Justice Reads & Reviews

ABOUT THE BOOK: Of Jenny and the Aliens by  Ryan Gebhart Publisher: Candlewick Press Release Date: August 1, 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Sci-Fi Synopsis: When boy meets girl meets alien, the angst of first love gets an extraterrestrial intervention in a tale both outrageously funny and full of heart. Ten years after Earth sent messages out into deep space, there has been an answer. Music from a distant planet has reached the world’s radios. Are aliens about to invade? No one knows, and almost-eighteen-year-old Derek doesn’t really care, because at a wild end-of-the-world party, Jennifer Novak invited him to play beer pong, and things, well, progressed from there. Derek is in love. Deeply, hopelessly in love. He wants it all — marriage, kids, growing old on a beach in Costa Rica. For him, Jenny is the One. But Jenny has other plans, which may or may not include Derek. So Derek will try anything to win her — even soliciting advice from ...

Into the Water This book is intense in the best way!   I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the novel to follow Girl On The Train .  I loved the GOTT.  Well I must admit that Into The Water is even better.  With more characters, more story lines, this mystery isn't solved yet and I am coming to the end of the book!  I love when I don't discover the truth until the end!   I first rented the audio book from my library of this book but didn't listen to it enough.  With 1 hour and 23 minutes left, the book expired.  I work at a college, so I immediate thought of the possibility that it would be here at the library and sure enough, bless Ms. Duphia's heart  (she took the elevator down to the main level to retrieve the book for me), there was one copy on hand.   I read some more on lunch break and am very eager and excited for the conclusion of this psychological thriller that Paula Hawkins has very i...