June 2010 Reading List

Holy cow, 16 books in one month?! I seriously never know how much of a reading tear I’m on until I count them all up in the end. Last month the new books I read were comprised of: 2 contemp YA, 1 paranormal YA, 4 chick-lit/lit fic, 2 historical romance, 5 paranormals. June 2010 Going Too Far, Jennifer Echols A+ [...]

Sorry local tweens, I took all your good library loot!

There are a bunch of bloggers I could blame/praise (I call some out below)for my recent YA glom-fest, but my practically divine Jennifer Echols reading experience really cemented this recent trend. After falling so hard for Going Too Far I knew I couldn’t put off other recommendations any longer.      1. Perfect Chemistry, by Simone Elkeles: everyone and their mother have [...]

How to Knit a Wild Bikini, by Christie Ridgway

Title: How to Knit a Wild Bikini (awful title, the book is 100 times better than that title implies) Author: Christie Ridgway (author website) Published: June, 2008 Pages: 304 pages (mass market paperback) Genre: Contemporary Romance Standalone or series: Can be read as a standalone, first in a connected three books about half sisters finding love in Malibu.  Why [...]

Got Your STD (and other true love stories) Vol. II

Like last summer, we have STD’s all over our house. I’ve written more emails with the title Got Your STD this year than ever before, and the bride-to-be is always glad to hear it came through mail ok! Our fridge in Vol. I of this post was pretty crazy, but I think we’ve trumped that this [...]

The Daughters, by Joanna Philbin

Title: The Daughters Author: Joanna Philbin (could NOT find an author website. lame.) Published: May, 2010 Pages: 288 pages (Hardcover) Genre: Young Adult Standalone or series: First in a planned series of three.  Why I read it: Saw a review in People magazine. Source: Library. Yes, this is by Regis Philbin’s daughter, so one can assume the author has experienced some [...]