Review-In Too Deep by Jennifer Banash

From Amazon:

"If you don’t belong here— you just don’t belong…

The Bramford building’s newest resident and small-town transplant Casey McCloy is adapting to life in the Big Apple and loving it. She’s got the look, the attitude, and a delish new boyfriend, Drew Van Allen. But she’s starting to have second thoughts as to whether the “New York” Casey is the real Casey. And she’s not so sure she likes herself much anymore. She’s not the only one.

Madison Macallister has always had her Manolo Blahniks firmly planted on the top rung of the social ladder—until that corn-fed cow Casey stole Drew away from her and made her look the fool. So what if Madison wasn’t exactly dating Drew at the time? She wanted him. And everyone knows that Madison gets what she wants, like Drew—and a little revenge."


I personally didn't like this book, but it's not because it was badly written or anything. I'm just not interested in these types of books. Too much drama and I have enough of that in my life. If you wondering why I read The Elite and In Too Deep when I don't like these types of books, it's because every now and then I find one I like. The Elite really left me hanging, so I thought this series might be an exception. I was dying to know what happens with everyone.
If you like books like Gossip Girl then you will most likely like this. It was a wonderfully written book, a great sequel, it just didn't appeal to me.




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If I was rich (or a Librarian) 2

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Peeled by John Bauer
The Fetch by Laura Whitcomb

Madapple by Christina Meldrum
A Curse As Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C.Bunce
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
The Otherworldlies by Jennifer Anne Kogler [26 May 09]
In Your Room Jordanna Frailberg

What I Saw and How I Lied Judy Blundell
Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell
Luxe by Anna Godbersen

Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr [April 21st]

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson

Vamped by Lucienne Dive [I don't know when this will be released]

Supernatural Summer. Free e-book sampler from HarperTeen

Supernatural Summer has a free e-book sampler for books these books: Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr (The prologue and chapters 1 and 2), Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison (Prologue and chapter 1), Stargazer (Evernight book 2) by Claudia Gray (chapter 2), The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (chapters 9, 10, and 11), and Wings by Aprilynne Pike (Chapter 1)

I read all but Stargazer, because I haven't read Evernight, and they are amazing! You should check it out.

If I was rich (or a Librarian)

If I Was a Rich (or a Librarian) is my version of the Waiting On Wednesday/Books to Pine For weekly post. Every Monday I'll post about 8-20 books I randomly selected (off my Amazon wish list) that I'd buy if I was rich or a librarian. These books might not be released yet, in which case I'll put the release date for them, or they might already be released. There's no rhyme or reason to my list, I just pick them in order off of my wish list on Amazon. If you click on the title it will take you to the Amazon listing for that book, if Amazon has one. Not all these books will be YA.

The Immortal Realm: Faerie Path #4 by Frewin Jones [5 May 09]
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
Poison Study by Maria Synder
Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Warrior Princess by Frewin Jones
Living With the Dead: Women of the Otherworld #9 by Kelley Armstrong
Meridian by Amber Kizer [11 August 09]
Giving Up the V by Serena Robar [release date unknown]













Evermore by Alyson Noel
North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Fade by Lisa McMann
Plan B by Jenny O'Connel






















Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog [23 June 09]
Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis [1 September 09]
You've Got Blackmail by Rachel Wright [2 April 09]
Bad Moon Rising (Dark-Hunter book 14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon [4 August 09]













Wings by Aprilynne Pike 5 May 09
Sucks To Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe) by Kimberly Pauley
Reaching For Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry

Review-Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

From Amazon:
"When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created “perfect” life is about to unravel before her eyes. She’s forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for—her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more. In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart."


This book was amazing. I love that it deals with such serious issues. I love how Brittany and Alex interact with each other. Their banter and insults and ultimately their flirting and compliments. I felt so bad for Brittany and Alex. I have to admit I was a little worried in the end for a chapter or two, but it turned out okay. The alternating point of view in every chapter made the book so much better than if it had been from just Alex or Brittany's point of view. There isn't one thing about this book I didn't like or even would change.