Summer Reading 2013

As my Spring Fling Reading is over, I am now going to keep the diary for the books I am reading without the  group incentive :-) I've read 13 books in the spring, how many can I read this summer?
For my last assignment I had to say what books I plan on reading, for this one I am just going to add the books when I am reading it! These are my rules! You can join me if you want, just let me know you are reading, link your blog to mine, let me know you did and give me your blog address and I'll add it to my blog...easy, peasy, and no rush or pressure!

For my first book I am going to read one more book I took out of the HS library:

When we Wake by Karen Healey If you want to know more about this book click on the authors name! (starting to read June 21st) (finished.June 23, it's worth a read!...)

11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro a friend lend it to me ages ago. I think I better read it now and see where we are going. I did read some books in this series, but I believe they can be read by themselves...we'll see :-) (starting to read June 23 finished June 26th)

Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry a book set in the Amish country, Lancaster PA, mostly you can figure out what is going to happen, but it still is a mystery and I didn't figure out who was behind all the troubles until almost the end, and then it surprised me. A really good book, and one I was able to finish in two days :-) (finished June 29, 2013)

Finding Infinity by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (starting 6-29-2013) Finished July 2nd! My Review http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13540529-finding-infinity

Accidental Seal by Sharon Hamilton (finished July 11th) My Review: Not a great book! http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15715864-accidental-seal

Fools Rush In (Weddings by Bella #1) by Janice Thompson My Review: Loved It!!!
Here is a book you want to read if you like a clean romance with all the whistles :-) At times it is a bit slow and it could leave out parts, but I am looking forward to the second in the series :-) http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6433344-fools-rush-in

Changing My Wardrobe by Deb Hanrahan is my next book. I am going to start reading it today (July 15). It is another free book on my Kindl :-)

No review from me yet, but here you can find it. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11452353-changing-my-wardrobe

Spring Into Reading 2013

Well, it seems our challenge is over :-( I did start with 5 books on my list, and I read 3 of those, but I also kept adding books and was given books to read in between...so I read 13 and am reading one right now...I might yet finish it tonight :-) Below you find all the books listed and highlighted in dark yellow when I read it. The two blue highlighted books I either will read before I go on vacation or I'll take either one of them along to read.
I had fun reading all these books, liked some more and some less, but loved to be able to share them with you. I hope one or the other of you looks at my recommendations and maybe you find a book you just have to read!
I am looking forward to Fall Into Reading 2013, in the meantime I will start another log for myself and also will add books to Goodreads to keep up what all I have been reading...We'll see how many books I can read this year!

Hope to see you all again in a few month! Kirsten

Yes, I am going to read again...well, I always read, but I am going to keep up the posts here again...or so I plan!

Here is my list for the Spring Into Reading Group...as always I will be adding to this list as I find books to read and/or finish books on this list!

11th Hour by James Patterson (will take on vacation in July/August)
Schneewitchen muss Sterben by Nele Neuhaus (I hope it will be ok to list German books...they have to be read too) (might take on vacation in July/August)
Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly  Finnished April 20, 2013, this is a must read for history buffs!
Tumbleweeds by Leila Meacham Finished April 6, 2013 wasn't as good as the first one :-(
Back to U by Kathy Dunnehoff (free e-book) Finished April 1, 2013

Updating:
I'm in the middle of a book I got for free on Amazon for Kindl Back To U by Kathy Dunnehoff  Finished in April...not a book to recommend :-) I did not like it very much.

Also on my list from the High School Library:

The Hanging Woods by Scott Loring Sanders (Reading right now June 20th) Finished June 21st! Well, this is an interesting book, but I would recommend it only for HS kids. There is much cursing going on, I don't really know where to begin. At first I thought about just putting the book down and not read it, but then I thought I better continue and give the librarian at the HS a heads up. Well, the book did suck me in! I wanted to know if the kids have a conscience or not, where the author was going to go with the story, and how he will solve it all. Well, I don't want to spoil it for you, but if you read it you will figure a few things out, have your suspicions on others, and might get surprised at the end. But do be aware of all the cursing...the f word is used quite often and it's a bit unbelievable to think the kids in the 60s where talking this way...

