Reviewed by Karlene Shippelhoute

If You are looking for a romantic book with a lot of variety then The Boy Next Door is for you!  Mel Fuller works for the New York Journal, one of the city’s leading newspapers.  She is faced with many problems after her 80-year old neighbor is mysteriously beaten in her own apartment. Mel is forced to walk Paco (her comatose neighbor’s 135 lb Great Dane) while still trying to get to work on time.  Aside from other things, Mel has to deal with celebrity photographers, annoying human resource reps., and a friend desperately trying to fit into her wedding dress.  If that’s not enough for you this book also has: Humor, Romance, Cooking Tips, Great Danes, Dolphin Shaped Driftwood Sculptures, and lots of interoffice emails. Also look for the 2nd book in the “Boy Series” Boy Meets Girl.

5 stars

Reviewed by Karlene Shippelhoute

For Katie Ellison, telling the truth doesn’t come very easy. She wishes all the time that she could tell the truth (But let’s face it, sometimes the truths hurts.) Especially when the truth is that she’s cheating on her football hottie boyfriend for the leading man in the drama club. She also wishes that she could admit to everyone that even though she’s running for this years Quahog Princess (clam princess) she hates clams! But then she would just be letting everybody down! But most importantly Katie wishes she could tell everyone what really happened the night “Tommy Sullivan is a Freak” was painted on the Gym wall. “God that would be a relief”, But when Katie gets that chance to make things right will she? Or will she keep being a “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!”

Reviewed by Karlene Shippelhoute

“Just ask Annie.” This is what everyone at Duane Country High School says.  The problem is that “Ask Annie,” the local advice columnist, is Jenny Greenly. This high school Junior is in the middle of everyone’s problems. But what will happen when Hollywood sensation Luke Striker comes to town? Can she stay level headed while managing everyone else’s problems? Still find true love? Or will she be doomed forever?

4 Stars

Reviewed by Karlene Shippelhoute

Has anyone ever told you, “It’s what’s on the inside that matters?”  Well, that’s what Emerson Watts always thought, until a twist of fate one day.  Em didn’t even want to go to the opening of the new Stark megastore, but her little sister Frida wanted to get an autograph from Gabriel Luna, the British singer, who was performing at the store’s opening.  Little was Em to know that a disaster would strike, leading to an accident that would change this tomboy into a pampered supermodel forever!  Em learns the lesson that it’s what’s on the outside that matters.

Look for the sequel:  Being Nikki, coming out in May 2009!

Karlene gives the book 4 out of 5 stars.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Gutierrez

A youg girl was in a horrible accident at 13.  She finally wakes up from her coma and finds she is now 17 years old. Not used to the new life, she has to come to grips with her new age, new people, new friends, and her unrecognizable body.  Things begin to really happen when her memory begins to come back and images flow back to her revealing what truely happened in her past and how she ended up in a coma in the first place.  A really good book!  I give it 5 out of 5 stars.

Find The Other Side of Dark and other books by Joan Lowry Nixon in the Fiction section under FIC Nix.

Reviewed by Luci Sanchez

This book is about a girl who goes to a summer party and meets a cute guy and when they sneak off together he ends up raping her. She calls the cops and ruins the party. So when she enters high school as a freshman, everyone hates her for ruining the party, but they don’t know why she did it.

This is a really great book! It’s touching, inspiring, and life learning. It will put you in her place and help you understand her. It’s awesome!

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Reviewed by Tysha Bowling

Schuyler spent most of her life with her head stuck in the clouds.  She had no idea that her life was about to change.  By her 15th birthday, she finds out that she is a “Blue Bloods” also known as a vampire.  And something is killing Blue Bloods.  She must discover her history and set out to find out what is killing her kind.

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Reviewed by: Tysha Bowling

Vivian’s a werewolf, and her love for her human half is not as strong as the love she has for her four-legged side. Not until she meets Aiden, a human boy who she thought understood what she felt like when she would change. But it turns out when she shows him her true side – the side that loves to run in the dark under the moon – he wasn’t sure. There’s more to the story, but if you want to know, then you have to read the book!

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Reviewed by Lucia Sanchez

This book is about a religious and innocent girl and a total reject who fall for each other. Later she tells him she has a deadly sickness called lukemia. He tries to find a way to save her but finds out she isn’t taking her medication. The moral is she changes a non-caring guy into something better. He actually realizes what his life is about and becomes goal-oriented. This book is so emotional. You will love it. It has romance and everything.

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Reviewed by Andrea Jones

This is the third book in a teenage romantice vampire series. Bella is back again and still loves 100-year-old vampire, Edward. There is trouble in Seattle, but the Cullen family does not know what, or who, is behind it. While trying to solve the mystery, Bella is left to confront herself about her feelings for Jacob Black. Plus, it is getting closer to graduation and closer to when Bella will need to decide if she wants to become a vampire. I recommend reading the first two books to fully appreciate this novel. This story is full of suspense, but the romance keeps the plot thrilling. I LOVED IT!

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