Insiders, Inside Girls, and an It Girl

Lots of good summer vacation reads just in.

From J. Mintners Insiders series, we now have The Insiders, Take It Off, Pass It On, Hold On Tight, and Break Every Rule. If you like the series' like Gossip Girls, you'll probably enjoy this series as well. Similar style, but the main characters are guys, so if you've been wondering how cute guys think, these may give you a clue.

Also by J. Mintner, we've got 2 from the Insiders Girls series, Inside Girl and Girls We Love. Not hard to figure out what these are all about.

The latest It Girl novel, Unforgettable, by Cecily Von Ziegesar just came in as well.

Enjoy!

One More Audiobook

One more Teen audiobook has found its way to the shelf. It's Blood Fever , the second one in the Young Bond series by Charlie Higson. I haven't read this book yet, but the first one in the series, Silverfin, was pretty good. This should be a good summer listen.

Idiocy, Robots, Fantasy, and a Chick Book

Ok, I'll confess I'm a little bit behind here, what with getting ready for Teen Summer Reading (Sign-ups have already started, so if you're not registered yet, get in here!) a rather large stack of new books came in the last week or so that I haven't had time to write up here. I may or may not get back to them. In the meantime a more managable stack also found its way to my desk, and I'm going to give you the scoop on those, and just kind of ignore the big stack for a while. Don't worry, the big stack isn't still on my desk, they have hit the shelves.

If you're a fan of the "stupid crook" stories on the radio, you'll love Hey Idiot! Chronicles of Human Stupidity by Leland Gregory. With chapter headings like Idiotic Excuses, Idiots in Education, Politically Correct Idiots, and Unexplainable Idiots, you can pretty much figure out what this book is all about. It's a collection of short snippets, so you can read just a few and come back later.

How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel Wilson is chock-full of practical advice, with chapter headings like How to Deactivate a Rebel Servant Robot, How to Treat a Laser Wound, How to Establish a Hidden Base in Robot Territory. Paranoid anyone?

The Door Within by Wayne Thomas Batson is the first of a fantasy trilogy that has 3 ancient scrolls beckoning high school student, Aidan Thomas, to enter a realm of knights, kings, and assorted fantasy creatures.

Last Summer by Hailey Abbott is another in the Summer Boys chick book series.