Mister Death's blue-eyed girl by Mary Downing Hahn Finished May 20th, 2013

And updating again:
Book I am reading for a book club I just joined The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success by Andy Andrews  Reading now! May 2nd still reading it! Finished May 18th, 2013

Update May 2nd:
Another book I picked up at work and have to read first: Rotten by Michael Northrob. As we have a Rottweiler and the face and name on the cover are so cute, I had to take it home and have to read it. Halfway through...and loving it. The author must have a Rotti or really studied about them as the characteristics of the dog are so on top! I am curious how it will evolve to the end. Yep, another childrens book! Junior Library Guild selection! Finnished May 3rd, 2013 Great book to read for upper middle school and lower high school levels...or whoever likes to read and would like something easy yet thoughtful.

Update May 10th:
Falling for You by Lisa Schroeder. We got this book from another school and I started to read a few pages at work. That made me take it home to read as it just starts to grab your attention. Great HS read for students who have some problems in life. It shows that there is a way out and we (especially students) should take care of each other. If students like poetry, this might be a good read as it has poems at the end of the chapters. Finnished May 10th, 2013

Now back to reading :-)

You can find me on GoodReads too :-)

Update May 26th:
Read The Good Daughter by Diana Layne, picked it up as a free download, and now I am reading the second: Trust No One by Diana Layne, another free book I picked up on the Kindl.Finished May 31

Update June 8th:
Read Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. My friend gave me this book, and I couldn't put it down. If you are looking for something else to read, get this book! I think it is the one book that will stay with me for a while.

From her website:

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Best Nonfiction Book of 2012: The Boston Globe, Entertainment WeeklyA Best Book of the Year: NPR, St. Louis Dispatch, Vogue
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her. 

Updating again! June 20th!
I found another book I just had to read, Janie Face to Face by Caroline B. Cooney #5 in the Face on the Milk Carton series. This book tells you about the kidnapper, why and how and what become of her, as well as what is happening with the grown up Janie...how is she fearing with her kidnapping and what will become of her, how can she put it all behind her, and how are her two sets of parents doing....
I had read all the other books  years ago and was fascinated by the story. When I saw this book on Monday I just had to bring it home and read it...so, two days later I am done with it :-) If you have read any of the previous books you just have to get this one also and read it. At the end Ms. Cooney also tells you why she wrote this series. Read June 19th, 2013

Also finished this book I got for free on the Kindl Black Butterflies (The Greek Village Series Book 2)  by Sara Alexi. I hadn't read the first one...if you like long drawn out romance with lots of repetion...go for this one, otherwise, skip it :-) I won't be reading more in this series. Read June 17th

Hmmm...what else have I read in the last few weeks?

Just finished Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor another Texas Lone Star book. Don't think it ought to be on this list as the list is for 6-8 grade Students, we ought to have a list by grade :-) 8th graders probably find this book very entertaining and pertaining to their lives, 6th graders think it ought to be that way and will be disappointed in life. Oh, welll...

The Demon King  by Cinda Williams Chima; yep, TLSbook. Wow, not interested at first, but once you get sucked in you are sucked in!!! Read the book over the last week and didn't get very far, started to get into it Saturday morning, and read till 12:30 am, fell asleep sitting up so went to bed, got up at 6:30 am and finished the last 2 or 3 chapters. Now waiting for the next book. Hard to get into, but once it has you it keeps having turns in it! Follow the link and read the first chapter, but you'll be disappointed and will have to read more to get into it!

The Bull Rider  by Suzanne Morgan Williams  Oh, this is not what you think it is, and I did like this book, guess it might be the one I will like best of all the TLS this year. The main subject is not Bull Riding, and that is all I am going to say. I did give it to one of the students this week and asked her to tell me what she thinks, she came back a bit later stating she started reading it and liked it so far. It's an intriguing book for anyone to read. Far better lesson then the top book :-)

Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor if you like monsters, this is a book for you. Don't care for monsters, but this is an easy read and might be for the kiddos who don't like to read and want to be grossed out a bit.

Think that's all I read since Aug. 15 and  my last post :-)
Hang on for the next instalment coming soon! There are way too many books to read!

Books read this summer!

