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Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult
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I liked it in the beginning but I thought that it got too much into hardcore jail life, especially when talking about how to make drugs. Also, I was angry that Delia and Eric got together in the first place because Fitz seemed the perfect fit from the beginning. And when Fitz and Delia finally got together, their last concern was about Sophie, which was Delia's biggest concern the whole book.
Say You'll Remember Me
by Abby Jimenez
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This was my 2nd time reading this book, and I'd still give it 5 stars! Samantha meets Xavier when she beings her cat to him. (He's a veterinarian.) It's not your typical meet cute, but they end up going on the best first date ever. The only problem is that she's moving to CA to help her family take care of her mother with dementia. They both try to forget about the other and try to move on, but the connection they shared was too big for them to do that. Will they ever make it work, and if so, how? You'll have to read to find out!
The Island
by Adrian Mckinty
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It had a sligtly slow start, but it quickly picked up and became a page turner. A young woman goes to Australia with her husband and his 2 kids (her stepkids) to Australia and end up going to a private island where a tragic accident occurs, setting off a chain of events
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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A staff pick and a beautifully written short book by poet Aimee N. While not poems, the short stories written about flora and fauna are poetic in nature. The author picks specific subjects that have meaning in her life and intertwines scientific facts with stories about her family as well as about world issues. The stories about the Potoo and the Octopus were favorites.
Enola Holmes, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan
by Nancy Springer
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Like I said, the books are just AMAZING. You absolutely NEED to read this book and the whole series, it is just fast-paced mystery novel that is an ABSOLUTE page Turner. AMAZING. Perfect for ages 9-15.
The Rembrandt Affair
by Daniel Silva
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Daniel Silva never fails to amaze me in his creativity of plots. Gabriel Allon once again manages to save the world. Silvas books each offer a different but similar plot. Rembrandts affair is no different. It is a page turner and it doesn’t fail to please. I hope they start to make a tv or movie series of this character and his exploits.
Brave
by Svetlana Chmakova
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Brave by Svetlana Chmakova highlights some of the biggest problems in middle school, bullying, grades and unfriendly friends. Jensen Graham dreams to be an astronaut, but how can he be an astronaut if he's failing math? Worse how can he focus on math with bullies at every corner and shifting friends? When art club isn't fun anymore Jensen starts to help out the newspaper crew, Jenny, Akilah, and Felipe, who help him realize it's not okay to be pushed around, can Jensen beat the hardest levels of his life, middle school?
Under the Stars
by Beatriz Williams
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A blend of the modern day and the historical. Set on (fictional) Winthrop Island, the book flips back and forth between the present day lives of Audrey, her actress mother, and her bartender father, and a November night in 1846, when the steamship Atlantic gets caught in a storm, suffers a catastrophic disaster, and sinks in Long Island Sound. This book does have some characters from other books of Williams', but can be read as a stand-alone as well. Great summer vacation read: engaging story + historical substance.
Dream State
by Eric Puchner
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A wedding, a group of college friends, a romance, a heartbreak, and choices that reverberate through generations. Also an ode to the state of Montana—and heartbreak for the impacts of a warming climate. (Not in a preachy way, but in a day-to-day impactful change kind of way: the lake when the characters were kids, vs. the lake now.) The pace was a little slow but I was engaged in the outcome of the characters.
Pictures of You
by Emma Grey
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FLEW through this. Ending was abrupt. Understand why it happened that way but wish we got to see the future, not just a cutoff after remembering. Definitely a heavy read. And very flashback heavy - could’ve done with more piecing together in present. Also why do we not get any closure about the photo awards???
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