What's New? Stacking the Shelves

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For review:

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. 225 p. Delacorte Press/ Random House Children's Books, May, 2014. 9780375989940.

Publisher synopsis: A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.
 
We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
Fantastic blurbs by the likes of John Green, Lauren Myracle, Robin Wasserman and Scott Westerfeld.

New Kid by Tim Green. 307 p. HarperCollins Publishers, March, 2014. 9780062208729.

Publisher synopsis: In this baseball novel from New York Times bestselling author Tim Green, it's hard to be the new kid, both on and off the field. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica or Dan Gutman's Baseball Card Adventure series.

Tommy's the new kid in town—who now goes by the name Brock—and he's having a hard time fitting in. Thanks to a prank gone wrong, he may be able to settle in on the baseball team. But can he prove himself before he becomes a new kid . . . again? New York Times bestselling author and former NFL defensive end Tim Green delivers another baseball tale with sports action and emotional heart that will keep kids on the edge of their seats.

Gifted:
I recently shared on FB that I've been undergoing cancer treatment since July. I had mixed feelings about doing so and have only alluded to it here. After I did, I received many private and public messages of support, which really did a lot to lift my spirits. Author friend, Jordan Sonnenblick, went a step further and sent me a care package of these books, donated and signed by some his author friends. I am so humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude. My treatments take hours. I'm always waiting for my doctor before the treatment. (Bloodwork and he has lots of patients) I've been able to read at least a book on those days. Thank you Jordan. And thank you to David Lubar, April Henry, Cynthia Lord, Pete Hautman, Melissa Walker, Donna Gephart, and C.J. Hill. I'm looking forward to reading all of these.

  That's it for me. What's new with you? Happy reading!