11:22am: Life As We Knew It
TEENSusan Beth Pfeffer's story is both inspiring and terrifying at the same time. Emily Bauer's voice talents, nevertheless, bring the story to a whole new level. This post-catastrophe story is scary, and realistic, enough to make you think twice about life as you know it.
Happy Reading!
P.S. LAWKI's follow-up/parallel story,
the dead & the gone, is coming soon -- and I am lucky enough to have an Advance Reader Copy (ARC)! I will be sure to let you know how it is!
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Audiobook List:Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Book List:Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison
Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
the dead & the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (ARC)
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Current Mood: 
anxious
11:34am: Love is a Many Trousered Thing
TEENLouise Rennison is one author whose books always jump to the top of my reading pile. Her Georgia Nicholson books, which began with
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, are always a laugh-out-loud treat! In this latest installment, Georgia is back on the rack of lurve. She jumps suddenly from no Sex Gods to two who are vying for her affection. What's a girl to do? Should she go out with Robbie, the original Sex God, who has come back from his trip to Kiwi-a-gogo Land? Or should she agree to be exclusive with Masimo, who is on his way to Pizza-a-gogo Land? And why does Dave the Laugh keep finding his way into her thought process when she is trying to make such an important decision?!?
Those who are familiar with the series will probably remember the general gradations of the snogging scale and the members of the Ace Gang. For people who can't keep things straight, or for those to whom all these things are new, there are some handy appendices in the back -- which even include dance steps for the disco dances performed by Georgia and friends. And, of course, there is still the requisite glossary of British slang at the very end of the book for people not confused by the dialect spoken in Billy Shakespeare country.
Happy Reading!
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Audiobook List:Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Book List:Right Behind You by Gail Giles
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
the dead & the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (ARC)
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Current Mood: 
giggly
11:47am: Right Behind You
TEENGail Giles first caught my interest with
What Happened to Cass McBride, and she certainly kept it with this latest book.
Right Behind You was so full of suspense and [literally] crazy characters that I had a hard time putting it down.
"On the afternoon of his seventh birthday, I set Bobby Clarke on fire. I was nine. It was all about Bobby's birthday present. A baseball glove." When Bobby dies, the townspeople want justice. But how do you properly execute justice when the murderer is a nine-year-old? After being rehabilitated in a juvenile facility, Kip McFarland is released with a new identity and moves across the country to get a fresh start. Will his past predict his future? Can he ever escape what he has done? How do you move on with life when you did something so terrible that you cannot even forgive yourself? An amazing story with no clear-cut answers.
Happy Reading!
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Audiobook List:Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
Book List:Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
the dead & the gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer (ARC)
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Current Mood: 
thoughtful