Review: Fancy White Trash by Marjetta Geerling

Fancy White Trash by Marjetta Geerling

Published in 2008
Genres: Romance, friendship

"If only life were as easy as your sisters." Abby's heard that one before. And it's true—Shelby and Kait aren't exactly prim and proper. Abby is determined not to follow in their footsteps, so she has created the One True Love Plan. The most important part of the plan is Rule #1: Find Someone New. This means finding a guy who hasn't already dated Shelby or Kait. But when Abby starts falling for the possible father of Kait's baby, she has to figure out if some rules are meant to be broken.

Summer 2017

Once again, we're almost at that wonderful time of year where the sun finally shows its face and the world glows with happiness. For many, this season means enjoying the great outdoors, but for me, it means reading.

I've loved my local library's summer reading program since I was 5. Every year, I managed to read enough to complete the goal of 1000 minutes fast enough that my mom started limiting me to only marking 20 minutes per day, in hoped that I wouldn't complete the challenge in a week.

As I aged, I fell out of the age range for the children's summer reading. While the library had a teen program, it was badly handled and easy to cheat on. But this year, I glow with joy, because they have finally developed a proper teen summer reading program.

The choices are to perform a certain amount of library activities or read 12 hours. I know I can do both easily, so I'm doing both.

On the blog's sidebar. I am going to leave a counter for how many minutes I've completed out of the required 720 minutes.

I challenge every one of you to join me and find out if your local library has a summer reading program you can participate in. And if they don't, there are other places you can participate such as Half Price Books. Scroll down and see the whole webpage, and you'll find something all ages.

So go ahead, and seize every moment of this summer, whether it be through reading or something else.

Review: Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Published in 2016
Genres: Friendship

Sixteen-year-old Solomon is agoraphobic. He hasn’t left the house in three years, which is fine by him.

Ambitious Lisa desperately wants to get into the second-best psychology program for college (she’s being realistic). But is ambition alone enough to get her in?

Enter Lisa.

Determined to “fix” Sol, Lisa steps into his world, along with her charming boyfriend, Clark, and soon the three form an unexpected bond. But, as Lisa learns more about Sol and he and Clark grow closer and closer, the walls they’ve built around themselves start to collapse and their friendships threaten to do the same.

Review: The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd

The Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick Burd
Published in 2009
Genres: Romance

It's Dade's last summer at home. He has a crappy job at Food World, a "boyfriend" who won't publicly acknowledge his existence (maybe because Pablo also has a girlfriend), and parents on the verge of a divorce. College is Dade's shining beacon of possibility, a horizon to keep him from floating away.

Then he meets the mysterious Alex Kincaid. Falling in real love finally lets Dade come out of the closet - and, ironically, ignites a ruthless passion in Pablo. But just when true happiness has set in, tragedy shatters the dreamy curtain of summer, and Dade will use every ounce of strength he's gained to break from his past and start fresh with the future.

Review: Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig
Published in 2016
Genres: Mystery, Suspense

Flynn's girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking question he can't answer, and her friends are telling stories that don't add up. All eyes are on Flynn―as January's boyfriend, he must know something.
But Flynn has a secret of his own. And as he struggles to uncover the truth about January's disappearance, he must also face the truth about himself.

Review: Under the Black Flag by Erik Christian Haugaard

Under the Black Flag by Erik Christian Haugaard
Published in 1993
Genre: Adventure

Sailing from his home in Jamaica to England in order to finish his education. fourteen-tear-old William Bernard, the son of a plantation owner, is kidnapped by the infamous pirate Blackbeard and held for ransom. The pirate takes a liking to the boy, and soon William becomes cabin boy aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge.

After encounters with Spanish and English warships, Blackbeard joins up with another pirate ship under the command of Major Bonnet from Barbados. William soon befriends the major's fifteen-year-old slave, Sam, and the two boys plan to escape.

Review: Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi

Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi
Published in 1986
Genres: Romance, Adventure

Sixteen-year-old Jem struggles to maintain the status quo at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence.

There are signs of rebellion in the Emerson household several years before the actual American Revolution hits in 1776! Brought up in a relatively liberal household, Jemima Emerson is quite a challenge for her tutor, John Reid, who is known as a Tory with strong ties to England. How could Jem's parents be friends with a man who opposes American freedom?