Not My Type

By Melanie Jacobson

Ok, so I LOVE a lot of books!!! But I really LOVED this one... It is SO FUNNY!!! any one could relate to this book and the dating ick!!!! I fell in love with Pepper (Spicer... yep it is a whole family of spices... ~so UTAH~) she is funny and funky! She is also in a FUNK,,, and boy can I relate to that!!! Of course it has a happy ending,,, in fact I am sure that you will know the ending on the first page, (I did... and it didn't make me enjoy the book any less, it was funny!!!) And Tanner,,, well... YUM! who doesn't dream of meeting the hottest guy in the world, and then making a fool of them selves??? (you know that is how it would work out...)

Would I recommend it? YES read it today, (it will take all of 5 min, and you wont want to put it down...) and while you are at it, read The List!!!

(This is her second book the first was The List. They are not related at all, but both are really good!)

Twenty-three-year-old Pepper Spicer is not living the dream. She ended her engagement at the last minute because fiance—a musician an soon-to-be reality TV star—wanted her to sacrifice her own career ambitions for his. Now she's stuck at home sharing a room with her little sister, trying to pay off massive debt for a wedding that didn't happen, and spending Friday nights Facebook-stalking everyone who has a better life. Her therapist father urses her to choose her career dreams and count her blessings by writing weekly thank-you notes, but gratitude is a tall order when she botches an important job interview and has to settle for writing an undercover dating web-zine column—the last thing in the world she wants to do. Still, as Pepper (byline:Indie Girl) chronicles her bizarre and hilarious blind dates, she gives her father's challenge a try and slowly finds herself leaving self-pity behind. Life takes a major upswing as Pepper's column hits the big time and she tastes the exhilarating thrill of success. But there's one tiny problem: the intensely hot man she's falling for is having issues with her job (again). Will Pepper trade her personal ambition for another chance at love?

Being Sixteen

By Allyson Braithwaite Condie (aka. Ally Condie)

I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book!!! It was so personal for me!!!! (Does Ally really know me??? How did she get into my head??? and, am I still 16???)

Would I recommend it??? A yeah, to everyone!!! It is one of those books that reminds you that you are NOT alone!!! This really was an amazing book! (even if you are 16 + like me...)

The night of my sixteenth birthday, I didn’t even bother to make a wish when I blew out the candles on the cake. It was my sixteenth birthday, after all. My wishes had already come true. When you turn sixteen, you can start dating. And driving. And living. I counted the candles on my cake as the flames flickered in the summer breeze. I heard the cheers of my friends and family, and as I tasted cake and summer and the promise of good times to come, I thought, This is going to be a good year. Maybe the best year of my life. I had no idea.

Wonderland Creek

By Lynn Austin

I love Lynn Austin Books!!! The stories and characters are amazing, you really feel like you are there!!! (My fav is Candle in the Darkness).

This book did not let me down, it was really good, but it is long... (so read it if you have a whole weekend!) I loved Allie, she is so much like me! She gets lost in books... and forgets to live a real life... sounds WAY familiar...

Would I recommend it? Yes, if you have time... You will want to keep reading, so if you only have a short time... it wont work! (oh and PS, it ends the right way!!! I love that!!!)

Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book. But happily-ever-after life she's planned on suddenly falls apart when her boyfriend, Gordon, breaks up with her, accusing her of living in a world of fiction instead of the real world. Then to top it off, Alice loses her beloved job at the library because of cutbacks due to the Great Depression. Fleeing small-town gossip, Alice heads to the mountains of eastern Kentucky to deliver five boxes of donated books to the library in the tiny coal-mining village of Acorn. Dropped off by her relatives, Alice volunteers to stay for two weeks to help the librarian, Leslie McDougal. But the librarian turns out to be far different than she anticipated--not to mention the four lady librarians who travel to the remote homes to deliver the much-desired books. While Alice is trapped in Acorn against her will, she soon finds that real-life adventure and myster--and especially romance--are far better than her humble dreams could have imagined.