The Geek Gets the Girl

Title: The Geek Gets the Girl
Author: Michele Hauf
Publisher: Smashwords
ISBN: 9781310429910

Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

  

Thoughts: Bow chicka wow wow says it all.

Rating: 2/5

Stacking the Shelves: 4/21-4/27

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The Things She's Seen by Ambelin & Eekiel Kwaymullina

Little Slaughter House on the Prairie

Title: Little Slaughter House on the Prairie
Author: Harold Schecter
Publisher: Amazon
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: Early Review

  

Thoughts: Great account of one of the most famous families of serial killers.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 4/7-4/20

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Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

Broken Land

Title: Broken Land: A Brooklyn Tale
Author: John Biscello
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: Early Review

 

Thoughts: A noir novella that was rather all over the place making it a bit hard to follow thoroughly.

Rating: 2/5

Better Nate Than Ever

Title: Better Nate Than Ever
Author: Tim Federle
Publisher: Simon Schuster
ISBN: 9781442366206

Why Read?: For Fun

 

Thoughts: A fun book for anyone who has ever dreamed of running away to New York and  auditioning for a Broadway show.

Rating: 4/5

Hot Secrets

Title: Hot Secrets
Author: Lisa Renee Jones
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

 

Thoughts: Needed a better twist at the end, but not a bad romantic suspense.

Rating: 3/5

The Foreigner's Loneliness

Title: The Foreigner's Loneliness
Author: S. Hunter Nisbet
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Very melancholy love story, and I am not exactly sure how to interpret the ending.

Rating: 3/5

Oryx and Crake

Title: Oryx and Crake
Author: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780385721677

Why Read?: Book Club

Thoughts: The flashback scenes were much more engaging than those in the present.  Very odd story that is sometimes uncomfortable.

Rating: 2/5

The Whispers

Title: The Whispers
Author: Greg Howard
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
ISBN: 9780525517498

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Really engaging MG novel covering some heavy topics.  Looks like fantasy, but isn't.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/31-4/6

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How to Make Friends with the Dark by Kathleen Glasgow

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Finding Our Forever by Barbara Novak

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid

Title: Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN: 9780307206688

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Fun for beginning chapter readers, but the title only pertained to one small part.

Rating: 3/5

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Title: The Mysterious Benedict Society
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher: Books on Tape
ISBN: 9780739354971

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: A modern, mysterious, puzzling adventure for today's middle readers.

Rating: 5/5