Read Everything!!

Welcome to   “ Read Everything!!”  Here you can find out about the latest additions to the Sardis Secondary Library collection. Students from the SSS Library Book Club and I are excited to share our rants and raves over current releases and old favorites, as well as related book and author news. Please feel free to join in with your comments: we’d love to know what you think. And come on over to the library in person. You just might find your new favorite read! Mr. Wedel / SSS Library

  Book Review: Recommendation –  definitely  worth a read, particularly if you love history, conflicted female leads… and murder.   It is always a pleasure to run across a stunning debut. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner is just that – an incredible first effort. Part introspection, part mystery, part heart-pounding tension, this tale digs up the ugly secrets of murder for hire in eighteenth-century London. Simultaneously chronicling the unravelling lives of three heroines, two from the past and one from the present, Penner introduces us to a long-lost shop of poisons, the women who bought and sold revenge there, and the amateur historian who rediscovers it and herself as well. Be forewarned, this is not a horror story. It is actually quite beautiful and heart wrenching, written with surprising grace and empathy while steadfastly avoiding tired serial killer cliches and predictable outcomes. My only criticism is that while Penner flips between three diffe...

  News: "The Lost Apothecary" soon to come out as a drama series from FOX. Hear author Sarah Penner talk all about it.

News:   Looking for something truly GREAT to read? Check out this list from ReThinkELA: https://www.rethinkela.com/2017/02/100-novels-every-high-school-student-should-read/