Books

Just thought I'd comment on a few of the books I've been reading lately...

Acquaintance with Darkness by Ann Rinaldi is a historical fiction/mystery novel, which is one of my favorite kind of books. This book tells the story of Emily, who is left orphaned right before the assassination of President Lincoln. She plans to live with her friends the Surratts, but when Mrs. Surratt is convicted of helping John Wilkes Booth, she must live with her Uncle Valentine who she believes may be a body snatcher. The book was very fascinating, but quite dark as in it has a bittersweet ending. I would have liked to see a little bit more of a plot twist as in Rinaldi's other books, but overall I enjoyed it.

The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore tells the story of Christina; a teenager who is kidnapped in order to gain some money from her wealthy grandmother. When Christina is released after her grandmother pays the ransom, she discovers that everyone believes she organized her own kidnapping in order to gain money from her grandmother. Christina is determined to prove her innocense, and also tries to determine the third person involved in her kidnapping. Overall this was a great book. It was fast paced, exciting, and had a good plot twist. I wish the ending could have been a little more clear-cut, but other than that it was great.

The Lost Books series by Ted Dekker tell the story of four chosen teenagers set in another reality from our own world. They must collect the seven books of History before the Dark One finds them and uses them to his own evil ends. Along the way they must fight off the legendary Shatki (spelling) and the Horde army, and in the last book 3 of them are transported to Earth. This was a fairly enjoyable series, but sometimes hard to follow. Overall though it was fascinating and I enjoyed the comparisons of their world and ours.