Books for Young Adult Readers

These are my suggestions if you want to
share the love of books for your young adult readers.

 

All I Need                                 Colasanti_AllINeed_PreSales.indd
By: Susane Colasanti
Cost: $9.99

 

 

Goodreads:  The last night of summer is only the beginning.

Skye wants to meet the boy who will change her life forever. Seth feels their instant connection the second he sees her. When Seth starts talking to Skye at the last beach party of the summer, it’s obvious to both of them that this is something real. But when Seth leaves for college before they exchange contact info, Skye wonders if he felt the same way she did—and if she will ever see him again. Even if they find their way back to each other, can they make a long-distance relationship work despite trust issues, ex drama, and some serious background differences?

Ope’s Opinion:  I thought this book had a great story for young adult readers.  

 

Anna and the French Kiss                         anna
By: Stephanie Perkins
Cost: $9.99

 

 

Goodreads:  Can Anna find love in the City of Light?
Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her affection. So she’s less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. But despite not speaking a word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he’s taken —and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she’s waiting for?

Ope’s Opinion:  This is the first book in a series of three books. The language and other content in this book is appropriate for young adult readers.

 

Breathe, Annie, Breathe         breathe
By: Miranda Kenneally
Cost: $13.21

 

Goodreads:  Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can’t escape the guilt that if she hadn’t broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race.

But the training is even more grueling than Annie could have imagined. Despite her coaching, she’s at war with her body, her mind—and her heart. With every mile that athletic Jeremiah cheers her on, she grows more conflicted. She wants to run into his arms…and sprint in the opposite direction. For Annie, opening up to love again may be even more of a challenge than crossing the finish line.

Ope’s Opinion:  Annie in this book is a good example for young adult readers.

Since You’ve Been Gone
By: Morgan Matson          since
Cost: $ 14.09

 

Goodreads: The Pre-Sloane Emily didn’t go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn’t do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.

But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try… unless they could lead back to her best friend.

Apple Picking at Night? Okay, easy enough.

Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not?

Kiss a Stranger? Wait… what?

Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?

Go Skinny Dipping? Um….

Ope’s Opinioin:  This author is amazing.  I like all she has written.

 

 Hope this helps your shopping!
Happy Holidays!

Books for Middle Grade Students

These are my suggestions if you want to
share the love of books for some middle grade students.

 

 

Nancy Clancy                          nancy clancy
By: Jane O’Connor
Cost: $8.99

 

 

Goodreads:  Join Nancy Clancy in New York Times bestselling team Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser’s fourth Nancy Clancy chapter book about the past, present, and future! Nancy and her best friend, Bree, must go back in time to solve their latest mystery. While Nancy’s class learns about time capsules in school, another relic from the past pops up in the present. Nancy buys an old desk at a tag sale and soon finds out that someone left behind a key. In the perfect follow-up to Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth;Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer; and Nancy Clancy Sees the Future, Nancy and Bree set out to unlock the secret of the silver key in the hopes of finding some treasure along the way. But unlocking the mystery soon proves to be more difficult than they had thought, and when the answer isn’t what they had expected, Nancy and Bree learn there are some things that remain timeless forever.

Fans of Fancy Nancy will love joining Nancy Clancy in the latest edition to the chapter book series. The central theme of all the Nancy Clancy books shines through, showing the power of positive thinking and the will to never give up.

Ope’s Opinion: This series is great fun to have a student read themselves or to share the reading the time together.

 

Annika Riz, Math Whiz                      annika
By: Claudia MIlls
Cost: $13.21

 

 

Goodreads:  Annika Riz loves math more than anything. She’s trying to teach her dog, Prime, to count. She’s determined to beat fellow math whiz Simon Ellis in a Sudoku contest at the public library. She even sleeps under number-patterned sheets. But Annika’s best friends Kelsey and Izzy think math is boring. All they care about is the upcoming school carnival: their principal is going to be dunked in a dunking tank and their class is going to have a booth selling home-baked cookies. But then disaster foils the friends’ cookie-baking plans. Can math save the day?

