… but alas, not writing about what I’ve been reading. Still, I think you should know what I’ve been up to, so here’s a little list of some of the awesome stuff I’ve been poring over lately:
• Secret Society by Tom Dolby (coming in October)
• The Secret Society Girl series by Diana Peterfreund — not YA, as the books are a bit more sexy than most YA is, and they’re about a college gal. But by a YA author, and seriously delicious. I read the first two books in one day. Read 152 pages of book the first in the store while waiting for the rain to slow to a drizzle so I could go outside.
• Recipe for Disaster by Maureen Fergus (out in September)
• Bite Me by Melissa Francis
• The following Elizabeth Scott books: Stealing Heaven, Love You Hate You Miss You, Something, Maybe
• Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin
• The Real Real by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
• Hancock Park by Isabel Kaplan
That’s only a partial list — literally just the books that are sitting here in the living room. Next time I’ll catch you up on my bathtub reading and then my bedtime reading. Also all the books I’ve stuffed into IKEA bags because I can’t find a place for them on my shelves.
Reviews to come soon, I promise. I just need to get organized first. Anyone have any idea where I might have put my house keys? I already looked in the refrigerator.
I have a weirdly out-of-character love for Elizabeth Scott–Stealing Heaven is probably my favorite after Perfect You, which was the first thing I read by her and still my favorite.
Loved Bite Me and LYHYMY and Something, Maybe. Met Melissa and Elizabeth recently- both are so sweet. I got Secret Society in the mail recently and can’t wait to read it!
I’ve missed you- post reviews soon!
Elizabeth Scott’s writing is definitely awesome, though I have to admit I found Living Dead Girl to be a tad much for me to handle. Definitely not light reading.
I just discovered the “secret stories” Diana Peterfreund has up on her website. Also, I re-read the books yesterday and today. Also, she did seriously awesome research for this series. Check out the Wikipedia article on Skull and Bones after you re-read the Secret Society Girl books, and see how very similar Diana’s fictional society is to S&B. (PS. Did you know that George H.W. Bush was given the nickname that is reserved for the S&B member with the most sexual experience? Hard to imagine Bush the First as a player …)
Reviews coming soon. Poll probably coming sooner. As in: what should I review first? Also, I’ve got some interviews (three, to be precise) that are all waiting to be locked and loaded. Problem is, I’m missing a photo for two of the interviews, and the last one is lost somewhere in my crazy collection of notebooks.
I’m in the bedroom at the moment, with a whole other set of books nearby. So here’s some more of What I’ve Been Reading:
• Pretty Dead by Francesca Lia Block (scheduled for October release)
• Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading by Lizzie Skurnick
• Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
• Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick (the best novel I’ve read about the situation in Iraq; due out in September)
• Most of the Twilight series is currently serving as weights, holding down the blinds in my bedroom window. Also, did you hear about the actress switch-a-roo?
• And finally, for some reason I’ve got a copy of Blake Nelson’s Girl sitting next to the bed. I think it’s because that book, like MJ’s Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, is the sort of thing you can read over and over again. (Girl is not shelved in the YA section, due to lots of sex and language. But if I were in charge, it would totally be given a new cover and prominently displayed in the teen sections of bookstores all across America.)