What's New? Stacking the Shelves

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For review: 

Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater. Standalone companion to The Wolves of Mercy Falls/ Shiver trilogy. 357 p. Scholastic Press, July, 2014. 9780545654579.

Publisher synopsis: SINNER follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Shiver Trilogy.

found.

Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get Isabel Culpeper back. She fled from his damaged, drained life, and damaged and drained it even more. He doesn't just want her. He needs her.

lost.

Isabel is trying to build herself a life in Los Angeles. It's not really working. She can play the game as well as all the other fakes. But what's the point? What is there to win?

sinner.

Cole and Isabel share a past that never seemed to have a future. They have the power to love each other and the power to tear each other apart. The only thing for certain is that they cannot let go.

I rather enjoy Maggie Stiefvater's writing. The Scorpio Races is one of my all-time favorite books and I adore her Raven Boys cycle. While I really enjoyed Shiver, the first book in the Wolves trilogy, I confess I liked books 2 & 3 less and less. That said, Isabel and Cole were fun characters, so I'm excited for this.

Friendship Over by Julie Sternberg. Illustrated by Johanna Wright. The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine - Book 1. 152 p.Boyds Mills Press/ Highlights, October 1, 2014. 9781590789933. 

Publisher Synopsis: Ten-year-old Celie has quite a few things on her mind—fights with her sister Jo, secrets at school, an increasingly forgetful grandmother, and worst of all, a best friend who won’t speak to her. How can a girl who hates change survive, when everything in her life is changing? By writing, of course. Celie’s often comical and always heartfelt diary entries include notes, e-mails, homework assignments, and pages from her top-secret spy notebook.

The author made an auspicious debut a few years back with the elementary verse novel, Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie. She followed that up with Like Bug Juice on a Burger, which I read but did not review and Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake. While I happily passed them on to my colleague at the elementary school, reading them made me wistful for my days at a K - 8 school. Eleanor is such an every-girl.

This one is not in verse. It's diary style. 


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