Hidden in the Shelves is a feature where I show off a discovery (or rediscovery) that I came across while shelving books for work.
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Ever since she was child, Jem has kept a secret: Whenever she meets someone new, no matter who, as soon as she looks into their eyes, a number pops into her head. That number is a date: the date they will die. Burdened with such awful awareness, Jem avoids relationships. Until she meets Spider, another outsider, and takes a chance. The two plan a trip to the city. But while waiting to ride the Eye ferris wheel, Jem is terrified to see that all the other tourists in line flash the same number. Today’s number. Today’s date. Terrorists are going to attack London. Jem’s world is about to explode!
Summary from Goodreads. The idea of being able to see when people are going to die was enough to catch my attention. Match that with the fact that Jem is going to be caught in middle of it all? That sounds even better! Errr… maybe not better but certainly more interesting.
Have you read Numbers? Is it any good?
Oooh, that does sound intriguing! I might have to check it out.
Ooh check out my review for Numbers!
http://bookaddictsguide.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/numbers-numbers-1-rachel-ward/
It was something I was dying to read and turns out it wasn’t really what I thought it was going to be! But as much as I got frustrated with it, I still picked up the second book (to be read)!
I was actually quite disappointed with it because I was hoping for so much more
Awww, sorry it didn’t live up to your expectations! That’s always a bummer.
Definitely sounds interesting! Although honestly, I would have never picked this one up… mostly because books with eyes on the cover kind of freak me out. But maybe I could put a cover over the cover!
What you don’t want an eye ogling you while you read?!
I didn’t quite like this as much as I wanted to. Despite the interesting premise, it kinda fell flat. :\
Aww boo.
I hate when that happens.