Envy

Envy

Robin Wasserman

Simon and Schuster

$9.99 U.S.

FTC: I borrowed this book from the library

Synopsis from Barnes and Noble:

Kane and Harper know what they want:

Beth and Adam.

And they know how to get it:

Break up the shiny happy couple once and for all.

Miranda thinks she knows how to hit on Kane (Mr. Unattainable). But she could take a few pointers from the all-knowing Kaia, who's seducing Mr. Powell, teacher en franÇais. And Reed? Well, he just knows how to have a good time....

Know the feeling?

My Thoughts:

These books are just plain fun. They involve the things that all decent people try to avoid: deceit, affairs, sneaking around, and most of all envy. I was so excited to read this book after I read Lust. It was fun and I liked being able to see the outcome, however I think this will be the final one in the series I read. I enjoy these books, but they lack the intense type of content that keeps me engrossed in other books. Envy was definetley a fun read, but not one that required much thought. The characters were very real, and I applaud Robin Wasserman on that. She had 6 different main characters and all were distinguishable.

My Recommendation: Anyone looking for a little smut

Grade: A-

Age: 15 and up

Extra: This is going to be a two part lifetime movie, I plan on watching this and am very excited to see the characters on screen instead of in my head.

Wondrous Strange

Wondrous Strange

Lesley Livingston

HarperCollins

$8.99 U.S.

Synopsis from Barnes and Noble:

Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken...

Seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow always thought Faeries were just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery. He's a changeling -- a mortal taken as an infant and raised among Faerie --and within short order he's turned Kelley's heart inside out and her life upside down.

For Kelley's beloved Central Park isn't just a park -- it's a gateway between her ordinary city and the Faerie's dangerous, bewitching Otherworld. Now Kelley's eyes are opening not just to the Faerie's around her, but to the heritage that awaits her . . . a destiny both wondrous and strange.

Why?

I keep seeing this book everywhere and I always pick it up and put it back down... I think next time I pick it up I will not put it back down.

The Juliet Club

The Juliet Club

Suzanne Harper

HarperCollins

$8.99 U.S.

Synopsis from Borders:

Star-crossed love awaits three lucky American teens who travel to Verona, Italy, to volunteer for the Juliet Club, a real-life organization that's also the basis for the upcoming film, "Letters to Juliet".

Why?

The movie looks adorable, and so does the book! How can you turn down a Romeo and Juliet story?

Planet Pregnancy

Planet Pregnancy

Linda Oatman High

Boyds Mills Press

$11.95 U.S.

FTC: I borrowed this book from the library

Synopsis:

Barnes and Noble did not have a synopsis for this book.

My Thoughts:

I thought this was a cute book. It was written in verse so it was a quick read. The main character was likeable you just had to root for her. I think the book addressed teen pregnancy well, and covered a lot of the issues that a pregnant young girl might go through.

Recommendations: All teen girls

Age: 15 and up

Grade: A

The Last Song

The Last Song

Nicholas Sparks

Grand Central Publishing

$7.99 U.S.

FTC: I purchased this book

Synopsis by Barnes and Noble:

In the tradition of A Walk to Remember, this is a story of a teenage girl and her first encounter with heartbreak ?? and love.

Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside?down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alientated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church.

The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels??first love, love between parents and children ?? that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that love can break our hearts...and heal them.

My Thoughts:

Nicholas Sparks is very hit and miss with me, but I actually really enjoyed reading the last song. I think the story of Ronnie and Will is heart warming as well as heart breaking at times. I think the characters are relateable and you find yourself wanting to keep reading so you can see what happens next. I loved the setting of this book. I could see the beach when Sparks described it. The main disappointment I had was that in true Sparks fashion someone had to die in the end. I never really understand why all love stories must include death, and this frustrated me a it in the end. I really did enjoy this book, and I would recommend reading it prior to the movie.

Recommendations: Anyone looking for a story about young romance.

Age: 14 and up

Geade: A- (could have done without the death.)

Party

Party

Tom Leveen

Random House

$16.99 U.S. (Hardcover)

Synopsis:

It's Saturday night in Santa Barbara and school is done for the year. Everyone is headed to the same party. Or at least it seems that way. The place is packed. The beer is flowing. Simple, right? But for 11 different people the motives are way more complicated. As each character takes a turn and tells his or her story, the eleven individuals intersect. and reconnect, coillide, and comine in waysthat none of them ever saw coming.

Why?

It looks fun, and I love stories where you see it from a bunch of different points of view.

Spells

Spells

Aprilynne Pike

HarperCollins

$16.99 U.S. (Hardback)

Synopsis:

Surprisingly Barnes and Noble did not have one.

Why?

This book came out yesterday and I cannot wait to read it. It has been about a year since I read the first one and that just seems like so long ago. I cannot wait to see where Aprilynne takes the reader in her sequel to the phenomenal Wings.