BOOK REVIEW: Snap by Carol Snow

When Madison's rich parents fall on hard times, they are forced to leave all of their worldly possessions and move to a motel in a beachtown. As her parents struggle with jobs - her mom has never worked and her dad is desperately looking for work - Madison struggles with coping with their situation. Still tied to her life back home and in denial that her life has drastically changed, she struggles to accept her new life. Her only saving grace is her camera. After taking some pictures in her new town, Madison discovers that random people are showing up in the pictures - people who weren't present when she took the pictures. Who are these people? Ghosts? Predictions of future fate? Madison works to find out just what her camera is trying to tell her as she learns to deal with her new life, new friends, and letting go of old friends. Entertaining book overall.

Football Season

It's fall, and that means that football season has returned! We are excited about the Gonzales Apaches; we are excited about college football; and we are excited about the new NFL season. In that spirit, we have put together a display of some of our best books about football. Stop by the library, have a look, and check out a great football book!

BOOK REVIEW: Life on the Refrigerator Door

Life on the Refrigerator Door is a series of notes shared between a mother and her daughter, Clair. Both busy with their lives, they sometimes go days without seeing each other, and must keep track of what's going on through notes left on the door of the refrigerator. The notes detail Clair's love life, school life, and relationship with her father, while her mom's notes detail her life as a doctor, the realization that she has breast cancer, and the effects of the breast cancer. Touching, poignant, and heart-wrenching, this is a wonderful book.

BOOK REVIEW: Num8ers

Jem is an ordinary, high school student, except that when she looks at someone, she sees their number. That is, she sees the exact date that they're going to die. This truth has kept her from getting close to anyone throughout her life, and it is a secret she has kept from everyone. Her avoidance tactic is demolished once she lets down her guard and befriends Spider, a classmate who's death date is mere weeks away. After running from a disaster together, which Jem predicts based on everyone's death dates being the same day, they become objects of suspicion in the eyes of the law. They run away together on a cross-country escape. The book is a fast-paced, interesting adventure that leaves the reader wondering if Jem can change the fate of her new friend, Spider.