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Books I'm Dying To Read: March edition

Here are the books I'm looking forward to reading come March. It's a new year full of fabulous possibilities! 

 

World Within: All about Emily Bronte...

We All Looked Up: When an asteroid threatens the entire planet - do you hold on to your dreams of the future or do you live in the present? 

Start of Me and You: I LOVED Open Road Summer and can't wait for this sophomore book.

Liars Inc: What begins as a cover story ends in murder - unraveling the clues might be hard when they're pointed in your direction

Conspiracy of Princes: A sequel where a prince must play games to keep his throne and his head

Wrong Side of Right: What do you do when you're about to meet your father for the first time and realize he's the man running for President?

Weightless: When a video goes viral it turns one girl from superior to outcast.

Wicked Charms: Love this series - happy there are more books!

Orphan Queen: Princess * Spy * Threat - she's all three and she wants revenge

Death Marked: I just finished the first book and I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to seeing what happens next. 

Lost Boy: An accident sends a kid to search for his father

Flunked: New twisted fairy tale series - can a villain turn to the good side?

Every Little Kiss: 2nd book featuring a sister who need to relax

This Heart of Mine: I love this series and I'm curious to see where this story will go

Last One Home: Three sisters attempt to repair old wounds 

Storyspinner: Murder, politics, and a little romance

Vanishing Girls: A thriller about sisters

NYPD Red 3: I'm addicted to this thrilling series

Killer Gourmet: I love Savannah Reid and can't wait to see where her and Dirk are going next. 

Tween Tuesday Review: Football Genius

Yes, I realize it's Thursday, but I had something else I needed to post on Tuesday, so I just switches days, but I want people to be able to search for it if needed under the usual headings. So...

Troy can predict football plays before they happen once he get into the mindset. Although he's on the team for his school, he mostly plays the bench while the coach's son plays QB. Troy can read the field and throw better than Jamie, but he rarely gets the opportunity to play, which frustrates him.

When Troy's mom gets a job with the Atlanta Falcons, Troy thinks it could be his big break. He could help the Falcons win games, especially since they've been losing lately.  He could meet the players and become part of something bigger - if only he could get someone to listen to him.

My Thoughts: With each sports books I read, I'm becoming a bigger and bigger fan of them. I really liked the relationship between Troy and his mom. She worked really hard as a single mom, both at her job, but also in making sure that Troy has manners and morals. While they were at odds for most of the book, their relationship gave the book depth. Tate and Nathan were great friends, sometime helping Troy get into trouble, but there for him at all times. Everyone needs friends like them. I liked Seth and how he started to believe in Troy and how he didn't take no for an answer.  Sometime we just need that one person believing in us and that makes all the difference.

Cover Thoughts: Good - although it isn't a scene from the book.
Source: My Library

Tween Tuesday Review: Baseball Great

 * 1st in a series *

Josh's embarrassed by the school newspaper reporting on his baseball skills. He's not sure he can make the team the best in the league, but he's willing to help make it a reality.  Unfortunately, he doesn't get the chance, his father pulls him out of the school baseball program for a private one.

There Josh's put on a strict regime - plenty of excerise and protein shakes. He's struggling with the excersies and chocking down the shakes, but he's willing to try them to make him a better player. It isn't until some of the other guys try to give him pills that he starts to question the team.

He's not about to take steroids and he's not about to let this go quietly. He turns to his two best friends for help and hopes that they can come up with a plan.

My Thoughts: We read this for our March book club pick and I really liked it. I liked Josh - though I was amazed at his height at his age. I thought he was smart and he tried to do the right things. I felt bad for his father - never making his dream come true and projecting his wishes onto Josh. I wish that he had listened to his son. My favorite character might have been Jaden  - I love her smarts and her desire to achieve her dream of writing great news stories. I'm interested to see where this series goes with Josh and his friends.

Cover Thoughts: Great
Source: My Library

BEA recap: Wednesday (part 3)

I'm still trying to remember everyone I met and everything I saw that looked awesome - it's pretty hard. BEA is my favorite book moments of the year. I look forward to it each yet. I love meeting people who love books as much as I do! 


I love meeting bloggers, who's blogs I read. I love meeting new to me bloggers. I love seeing librarian friends and meeting new librarian friends. I like chatting with the publishers and finding out more about their upcoming books.  I love looking at the book covers on the walls of the booths. 


On Wednesday, I got to the center around 8:15. The tickets for the events I wanted were all taken.


It was a day of lines. After going to a few favorite booths, I headed to the autograph table to meet Sarah Maas and get a copy of Throne of Glass. The line had already started and it got HUGE.

 After meeting her, I went to the Harlequin teen line, which was also really long. But I started reading Throne of Glass (and it's AWESOME! Seriously - you want to keep your eyes out for this book in August!!!!)

Harlequin had some great authors:

After the Harlequin Line, I went over to the Penguin booth and got in line for Marie Lu. While waiting I saw this cover -

which looks awesome! I missed the ball which you can stand inside, but from the pictures, it looked really cool. 

I met Marie Lu at the Penguin party the night before. I can't tell you how happy I was to get Prodigy. I seriously loved Legend. 

 I walked around checking out various booths. I ran into Sarah MacLean - who I adore. She was signing
11 Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart. I got a copy for the library's collection.

Then I headed to the autograph table where I met Jon Sczieska and Tim Green. They were both really nice. Then I stood in line for Tim Green's sports book. He was super sweet.

After that, I waited in line for Keep Holding On and to see Susane Colasanti one last time. 

After that, it was time to leave. I really loved talking to so many people about books, learning about books, and having books to take back to the library for summer reading prizes. I was tired, hungry, and my feet hurt badly. It was nice to get home to my husband and puppy. I'm already looking forward to next year!

Here's the books from Day 2:

 Books I can't wait to read

 Books I can't wait to read

 Books to be added to the library collection

Summer Reading Prizes that will delight our patrons!