Neighborly

Title: Neighborly

Author: Ellie Monago
Publisher: Lake Union
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Many twists and turns, and not at all what I expected.

Rating: 4/5

Packing for Mars

Title: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life i the Void

Author: Mary Roach
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393068474

Thoughts:  Very accessible and humorous look at the space program.

Rating: 4/5

White Elephant

Title: White Elephant

Author: Trish Harnetiaux
Publisher: Simon Schuster
ISBN: 9781501199905

Thoughts:  Very unique, but also predictable, whodunit.

Rating: 3/5

House Lessons

Title: House Lessons: Renovating a Life

Author: Erica Bauermeister
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Story didn't really seem "memoir-worthy", but had a lot of interesting tidbits about architecture.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 5/31-7/4

Library Summer Reading Program Prize:

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

LibraryThing Early Review:

Ruins of Sapphire by Justine Alley Dowsett

The Book of Longings

Title: The Book of Longings

Author: Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: n/a

Thoughts:  Very uneven story for me - parts were very enjoyable, but others just dragged.

Rating: 3/5

Slumgirl Dreaming

Title: Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

Author: Rubina Ali, Anne Berthod, & Divya Dugar
Publisher: Delcorte
ISBN: 9780385739085

Thoughts:  Fast-paced biography that helps kids experience what life is like in the Mumbai slums.

Rating: 3/5