So I am still waiting for I am Number Four from the library. I read Rachel Cohn : Nick [0375835334] Norah's Infinite Playlist. I really enjoyed this one. The dialogue was funny and clever. The characters were interesting. I guess I am showing my age, since the assumption that these teens were having active sex lives did make me a bit uncomfortable. But overall, I would recommend this one. Rick Riordan : Percy Jackson [0786838655] the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Book One (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) was fun and exciting. I can see why all the students I work with have enjoyed this series so much. I also appreciate the inclusion of so much mythology which, I know from some students I know, has encouraged further reading on Greek and Roman mythology. It was also neat to see a character who has some of the problems that many of my students have (dyslexia, ADD) who was a hero. Neil Gaiman : Coraline
was of course funny and clever. Like all Neil Gaiman's books it had wonderful and familiar fairy tale elements. It was just a little bit creepy but not really scary. I really appreciate Gaiman's ability to write from a child's perspective. Coraline is clever, brave and resourceful but still a little girl.

I have a couple of books from Librarything to read and review and then I am going to reread To Kill A Mockingbird.