Hannah, plain teenage daughter of two movie stars, is struggling to fit in at her chichi new school while her mother fights cancer. Good fun (and I bet I’d have liked it even more if I were the target audience!).
I enjoyed his wacky middle-grade tale of Jacob, defeater of substitute teachers, and his two best friends, who fly off in a silver spaceship and wreak havoc on the universe. I read Nathan’s excellent blog regularly (and if you’re interested in the publishing industry, you should too). Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow, Nathan Bransford Eleven-year-old Verdita, growing up in 1960s Puerto Rico, struggles to find her place: will she be a tomboy or a proper senorita? Puerto Rican or American? Lovely, lush details (McCoy has family in Puerto Rico and has visited there many times), and a satisfyingly open ending. I loved Sarah’s latest, The Baker’s Daughter, so I checked out her debut novel and enjoyed it too. The Time it Snowed in Puerto Rico, Sarah McCoy Which of course throws a wrench into her usual packed schedule, and upsets everyone from her husband to the prime minister! Wry, literary and oh so much fun. The Queen stumbles onto a mobile library on the Buckingham Palace grounds one day, feels duty-bound to borrow a book, and becomes an avid reader. I’d been meaning to read this little novella for a long time, and thoroughly enjoyed it. A wonderful family story, with a dose of magical realism. When prodigal sister Sydney returns to their small town, reserved homebody Claire has trouble letting her back in – but they gradually come to trust each other again, and while Sydney pushes Claire to take a few risks, Claire provides the safety Sydney craves. She admits she’s speaking from a privileged standpoint (as am I), but she has lots of practical suggestions for spending your time more mindfully, efficiently and usefully.Ĭhristy recommended the story of the Waverley women, who all have a bit of magic in them. She claims most people have a poor sense of where their time goes, and encourages readers to keep time diaries to see how they’re spending their 168 hours, so we can figure out how to reclaim the “lost” ones.
And after reading this book, I’d tend to agree with her. Vanderkam insists – as do many time-management experts – that we all have time to do everything we need to do. Nice to relax with, before bed.ġ68 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, Laura Vanderkam The mystery fell a bit flat, but I enjoyed revisiting familiar characters (scatterbrained Texas girl Lee, sweet Aunt Nettie and their husbands and friends), and spending a little time in Warner Pier. The 10th installment in a fun, fluffy mystery series, set in small-town Michigan (the protagonist runs a chocolate shop, hence the name).
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