Ope’s Opinion: This is  one of several books Claudia Mills wrote that a middle grade girl would really enjoy reading.  She writes strong female characters that are a good example for your student to follow.

 

 

My Life in Pink and Green       pink
By: Lisa Greenwald
Cost: $7.95

 

 

Goodreads:  Twelve-year-old Lucy Desberg is a natural problem solver. After the local homecoming queen shows up at her family’s struggling drugstore with a beauty disaster that Lucy helps to fix, Lucy has a long line of makeover customers for every school dance and bat mitzvah. But all the makeup tips in the world won’t help save the pharmacy. If only she could find a way to make the pharmacy the center of town again—a place where people want to spend time, like in the old days. Lucy dreams up a solution that could resuscitate the family business and help the environment, too. But will Lucy’s family stop fighting long enough to listen to a seventh-grader?

This book is a funny and sweet debut featuring an unforgettable narrator who knows what she wants, whether it’s great makeup, a killer business plan, or a better world.

Ope’s Opinion: Lisa Greenwald has three books in this series so far.  She has a good sense of humor – an enjoyable read.

 

Hope this helps your shopping!
Happy Holidays!

Coming Soon….

….  On a Bookshelf near you!

In December I hope to read…

save me

Publication Date:  December 30, 2014
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Goodreads: Daphne Mitchell has always believed in cause and effect, right and wrong, good and bad. The good: her dream job as a doctor; Owen, her childhood sweetheart and now husband; the beautiful farmhouse they’re restoring together. In fact, most of her life has been good–until the day Owen comes home early from work to tell her he’s fallen head over heels for someone else.

Unable to hate him, but also equally incapable of moving forward, Daphne’s life hangs in limbo until the day Owen’s new girlfriend sustains near-fatal injuries in a car accident. As Daphne becomes a pillar of support for the devastated Owen, and realizes that reconciliation may lie within her grasp, she has to find out whether forgiveness is possible and decide which path is the right one for her.

What is coming soon …. to a bookshelf near you?

Let me know – I am always looking for a good read!

Books for Young Children

These are my suggestions if you want to
share the love of books for some young children.

 

Number One Sam          sam
By: Greg Pizzoli
Cost: $12.79

 

Goodreads:  They’re off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history-he is number one at every race!

But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn’t know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner?

Ope’s Opinion:  I thought this book had a good message about how important it is to  care about other people rather than being first.

 

Goodnight Ipad                           goodnight
By: Ann Dryod
Cost: $ 11.90

 

Goodreads:  In the bright buzzing room…it is time to power down. 

For parents and children alike, here is a modern bedtime story about bidding our gadgets goodnight. Don’t worry, though. They’ll be waiting for us, fully charged, in the morning.

Ope’s Opinion:  Goodnight Ipad has such a great story for children that parents ( or grandparents) will enjoy some underlying humor.  

 

Ten Little Ladybugs
By: Melanie Gerth, Laura Huliska-Beith       ladybugs
Cost: $7.88

 

 

 

Goodreads:  One by one, ten tactile bugs disappear. Where did they all go? Young ones will love finding out as they feel their way through the sturdy, colorful pages of this innovative book. The cute critters provide a hands-on learning experience and the rhyming text reinforces the counting concept. Interactive, educational, adorable — this magical countdown book adds up to a whole lot of fun.

Ope’s Opinion:  This is a nice alternative to ten little monkey’s.  It really helps with counting and has a nice rhyme to it.

 

 Hope this helps your shopping!
Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

Holiday Book Blogging

Since the holidays are coming, we are all getting busy.  Reading time will be hard to find – time for me to read and review and time for you to read a blog.  So I decided to do something a little different this year during most of the holiday season.  

 I am going to make suggestions for different readers in your life.  For example I will list books for young children, middle grade, etc.  I will include a synopsis, price and picture of the book.  I hope this will help with your shopping.  

Relax, enjoy your holidays and soon we will get back to the books after life gets quiet again.  

 

 

 

Coming Soon….

