Review: The Sister Switch

 

* Book 2 in the Best Wishes series * 

Addie is the middle sister - and she feels ignored. It's hard being the middle sister. When a bracelet arrives in the mail for her, she puts it on. Without thinking, she makes a wish. Addie wishes she were no longer the middle sister. 

And a Freaky Friday is pulled. She's immediately transported into her older sister's body. Her youngest sister is now herself and her oldest sister is now the youngest. 

It makes like (especially homework) challenging. Addie's loving the relaxed rules. As Sophie, she has her own room. She has her own phone. But she misses her friends. Her older sister doesn't have any friends. That's when Addie decides to make her sister's life better. Addie's determined to help her sister gain friends and stop worrying so much about schoolwork.

But is that what she's supposed to do? How will they switch back and when?

My Thoughts: This is a super cute Freaky Friday story. I'm a fan of both Sarah Mlynoswki and Debbie Rigaud's book.  

I love the moments between the sisters - when they were fighting and when they were trying to help each other. I liked the connections to Book 1 with Becca coming into the story. I'm even more curious about the woman who wants to steal the bracelet. 

I can't wait to see where the bracelet ends up next.

Book 3 with a new co-author:

Cover Thoughts: Adorable

Source: Book sent for review

Library Recommendations: A must have series for your school and public library! 

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: YA Authors

   This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Today I'm talking about YA authors:

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ally Carter

Emma Lord

Sheley Elston

Lisa Schroeder

YS Lee

Robin LaFevers

Sarah Dessen

Miranda Kenneally 

Tirah Prize

Jennifer Yn

Morgan Matson

Emery Lord

Gloria Chao

Siobhan Vivian

Jenny Han

Jennifer Iacopelli 

* This is super hard to do without standing in the library.

** I'm sure I'm missing some 

Top Ten Tuesday Spinoff: Middle Grade Auto-Read Authors

  This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Today I'm talking about middle grade authors:

Debbi Michiko Florence

Jessica Burkhart

Shannon Messenger

James Ponti

Svetlana Chmakova

Jen Calonita

Kayla Miller

Suzanne Nelson

Jennifer L. Holm

Nancy Springer

Alan Gratz

Elizabeth Eulberg

Jessica Day George

Jen Petro Roy

Barbara Dee

Carrie Firestone

* This is super hard to do without standing in the library.

** I'm sure I'm missing someone!

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: Children's Fiction Authors

 This week's Top Ten Tuesday had my brain working in overdrive. There are too many authors that I MUST read, so I made several lists....

Kelly Yang
Sarah Mlynowski
Erin Soderberg Downing 
Stephanie Burgis

Katherine Battersby

Lyla Lee

Across Ages:

Lauren Castillo (author and illustrator)

Kate Messner (Author)

Christina Soontornvat (Author)

Shannon Hale (Author)

Sarah Beth Durst

* This is hard to do when I'm not in the library in front of the shelves...

Top Ten Tuesday Spin-off: Picture Book Authors and Illustrators

I talked about my adult auto-read authors. Here are my picture book ones - some for the author and some for the illustrator. 

Vashti Harrison (author and illustrator)

Ryan T. Higgins (author and illustrator)

Nicola Edwards and Natalie Marshall 

Tara Nicole Whitaker (illustration) 

John Schu (author)

Joanna Ho (author)

Sophie Blackall (author and illustrator)

Robin Preiss Glasser (illustrator)

Ame Dyckman (author)

Peter H. Reynolds (author and illustrator)

William Bee (author and illustrator)

Pat Zietlow Miller (Author)

I'm sure there are authors - but that's my list for right now. Any of these also your favorites?

Top Ten Tuesday: Auto-Read Authors

 This week's topic is auto-read authors. Because I work in a library, I rarely buy books for my home library. Mostly I purchase them for the library (or ask the person in charge of the collection to order something.) I order kids and teen books. (I will talk about those books later in the week). Today I'm sticking to adult books because it would be too many otherwise.

Adult Authors:

Kristan Higgins

Sarah MacLean

Jill Shalvis

Jenn McKinlay

Sarah J Maas

Janet Evanovich

Sarah Morgan

Alexa Martin

Jasmine Guillory

Susan Mallery

Maya Rodale 

Across Ages:

Meg Cabot

Sarah Beth Durst

Jennifer Estep

I know there are others, but I'm drawing at blank at the moment.

Review: The Matchbreaker Summer

 

Camp Seabrook has been in the family for years and Paisley can't imagine a summer without it. This year, she and her friends are finally counselors. But Paisley knows a secret, this summer is the last summer the camp will be in her family. 

Her mom is selling the camp and they are moving. Ever since her father died, it's been a struggle to keep the camp open. Paisley's mom's boyfriend is moving back home to care for his mother. Paisley and her mom are going with him. 

But that's not what Paisley wants. She shares her thoughts with Hayden. Paisley doesn't like Hayden and the feeling is mutual. But he's there when she needs to spill her secrets. Telling him doesn't mean anything because he's not in her life. 

Until he gets pulled into be a counselor at the camp this summer too. And he has an idea that could change everything. What if Paisley broke her mom and Dave up? That would fix everything...

My Thoughts: This was a cute story - but it did have some characters making terrible choices. My heart hurt for Paisley and her troubles. I felt badly that she was fighting with her mom and her best friend. But I did really enjoyed her interactions with Hayden. I liked the camping and the activities, seems like a fun place to be in the summer. And I did like the ending. I read this on the plane and didn't want to put it down. 

Cover Thoughts: Adorable

Source: My library

Library Recommendation: Highly recommended for your school and public library collections. This is a super cute one for the summer. 

Also Annie Rains writes adult romances, which are also quite good. 

Like books about Camp? check out my Book List from last year.