quiet-librarian

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“To her friends and teachers, Jess is a tough girl, rebellious and troublemaking.  But at home, her stepfather forces Hess to witness -- and often film -- his violence against her mother, and any attempts to stop him only results in more abuse.  Always hiding from the truth, all Jess wants is to get out.

Nicu is a Romanian immigrant, here to allow his parents to make enough money for him to find a suitable wife in Romania -- a future that terrifies him.  Despite the bullies who torment him because of his heritage, Nicu loves the opportunities available in his new country.  All Nicu wants is to stay.

Jess and Nicu meet during required community service after they’re each arrested for shoplifting, and form an unexpected bond.  As they grow closer and closer, their secrets begin to surface.  Soon, the only safe place they have is with each other.  But they can’t be together, forever, and stay safe -- can they?”

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“You are wanted.  You are necessary.  You are loved.

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no one’s ever looked past her weight to see who she really is.  Since her mum’s death, Libby’s been hiding, but now she’s ready for high school.

I want to be the girl who can do anything.

Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin too - sexy, aloof and too cool for school.  But Jack’s swaggering confidence is hiding a secret he must keep at all costs.

Be charming.  Be hilarious.  Don’t get too close to anyone.

Then Jack meets Libby.  And their worlds change.

Because sometimes when you meet someone, the whole universe just comes into focus.”

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Description:

“Jacque Pierce was just an ordinary 17 year old girl getting ready to start her senior year in high school in Coldspring, Texas.  When a mysterious foreign exchange student from Romania moves in across the street, Jacque and her two best friends, Sally and Jen, don’t realize the last two weeks of their summer are going to get a lot more interesting.  From the moment Jacque sets eyes on Fane she feels an instant connection, a pull like a moth to a flame.  Little does she know that the flame she is drawn to is actually a Canis Lupis, werewolf, and she just happens to be his mate; the other half of his soul.  The problem is Fane is not the only wolf in Coldspring.  Just as Fane and Jacque are getting to know each other, another wolf steps to try and claim Jacque as his mate.  Fane will now have to fight for the right to complete the mating bond, something that is his right by birth but is being denied him by a crazed Alpha.  Will the love Fane has for Jacque be enough to give him the strength to defeat his enemy?  Will Jacque accept that she is Fane’s mate and complete the bond between them?”

My Thoughts:

So…  This was 100% a book I read in middle school and loved a LOT!  I still do, honestly.  And this book is part of a larger series -- Which I have not finished because most of the later books are audio book versions and I’d rather read them, but I’m catching up -- there are eleven books in the series from what I can find online.

This is definitely another chick flick book, and just as I told you all before, I need to talk about these every once in a while to keep my sanity.

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“Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love -- she’s lived through it twenty-six times.  She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret.  Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection.  So she’s careful.  Fat girls always have to be careful.

Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess.  Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness -- except for the part where she is.

Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick.  Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material.  Maybe more than crush material.  And if Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back.

There’s only one problem:  Molly’s coworder Reid.  He’s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.

Right?”

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“Simon Glass was easy to HATE.  I never know exactly why, there was too much to pick from.  I guess, really, we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn’t realize it until the day we killed him.

Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a nerd, a loser who occupies the lowest rung on the high school ladder.  Everyone picks on him -- until Rob Haynes shows up.  Rob, the charismatic and undisputed leader of the senior class, enlists the help of his crew and decides to turn the sniveling class nerd into Prince Charming.

But as Simon rises to the top of the social ranks, he shows a new confidence and a devious side that power-hungry Rob did not anticipate.  And when Simon uncovers a dangerous secret, events darken.  The result is disquieting, bone-chilling… and brutal.”

My Thoughts:

So…  This is a bit of a darker book, I will admit.  To which even I was not expecting.  My Communications teacher suggested this to me and I was shocked at the ending.  ‘Shattering Glass’ is also a shorter read, with two hundred and fifteen (215) pages.  It happens fast, and happens unexpectedly.  Even though it’s right in the description of the book, I wasn’t expecting it to be so…  Brutal, I guess is the term they used.

I did enjoy this book, even though it wasn’t what I was expecting.  But sometime that’s a good thing with books.  And as much as I don’t enjoy romance segments -- that’s a total lie I live for them -- I loved the parts with the main character and his girlfriend.  I thought they were really cute.

Description:

“Recently expelled from high school, Jane Sinner grudgingly enrolls in community college, a situation made slightly more bearable when she joined a student-run reality show.  House of Orange is her chance to start over -- and maybe even win a car (used, but whatever) -- and no one there knows what she did in high school.  What more could she want?

Okay, maybe a family that gets why she'd rather turn to Freud then to Jesus.  But she'll settle for using HOO’s growing fanbase, and whatever Intro to Psych can teach her, to prove to the world -- or at least viewers of the substandard TV -- that she has what it takes to win.

Told in Jane Sinner’s fresh, funny, and surprisingly poignant voice, Lianne Oelke’s debut novel is both unpredictable and unforgettable.”

My Thoughts:

Right off the bat, I will admit that I was a little put off by the way this was written, but it's easy to get used to.  It’s nothing like I've ever read before, because it's written like a journal entry, but I think that's what makes it interesting and new.

Description:

“Friends are a liability.

Julia learns this the hard way when she covers up a slur about her best friend with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural, sprayed right across the gymnasium wall of the Kingston School for the Deaf.

Her (supposed) best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her moms set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student.

Out in the ‘burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own.  A tag on a sign, a piece on an overpass.  But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town.  Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off -- and showing Julia up in the process.  She expected her art might get painted over by cops.  But she never imagined getting dragged into a graffiti war.

Now Julia must risk arrest and expulsion to go toe to toe with her rival… or face losing the only piece of her identity that still makes sense.”

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