4/5/08

New Books!

Just in! Check 'em out!

California Dreaming: An A-List Novel
Zoey Dean

Eager to leave the dramas of LA behind her, Anna heads to the Big Apple for a summer of fun and relaxation, yet once settled in her Upper East Side pad, she meets a beautiful stranger who makes her quickly come to the conclusion that drama is destined to follow her wherever she goes!

(Fun Fact: Did you know that Zoey Dean is a pseudonym? The A-List books are actually written by married YA Authors Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld! Check out some of Cherie's other books here.)

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
E. Lockhart

Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.

Cheated
Patrick Jones

When a normal night spent hanging out, drinking with his two best friends, ends in a deadly mistake, individual decisions suddenly seem more important than Mick Salisbury ever realized. And when he’s sitting in the police interrogation room, it will all come down to one choice. But once he heads down one road, will it ever be possible to turn back?

Saving Juliet
Suzanne Selfors

Mimi Wallingford's stage fright and fight with her mother on the closing night of Romeo and Juliet are nothing compared to the troubles she faces when she and her leading man are transported to Shakespeare's Verona, where she decides to give the real Juliet a happy ending.

(If you like this one, check out Polly Shulman's Enthusiasm.)

Steel Trapp: The Challenge
Ridley Pearson

While traveling with his mom on a train to Washington, D.C. for the National Science Competition, Steven ends up in the midst of an international kidnapping plot with terrorist links and must assist the FBI in gathering up the clues left behind using his strong scientific skills and amazing photographic memory.

4/2/08

The Luxe


Just finished this. My kind of historical fiction: the rich and poor of old New York, circa 1900. It's kind of like Gossip Girl with a corset. Rich girls, clueless boys, jealous maids ready to sell them all out. I guess some things never change.

"In this deliciously soapy novel, privileged teens in Manhattan conduct forbidden romances, betray their so-called friends, and generally indulge in bad behavior."