Author: Trenton Lee Stewart The Mysterious Benedict Society is about four gifted children—Reynie, Sticky, Kate and Constance—who, after seeing an ad in the newspaper and taking multiple weird tests, are recruited by Mr. Benedict to go undercover at the Institution for the Very Enlightened to observe an odd man, Mr. Curtain, who may be hypnotizing people all over the world into believing very strange things.  This book is the first in a series of four books (and there’s a prequel about Mr. Benedict’s childhood which is separated from these four books for some reason).  This book was very interesting, I thought the characters were amusing and I was curious to…

Author: Neil Gaiman TW/CW: kidnapping; implied d*aths of children Coraline  is about a girl, Coraline, who moves into a mysterious house with her clueless parents.  While exploring the house, Coraline finds a mysterious door that leads to another world, a world where she has a new set of parents who actually seem to care about her.  But the more Coraline goes to this other place, the harder it is leave.  When Coraline discovers some disturbing things in this alternate reality called the Other World, it’s up to her and a moody cat to find their way out.  While I’m not usually one to go for the horror genre, this book…