Okay, they are all for School reading!
Texas Lone Star Books for this year:
"The Sweethaeart of Prosper County" by Jill s. Alexander
"Slob" by Ellen Potter
"Donut Days" by Lara Zielin
"The Roar" by Emma Clayton
"The Season" by Sarah MacLean
And on Audio:
"Pop" by Gordon Korman
"The Red Blazer Girls" by Michael D. Beil
"Prophecy of the Sisters" by Michelle Zink
 Already read:
"All the Broken Pieces: a novel in verse" by Ann E. Burg

Also read
"Heist Society" by Ally Carter

Taken

Beeing sick helps to finish a book quickly. Read Taken by Edward Bloor yesterday. Interesting book where its 2036 and it is very normal for children of rich parents to be kidnapped for ransom.

Books I have read in 2010!

Comfort Food - Kate Jacobs
Taken - Edward Bloor - juvenile fiction
Niner - Theresa Martin Golding - juvenile fiction
Princess Ben - Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Juvenile fiction...good book
Gabriel's Horses (Racing to Freedom Trilogy) - Allison Hart - a book about slavery, the Civil War, and Horse Racing 

Comfort Food

Finished up a book yesterday! Yeah!!! I am trying to write them all down as soon as I read it...we'll see if that works. Plus I am going to have one list with all the books I read in 2010...one view of all of them...and how about a movie schedule too? Well, that might just be too much for me to handle...but we'll see!

Comfort Food: A Novel by Kate Jacobs

Praise for Comfort Food
"Kate Jacobs' breezy follow-up to her bestselling The Friday Night Knitting Club is a satisfying read that showcases Jacobs' skill in creating endearingly flawed characters… the kind of book you rush home to finish. "

– USA Today

"Gus and the show's cast, with their humor, moods, and romance, are the sparks that bring this warm and irresistible story to life. Highly recommended."

– Library Journal

"Lighthearted."

– Kirkus Reviews

"Comfort Food is good for the heart and soul."

– BookPage

My review: I liked it. Romance, cooking, family, stress, just real life (plus a bunch of...can you believe this). It is an easy to read book by the author of "Friday Night Knitting Club" which I read a year or two ago. There is a sequel to FNKC and I guess that's the next one I need to get. - this is not a kids book (this is for Jason who thinks that's all I am reading), but it also doesn't have blood and guts spilling all over, but some good competition between two extreme cabable women.

What did I read over Christmas break?

Young Adult:
Living on Impulse by Cara Haycak
Willa by Heart by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler
Shift by Jennifer Bradbury (now this is an interesting book to read! read it in one day)

Adult:
Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

Before Christmas...in November I guess..Julie & Julia by Julie Powell...okay...that was the most weird book I have read and I don't recomend it :-(
I also read Christopher Buckleys No Way to Treat a First Lady and I do recomend this one. It was interesting reading.
Devoured Going Rogue by Sarah Palin as soon as it was available (Dan actually bought it for me without me asking for it)!

There were more books since my last posting, but I forgot which ones. And in between I also listen to books I have downloaded to MP3 player from the library...go figure.

I'll try to keep up with this better, even if I don't give you a link to these books and only write down the titles!

Wow, what a book!

A friend gave me First Family by David Baldacci to read, wow! You are looking for a thriller, no wonder it's on the bestselling list, or it should be. It starts strong and just keeps going. Guess I'll have to look for more by that guy. It is really interesting to read and keeps you wondering and guessing.

So much more reading done, but not blogged about...

The last two books I finished were "Blood and Money" by Thomas Thompson, well, here is a book about a murder in 1969  in Houston and the aftermath. If you want to be spellbound by a story, here it is!

Read this excerpt from a blog critic, then link there and see the whole story!:

Perhaps on a handful of occasions, you come across a story that can paradoxically alter and reinforce your understanding of the human condition. A story so rich in complex and interesting characters, their lives narrated with such vivid detail and telling dialogue, they have to be real people and not the imagined composites of a novelist. A story set so perfectly in a place and time in history that you come away believing for a while that you lived there, traveled the streets, overheard conversations or had supper with the denizens.

