The Host by Stephenie Meyer

Melanie Stryder refuses to let her entire being be taken over by an alien. Our earth has been invaded by "souls"-- silver beings able to enter and take over a "host". Melanie was part of a resistance against these invaders, one of the hand full of true humans left.

The world, overrun by this unseen enemy becomes a brutal place. True humans must steal and hide so not to be discovered and implanted with a soul. The problem is, the only way you can tell, for sure, someone is not a soul is to see if their eyes are reflective.

The soul implanted in Melanie is called the Wanderer. She had been to nine planets throughout the universe, all taken over by the souls, but had never experienced the color in such definition as through a humans eyes.

Melanie puts up a wall protecting her memories from the Wanderer so she can not tell anyone of the people or location for the resistance. Instead she fills the Wanderer's mind with pictures of her brother and Jared, the man she loved.

This was a very interesting book. It's definitely not a light read but if you are a fan of science fiction or Twilight you will love this book.

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The Seer of Shadows, by Avi

It is 1872.The art of photography is a fine thing to be an apprentice in , as Horace Carpetine is. But later in life he swears to never take another photograph. “Why is this?” you may ask

Well , that is a long story. It all starts out when wealthy Mrs.Von Macht orders a portrait. The greedy Mr.Middleditch decides to double expose the photograph to show the “ghost” of Eleanora , the Von Machts’ cruelly treated deceased daughter,in order to become a more well known photographer. Horace is ordered by Mr. Middleditch to take photographs of portraits of Eleanora , but when he does, strange things begin to happen.

This is a beautifully written, haunting story about early photography and the shadows that lurk in everyday life.

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