Reading Rut Busted

Well I have been neglectful when it comes to reading and then even more so when it comes to keeping track of the books that I have read. I was in a rut for awhile and then I bounced back. I have recently found on my library account that I can keep record of all the books that I have read, with that being said I just now turned on that feature so I am missing a lot of the books that I have read. I wonder if I call the library I can get a print out?? I would really like to know.
I recently read a two books for the reading teacher at the school, she wanted me to scan them for profanity and anything that the kids shouldn't be reading about. I read Life after Eli by Rebecca Rupp and The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud. Life after Eli  Some people die heroically, others accidentally. When Daniel Anderson’s older brother dies, he wonders which category Eli’s death falls into. In an attempt to understand, Danny creates a Book of the Dead — an old binder that he fills with details about dead people, how they died, and, most important, for what purpose. Time passes, and eventually Daniel is prompted to look up from his notebook of death and questions to make new friends and be swept into their imaginings. With gentle humor and genuine emotion, Rebecca Rupp examines the questions that arise following a profound loss and the moments that start life rolling again. This book had a ton of profanity, along with sex, drinking and popping pills. It had a good story plot but I think the author could have wrote the plot without all the language that they used. I mean kids can enjoy the book without all the cuss words. The Screaming Staircase A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren''t exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see—and eradicate—these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous work, and they are in fierce competition for business. In The Screaming Staircase, the plucky and talented Lucy Carlyle teams up with Anthony Lockwood, the charismatic leader of Lockwood & Co, a small agency that runs independent of any adult supervision. After an assignment leads to both a grisly discovery and a disastrous end, Lucy, Anthony, and their sarcastic colleague, George, are forced to take part in the perilous investigation of Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England. Will Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall''s legendary Screaming Staircase and Red Room to see another day? Readers who enjoyed the action, suspense, and humor in Jonathan Stroud''s internationally best-selling Bartimaeus books will be delighted to find the same ingredients, combined with deliciously creepy scares, in his thrilling and chilling Lockwood & Co. series. While this book didn't have any profanity this was a good book too. When I first started it I was a little apprehensive, its not what I usually read ( neither of the books were) and I really hate reading books that I didn't pick out myself. It was a good book and I kinda want to read the second one in the series just because when I start a series I like to finish it. I may have to find it and read it. Just to keep up with Lucy, I really liked her character.
The Winter People  by Jennifer MaMahon
West Hall, Vermont, has always been a town of strange disappearances and old legends. The most mysterious is that of Sara Harrison Shea, who, in 1908, was found dead in the field behind her house just months after the tragic death of her daughter, Gertie. Now, in present day, nineteen-year-old Ruthie lives in Sara's farmhouse with her mother, Alice, and her younger sister, Fawn. Alice has always insisted that they live off the grid, a decision that suddenly proves perilous when Ruthie wakes up one morning to find that Alice has vanished without a trace. Searching for clues, she is startled to find a copy of Sara Harrison Shea's diary hidden beneath the floorboards of her mother's bedroom. As Ruthie gets sucked deeper into the mystery of Sara's fate, she discovers that she's not the only person who's desperately looking for someone that they've lost. But she may be the only one who can stop history from repeating itself. This was a good book and I would recommend it. I followed along and had to know what was going on. it is told from many different perspectives and you have to read to see how they all intertwine. I didn't really see the ending coming and it was on me before I had a chance to even think in that direction.
Almost Missed You by Jessica Strawser
Violet and Finn were “meant to be,” said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can’t help thinking that she can’t believe her luck. Life is good.
So no one is more surprised than she when Finn leaves her at the beach—just packs up the hotel room and disappears. And takes their son with him. Violet is suddenly in her own worst nightmare, and faced with the knowledge that the man she’s shared her life with, she never really knew at all.
Caitlin and Finn have been best friends since way back when, but when Finn shows up on Caitlin’s doorstep with the son he’s wanted for kidnapping, demands that she hide them from the authorities, and threatens to reveal a secret that could destroy her own family if she doesn’t, Caitlin faces an impossible choice.
As the suspenseful events unfold through alternating viewpoints of Violet, Finn and Caitlin, Jessica Strawser's Almost Missed You is a page turning story of a mother’s love, a husband’s betrayal, connections that maybe should have been missed, secrets that perhaps shouldn’t have been kept, and spaces between what’s meant to be and what might have been.
Its been a while since I read this book but I remember I liked it okay, not one that I will rave about. I will read more from this author in the future.
Joyland by Stephen King
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. This was a quick read for me. I really liked the way it flowed and loved the characters. I cant imagine working as a carny. I really liked the way that the King through in the murder mystery of the girl who was killed in the haunted house ride. When it got closer to the end, and the plot twisted you knew that there was only one person that could have done it but I like how he kept you pulled in with the extra pieces that he threw in. Definitely recommend this one!
Final Girls by Riley Sager
Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them, and, with that, one another. Despite the media's attempts, they never meet.Now, Quincy is doing well—maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé, Jeff; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life all those years ago. Her memory won’t even allow her to recall the events of that night; the past is in the past. That is, until Lisa, the first Final Girl, is found dead in her bathtub, wrists slit, and Sam, the second, appears on Quincy's doorstep. Blowing through Quincy's life like a whirlwind, Sam seems intent on making Quincy relive the past, with increasingly dire consequences, all of which makes Quincy question why Sam is really seeking her out. And when new details about Lisa's death come to light, Quincy's life becomes a race against time as she tries to unravel Sam's truths from her lies, evade the police and hungry reporters, and, most crucially, remember what really happened at Pine Cottage, before what was started ten years ago is finished.
OMG this book! I took me forever to get my hands on this book and when I finally did I devoured it in two sittings. I loved the whole concept of the book! I mean I love horror movies so being a final girl is mind blowing. I really like Quincy even though at some points in the book I just wanted to smack her and shake her. I had some questions about Sam and I didn't really care for her. I had my money on the wrong person for doing it and when the end came into sight I was like what the crap??? I cant say anymore or I will give it away but yall must read this book! I can not wait to hear more from this author!!
The Breakdown by B.A Paris
Cass Anderson didn’t stop to help the woman in the car, and now she’s dead.
Ever since, silent calls have been plaguing Cass and she’s sure someone is watching her.
Consumed by guilt, she’s also starting to forget things. Whether she took her pills, what her house alarm code is – and if the knife in the kitchen really had blood on it.
Omg this book gave me a lot of anxiety while reading it. I mean the ending was a little predictable about who the main antagonist was and the reasoning behind what they were doing it. But the way that the author lead up to that point was great. I had it figured out by the time I was halfway through the book. I really liked the way that the author included the text messages for the concrete proof. I think that was my favorite part. Also how when she started to figure things out she when and backtracked her steps.
The Girls by Emma Cline
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence.
This book was a little different and as I started it I knew that I didn't like Suzanne and she was bad for Evie. I really think that Evie needed to be smacked a few times and also that her mother should have been smacked too. If her mother had been a mother she wouldn't have gotten drawn into this world. I really liked the relationship between Evie and her fathers girlfriend think that they needed each other. This book flips back and forth between past and present. It was slow to start and took a while to tell the story. I didn't care for the ending I mean I liked how "the Past" part of the book ended but not the way that "the Present " part of the book ended. It was like a big let down. Also ***SPOILER ALERT*** I could have done with out the murder of the little boy, I mean that was a huge problem with me, they could have taken the little boy with them and raised him with their children.
I am getting ready to start The Circle by Dave Eggers