Of the hundreds of books I have enjoyed reading, like an endless buffet of delicious meals, there are few and far between the luscious delicacies found in Thomas Thompson’s book, Blood and Money. This sumptuous feast requires slow, deliberate relish in order to luxuriate in every chapter like exquisitely prepared courses served in the finest restaurant. Before I had finished the first chapter of the book, I began to pace myself to allow the rare beauty and satisfying depth of this engrossing experience to linger like the afterglow of fulfilling lovemaking.

Now I am waiting to see the movie, and if I'll find the book the movie "Murder in Texas" is based on I guess I'll have to read that too :-) ("Prescription Murder" by Ann Kurth).

The next book I read was another one from the school library..."Don't judge a girl by her cover" by Ally Carter. It is the third in the "Gallagher Girls" series. Hey, I did read the other two and it is a good and quick read. I need to be ahead of the kids in school! :-)

I did read all 20 of the Texas Lone Star books and don't know if I wrote them all down. But hey, there are list around, you can find them all...

Now I am reading another 'grown-up' book my friend lend me. When I am finished I'll share it with you also!

I have been reading, just not posting!

Here is the latest title: Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire: The Methods andMadness Inside Room 56" by Rafe Esquith an actual classroom teacher! This is a non-fiction and one I had a hard time putting down, but to understand it all you have to take your sweet time, and maybe note taking would be good too. As I am not a classroom teacher, it was a bit much for me and I didn't take many notes, but I would love working with a teacher and have my child thought by a teacher such as this man. If you are a teacher you might just want to go out and by this book so you can make notes in it and keep going back to it. I just hope I can take some of it to heart during this next school year!

**Do click on above links and listen to NPRs interview and read all about the Hobart Shakespearens!

Finished two more Lone Stars :-)

This weeks readings were Evolution, Me & Ohter Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande you ought to read about her! She was a trial lawyer at one time, plus many other jobs! This was a very interesting book you are just going to have to read it yourself, or check out the above link!


The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong, WOW! What a book and the authors first to boot!!! I didn't know what to expect about this one as the title says it has something to do with the Sea...but there is much more to this book. These were two very interesting books and I didn't want to put either one down! Read them both!

Finished...

...Antsy does time by Neal Shusterman interesting to read and the continuation of Neal's The Schwa was here.

From Neal's website:

Fueled by friendship and sympathy, Antsy Bonano signs a month of his life over to his "dying" classmate Gunnar Umlaut. Soon everyone at school follows suit, giving new meaning to the idea of "living on borrowed time." But does Gunnar really have six months to live, or is news of his imminent death greatly exaggerated? When a family member suffers a heart attack after donating two years to Gunnar, Antsy wonders if he has tempted fate by playing God. Fans of "the Schwa" will welcome favorite and new characters in this wholly fresh tale, which is as touchingly poignant as it is darkly comical.

Yes! Some more taken off the list :-)

I, Q: [Book One: Independence Hall] by Roland Smith. (Texas Lone Star) It's actually one that grows on you once you know where it's going. And now you wait for the sequel! It's another spy book, and I do like mystery spy books. And when it's for kids it's easy to read, but this one is in for some surprises! Enjoy it!

From the website: Thirteen-year-old Quest (Q for short) used to live with his mother, a singer, on a sailboat in Sausalito, California. Fifteen-year-old Angela lived with her father, a songwriter, in a loft in San Francisco. Now their parent are married and Q and Angela are on a luxury motor coach traveling around the country on tour with their parents' new band called Match. Their schoolwork for the year is a Web diary of their travels. Perfect… Q can practice his magic tricks and Angela can read her spy novels. What could go wrong?

 Suck it up... by Brian Meehl, yes another Texas Lone Star. This one is about vampires...thanks, have enough of them now!

From the website: The origin of Suck It Up? Teeth-grinding frustration.

When I was writing lots of kids TV for PBS back in the 90s I was often told by politically correct TV producers that I couldn't put such and such in a show because it might offend so-and-so. I couldn't put angels on a wedding cake because it was too Christian and might offend non-Christians. I couldn't write about birthday parties because Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in celebrating birthdays because it's a celebration of self.

At some point, I became brainwashed by all this political correctness and had a eureka moment. The one minority that no one seemed to care about was our bloodsucking brothers and sisters: vampires. I mean, c'mon, they have special needs too. They're subjected to unfair stereotyping. They even suffer from a terrible hate-crime: staking.

