Category: Series

Adult Fiction, Romance, Series

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Michelle

Ages 18+rosie

Don Tillman is getting married…just as soon as he picks a bride. He is a genetics professor, who came up with The Wife Project, which is the 16-page survey required of every woman he goes on a date with. He is sure the results will yield him the perfect woman to marry. Then he meets Rosie Jarman. He is drawn to her because of her mission to find her biological father, but disqualifies her as wife material. The two become friends, and Tillman has to decide whether or not he will ditch The Wife Project and pursue Rosie after all.

Adult Fiction, Mystery, Series

In A Small Town by Marc A. Di Giacomo

Michelle

Ages 18+small town

The main character of this intense novel is a detective named Matt Longo who works in a small town, responding to various calls in his jurisdiction. Matt has recently been shot on the job, and is home recuperating. He has many vivid dreams of what his life was like when he first became a police officer, his days in the academy, and his new partner, Donny Mello, who quickly becomes his best friend. This book is packed with action and drama from beginning to end. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series, Back In Town!

Adult Fiction, Humor, Mystery, Series

Top Secret Twenty One by Janet Evanovich

Michelle

Ages 18+

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Stephanie Plum is a cool chick. She has a hamster named Rex. A cop boyfriend named Moretti. And a cousin named Vinnie. She normally works for said cousin as a bail bondsman, but this time she’s moonlighting for her friend Carlos Manoso, AKA Ranger. The FTA (failure to appear) is Jimmy Poletti, a used car salesman who sells cars full of contraband. Will Stephanie catch him before it’s too late? This book is Janet Evanovich’s twenty-first installment of the Stephanie Plum series. It’s not your average mystery because it’s funny and not always about gruesome murders…it’s about the chase. Evanovich never disappoints!

Middle Grade Fiction, Series

Ten Rules for Living with My Sister by Ann M. Martin

Michelle

Grades 3-5ten rules

Ten Rules for Living with My Sister by Ann M. Martin is a book about a 9-year-old girl named Pearl and her 13-year-old sister Lexie. Lexie and Pearl fight like all sisters do, of course. Most recently, Lexie hung a sign on her door that lets Pearl know she’s not welcome. The story is told from Pearl’s perspective. She loves to make lists that compare herself with her sister. Room? Lexie: neat and Pearl: sloppy. Lipstick? Lexie: yes and Pearl: no. Read Ten Rules for Living with My Sister to find out if Pearl and Lexie can ever get along.

Adult Fiction, Romance, Series

Sleeping with Paris by Juliette Sobanet

Michelle

Ages 18+paris book.jpg

This is the first book I read by this author a few years ago and absolutely loved it! It is sexy, fast paced, full of adventure – adventure in Paris, no less. Charlotte and her fiance Jeff are ready to start their new life together in Paris. Then Charlotte finds Jeff’s dating profile…correction: three dating profiles. She heads to Paris alone and heartbroken. She decides to start a blog and teach women how to date like a man in the City of Love. Charlotte’s plan is to sleep around with no commitment. Then she meets a guy she gives the nickname “Half-Naked French Hottie” on her blog, and her mission to stay unattached crumbles. Can Charlotte stay on track? Or does the new man in her life take over?

Adult Fiction, Romance, Series

Chocolate for Two by Maria Murnane

Michelle

Ages 18+

chocolate

Waverly Bryson is doing very well for herself: Besides being engaged to her gorgeous boyfriend, her Honey Shop business has really taken off, and she very much enjoys shooting her Honey On Your Mind segments on the ever popular T.V. show, Love, Wendy. However, Waverly has to deal with every bride-to-be’s worst nightmare: planning the wedding with her future mother-in-law. She is also trying to run her business with a very pregnant business partner who is planning to leave. Will Waverly be able to pull it off and have it all?

Animals, Humor, Middle Grade Fiction, Mystery, Series

Smells Like Dog by Suzanne Selfors

Michelle

Grades 4-6

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If you’re looking for a great mystery with a little bit of funk, Smells Like Dog is it. Meet Homer Pudding, a farm boy who loves hunting treasure, just like his Uncle Drake. Everything is perfect in Homer’s world until Uncle Drake disappears into thin air, and Homer is left with his prized possession, his dog, Dog. Can Homer continue his uncle’s legacy and find the most coveted pirate treasure in the world? Read Smells Like Dog to find out.

Middle Grade Fiction, Series

Katie Friedman Gives Up Texting (And Lives to Tell About It) by Tommy Greenwald

Michelle

Grades 3-5

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Katie Friedman’s favorite singer is Jane Plantero from the band Plain Jane. Her boyfriend, Nareem, scores tickets to a Plain Jane concert just as she is about to break up with him. She goes to the concert and meets Jane, and later accidentally texts Nareem that she doesn’t like him anymore. That is when she decides to give up her entire cell phone for a week along with ten friends in exchange for Jane signing an original song by Katie herself. Can Katie and her friends last a whole week without their cell phones? Read Katie Feldman Gives Up Texting (And Lives to Tell About It) to find out!

Adventure, Middle Grade Fiction, Series

The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan

Michelle

Grades 3-6

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The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan is the first book in the 39 Clues series. Meet brother and sister pair Amy and Dan Cahill, whose job is to find a very important clue that their late grandmother, Grace Cahill has left to them in her will. This series is very popular with children, especially those who love adventure books. Read The Maze of Bones and the rest of the 39 Clues series by Rick Riordan et. al.