually he lands in Mexico. Sounds insane? Pure fiction? Read the book, then you decide. A beautiful, terrible story, a glimpse inside the mind of a truly unique person, richly detailed, you will have difficulty putting it down.
ISBN#0-15-602732-1

#8 Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Strohl

Ethan Wate is having nightmares. Nightmares that smell of lemons and rosemary and a girl he doesn't know.
Lena Duchannes is living a nightmare. A nightmare that will only end on her 16th birthday. The question is will she still be there after? If she is....who or what will she be?
Ethan's mother was an outsider, he and his father will never be outsiders, no matter what. Lena always will be.
Can love conquer all? Is it enough? What is really happening in Gatlin?
A wonderful, exciting, tender story that really makes you feel each new moment in the relationship between these two "cursed" lovers. Be prepared for twists and turns that will surprise you and delight you!  a YA story for all ages who remember young love!
ISBN#978-0-316-07703-3

#7 Three Graves Full by Jamie Eccleston

Jason Getty has been haunted by the body in his yard....convinced he would be found out someday. Now the police are digging up his yard, but they are after another body all together!!! A wonderful story of twists and turns, made all the more wonderful by the psychological pangs of fear and suspense only Jason knows.
This is a very twisted tale, a rope of a story with more knots and tangles than your average string of Christmas lights! You will be on the edge of your chair throughout most of the story, even though your vantage point changes. The layers of tension just go on and on. I thoroughly enjoyed every shiver!
ISBN#978-1-4516-8505-3

#6 The Second Rule of Ten By Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay

I must say, Tenzing Norbu is my favorite new book character since Dean Koontz "Odd Thomas". I was thrilled to be able to read this second book of the series and will be waiting (not so patiently) for the next!
What a joy to get a peek inside the mind of a very nontraditional sleuth. I won't spoil the story for you, but we again find Tenzing involved in a complex mystery that touches places inside him, with some surprising results. There is even a chance at possible romance.....a trip to India and Tibet...as well as the many twists and turns of the stateside mystery that reaches back to WWII. If you have a longing for something other than a predictable, formula mystery, this is the book for you! What else could you expect from a hero that is both a retired LAPD detective and a retired Tibetan Monk? I wish I could say I read it slowly, savoring every moment, but no, I devoured it like a starving pilgrim at the end of a long fast..quickly and with great excitement and enjoyment!
ISBN#978-1-4019-4103-1