So I found my cause. I was determined to write a story that would let everyone know that vampires are like everyone else. They just have a slight drinking problem--correction--they're diet-challenged.

The story started as a screenplay for a movie (with the likes of Jim Carry playing Morning McCobb). It was called "Don't Call Us Vampires – We're Undead Americans!" It even won a screenplay competition, taking 1st place in The New England Screenwriting Conference of 1998. The Conference gave me a wonderful staged reading of it. But the screenplay never sold and became a film.

After I finished Out of Patience, I decided to resurrect the screenplay as a YA novel. And that's how Suck It Up rose from the grave of a writer's trunk.

3 Willows: the sisterhood grows by Ann Brashares. Okay, never read any of the "Sisterhood" books, but came across this one and downloaded it to my MP3 player and listened to it every day. It's about 3 girls and how their lives during one summer suddenly changes (divorce, camp, job, love). I have to admit I did get kind of hooked on this one and if you listen to it their is an interview with the author at the end :-) (and this was not a Lone Star list book...)!

From Ann's website:
The new book from Ann Brashares, the bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Seeds
Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead.
Roots
Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a bus girl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer. Or feeling embarrassed by her middle school friends. And she didn't count on her family at all. . .
Leaves
Ama is not an outdoorsy girl. She wanted to be at an academic camp, doing research in an air-conditioned library, earning A's. Instead her summer scholarship lands her on a wilderness trip full of flirting teenagers, blisters, impossible hiking trails, and a sad lack of hair products.
It is a new summer. And a new sisterhood. Come grow with them.

More Reading!

It is summer and reading is in full swing :-)

The Compound by S. A. Bodeen...is another Texas Lone Star selection which the kids ought to be reading when school starts again. I am not too happy about the list this year...don't like this book too much. But then if you like Science Fiction, you probably will like this one. Maybe I just don't like Science Fiction!

the dead & the gone: a novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer, hah that's the same genre, so here we go it's a bit better then the other book, but still not what I like for summer reading, and some kids might not get into it as they are just not muture enough. Oh, well, don't need a sequel to this one either (it doesn't help that Dan and I started watching a movie going right along this book -Impact, which will conclude tomorrow evening.

And Jason wanted me to read a book he likes Storm Front: book one of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, does Jason know I don't care about vampire books. Well, I read it and will be reading the next one also (well, I'll listen to it on CD as he gave that to me also). Actually the book is about Harry a wizzard and detective who gets to work with the police on paranormal murders.

Oh, my, I almost forgot about this Texas Lone Star book I have read: 

Gym Candy by Carl Deuker hmm, what to say. He writes books about sports and this one is just like it. Love football, love the book...well...anyways, the book is about this boy who's father didn't make it big in football because he wasn't doing what he should have done, hides all he's done from his son and is treating his son to become a big football star. With all the pressure he succumbs to the 'gym candy', so there's the message!

Okay, that's all I have read this week, reading a book at work, listening to a book during workouts, and am starting a new book now (then I'll also start listening to Jason's CD in the car...I'll be having 4 books going at once...might have to change the one I am going to read as it looks as though I have picked another SciFi one :-()

It is time to update this post again...

I have been reading!
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. If you want to read about Pakistan and Afghanistans school children this is the book for you. It started out very slow for me, but once I knew what it was all about it became a lot clearer. I do recommend this book, it is hard to read with all these customs we are not used too, but I think it is interesting and I believe Greg Mortenson has his heart in the right place.

Diamond Willow by Helen Frost, this is a Texas Lone Star book and I read it for school. It actually is a pretty interesting book to read and gives you a bit of an inside into Alaska's wilderness. And if you want to know what a "Diamond Willow" is click here.

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor, another Texas Lone Star. This is about the saddest book I have read in a long time. But I do recommend this one. No wonder our students are so messed up. A mother who loves her children, or so she says, but is never around to watch what they do or take care of them. The two youngest end up with their father when the oldest has to take care of them all the time. But because the oldest is not his child he can not get custody of her...I won't tell you the ending, but there are some interesting caracters and friendships in this book.