….  On a Bookshelf near you!

In November I hope to read…

stillwater

Publication Date: November 11, 2014
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Goodreads:  After losing her son in an elementary school shooting that devastates the tight-knit community of Stillwater Bay, Jennifer Crowne finds herself unable to settle back into her role of perfect stay-at-home mom and committee organizer. Meanwhile, her best friend, Mayor Charlotte Stone, struggles to keep the town together, and Charlotte’s husband, the school principal, may not be the hero everyone thinks him to be.

As they try to heal from this irrevocable trauma, Jenn and Charlotte find themselves at a crossroads?within the town and within their friendship. For Jenn, broken and grieving, there is no going back, and she demands that the school be closed so that she can bury the past. Yet Charlotte is equally desperate to hold the town together, fighting the school closure and helping the shooter’s mother regain her place in the community. Jenn and Charlotte’s relationship is put to the ultimate test as each weighs her own interests against the bonds of their friendship.

What is coming soon …. to a bookshelf near you?

Let me know – I am always looking for a good read!

Nashville Library

Where ever I go, I try to visit the local library.
Some times they are the most beautiful buildings.
library in nashville

This sign was just inside the door of the library.

Then I went in up the stairs and there was another sign.

Nashville library

This library has an awesome atrium outside.

Tenn library

There is a fountain in the atrium.

fountain at library

I highly recommend visiting the Nashville library if you have the chance.

Book Stores in Nashville

I had the opportunity to go to Nashville, Tennessee
with my daughter Kristin of
Kritters Ramblings.
She and I never pass up an opportunity to check out new book stores
where ever we find out selves!

The first one we went to is called Parnassus.
Parnassus from outside

This is a really cute store with very friendly associates.

parnassus dogThis is the cute book mark they stuck in with my book!

book from parnassus book store

This is the book I chose from the Parnassus store.

Next we went to Logos book store.
It is a small Christian book store with a great selection.

logos at nashville

logos book store bag

This is the bag the book came home in.

book from logos

This is the book I chose from Logos.
Looks like a good winter read!
I love Susan May Warren, so I will treasure this one.

If you ever get to Nashville, these two book store should be part of your tour!!

Coming Soon….

…. On a Bookshelf near you!

In October I hope to read…

reunion

Publication Date:  October 7, 2014
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Goodreads:  Heartbreak and hilarity come together in this story of a far-flung family reunited for one weekend by their father’s death, by the author of the highly acclaimed The Fates Will Find Their Way.

Five minutes before her flight is set to take off, Kate Pulaski, failed screenwriter and newly-failed wife, learns that her estranged father killed himself. More shocked than saddened by the news, she reluctantly gives in to her older siblings’ request that she join them–and her many half-siblings, and most of her father’s five former wives–in Atlanta, their birthplace, for a final farewell.

Written with huge heart and bracing wit, REUNION takes place over the following four days, as family secrets are revealed, personal deceits are uncovered, and Kate–an inveterate liar looking for a way to come clean–slowly begins to acknowledge the overwhelming similarities between herself and the man she never thought she’d claim as an influence, much less a father. Hannah Pittard’s “engaging and vigorous”* prose masterfully illuminates the problems that can divide modern families-and the ties that prove impossible to break.

What is coming soon …. to a bookshelf near you?

Let me know – I am always looking for a good read!

Peetswea Bag in Seattle

Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Seattle.
I took my new bag that I had just bought from Kristi at Peetswea from her Etsy shop.

sweepeat bag

In Seattle you must pay for a bag if you are buying something – keeping things green!
This bag worked to be my pocketbook and my shopping bag.

bag at starbucks

This is my bag at Starbucks.
It carried my book for some reading time with my tea and muffin in the morning.

bag at belles

This is at a place called Belle’s.
It is a french pastry shop that is a must in Seattle.

bag at airport

This bag is perfect to travel with.
This is at the airport on the way home.
The bag is holding my book, snack, and plane ticket.

Need a bag – go to Etsy shop Peetswea.