Reading Gym Candy now. Will have to post update later when I am finished with it!

Rain and a book to read! In heaven!

Yes, it rained and was overcast yesterday, what a day to spend indoors curled up with a book I really wanted to finish! Uprising by Margaret Peteson Haddix! Wow! The book is about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory and the girls who worked there. All from the view of a few girls whose path crosses a few times and who end up becoming friends in dire circumstances. I knew a little about the factory, but this brought the plight of the workers, and their ages, to a different understanding. It is a fictional account, but neverless you can get into the story and start understanding what these girls had to live for - nothing! I would recommend this book as a Texas Lone Star book over some of the books that have been nominated and shouldn't have been. Hmmmm, maybe I will do just that!

Yes, two more finished :-)

I am Scout: the biography of Harper Lee by Charles J. Shields

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the most widely read novel in American literature. Two-thirds of American public high schools include it in their curricula. Yet the author — who never published another novel— remains a mysterious figure, refusing since 1965 to give interviews or talk about her Pulitzer prize-winning novel.  I Am Scout is the first-ever comprehensive biography written for a young audience that tells the story of how Miss Lee struggled to become an author and created one of the most popular novels of the 20th century. It fills what has been an empty place on school and library shelves for almost 50 years.

"The text does an excellent job of conveying the facets of Lee's personality that made her a writing success, including her honesty, tenacity, sense of justice and adaptability of interpersonal style... Shields demonstrates Lee's critical role in the creation of longtime friend Truman's Capote's In Cold Blood. Prior knowledge of both works is not absolutely necessary, thanks to an absorbing and easy narrative style...." -Kirkus Reviews

 Description and Review from http://www.charlesjshields.com/ 

This was an interesting book to read, hard to follow at some points, but very interesting to find out why and how she wrote only this one book. Yes, I recomend this for reading. It was also a Junior Literary Guild selection. BTW,To kill a Mockingbird has it's 50th anniversary!

The second book I just finished is The Possibilities of Sainthood  by Donna Freitas and here are the official Reviews from http://www.thepossibilitiesofsainthood.blogspot.com/ 

"Fresh and funny...[Antonia's] emails to the Vatican add flair to a coming-of-age novel already vivid for its warm portrayal of urban Italian-American family life...While getting at serious issues, Freitas wins readers over with a beautifully sustained light tough." -- Starred, Publishers Weekly

"First-time novelist Freitas hops into the romance genre and brightens and heightens it by providing characters who are anything but run-of-the-mill...Yes, it's kind of silly that Antonia thinks she has a shot at being the Patron Saint of the Kiss, but her first-person narrative is so smile-inducing, it's easy to go along with the premise. As Antonia sorts out her feelings for longtime crush Andy, as well as Michael, the boy who makes her blush, readers will be hard-pressed to decide what interests them most--make out sessions or marters." -- Starred, Booklist

It was a pretty funny book about a 15 year old girl who is not allowed to date. She goes to a catholic girl's school in NY, is from Italien descent and has a love of Saints. For more you just have to read the book for yourself, and remember, it's a teenager!

I'm a bit behind...

...my reading log, so here it is:
White Sands, Red Menace by Ellen Klages, the sequel to the Green Glass Sea. Yes, I enjoyed the sequel as much as the first one. Gave it to one of the kids who had read the first one and she was overjoyed getting to read it.

Just finished How not to be Popular by Jennifer Ziegler, oh my, what should I say about this book. Don't think it is one for our younger middle school kids...but it's a Texas Lone Star book selection this coming year...oh, my! But I got to read this one on the Kindle from Amazon. Not so keen on that...I think I rather have the book in my hand and see when the chapter is done, or how much more I have to read on the book! We'll see if I borrow it again.

Also listened to Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Interesting book about the Civil War era from the view of a slave girl.

Have to think what else I have read this month :-)

'nother book read!

This weeks selection was The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages. Ever read about the a-bomb? Well, here we have a girl who's father works at the secret place in New Mexico and when her grandmother can't take care of her any more, she moves there with him. It is a secret place and no one knows about it, it is on no map. What is life going to be like until the final days, and where is she going to go?
Very interesting read and I am looking forward to the sequel. This book was  a Library Guild selection.