159 -- Scars

Day 183 -- Book 159
Scars -- Cheryl Rainfield

Kendra cuts to release the pressure. She was sexually abused as a child. She doesn't know the identity of her abuser.

At fifteen, Kendra has a support group of her therapist, art teacher, and her (possible more than) friend Meghan. Kendra's mother believes that the world revolves around her.

Matters get worse when Kendra begins receiving disturbing notes. She knows that someone is following her and watching her every move.

Kendra is forced to face her past.

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"Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.
Cara’s parents’ unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he’ll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.
Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?" -- From Goodreads

Release Date: September 13, 2011

158 -- Starcrossed

Day 183 -- Book 159
Starcrossed -- Josephine Angelini

Helen lives in Nantucket with Jerry. Her mother left years ago.

Helen has always been a loner. She has one close friend, Claire.

When the Delos family moves to the island, Helen can't seem to figure out why everyone else is fawning over them. Helen would just assume they didn't exist. That is until Helen tries to kill Lucas Delos in the hallway at school.

Helen discovers that she has a connection with the Delos family. One that is destined to repeat history.

Catching Up (149 - 158)

Day 183

You'd think that since I'm on summer break I'd be better at keeping up. I've been reading...just not posting. So, I'm going to use this post to catch up.
  

149 -- So Much Closer -- Susane Colasanti 
Brooke just knows that she and Scott belong together. Once she discovers that he's moving to New York, she has to follow him. 

She moves in with her estranged father. She discovers that Scott has a girlfriend. School is the same...she's considered an underachiever for her IQ. She begins tutoring in an after school program.  


Will Scott turn out to be the one? Or will love come from another place?

150 -- Dork Diaries: Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star -- Rachel Russell


Nikki is trying to keep everyone at school from knowing that her father is the school exterminator. MacKenzie knows the truth and blackmails Nikki into being in the talent show with her. 


In typical Nikki fashion, she doesn't let it bother her. What does get to her is that Brandon, her crush seems to have a thing for MacKenzie.


Nikki starts her own band to participate in the talent show with the hopes of winning a scholarship. 

151 -- Darkness Becomes Her -- Kelly Keaton

Ari has always stood out with her teal eyes and silver hair. 


She takes off on a journey to find information on her mother, Run. Her mother recently died and left her a letter praying that the same fate would that she met. 


Ari travels to New 2, the new New Orleans. There she discovers that she's not the only different one. She discovers that she has ties to a prominent family who helped rebuild the city. Ari is also wanted by Athena. Yes, that Athena. 

152 -- Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet -- Sherri Smith


Ana is half Chinese and half African American. 

It is her 8th grade graduation and nothing seems to be going right. All of her grandparents are here. They don't get along. During her Salutatorian speech, the gym catches on fire. 

She's invited her crush and his family over. Now, her family has four hours to get their meal prepared. Throughout it all, Ana discovers that her family and their differences can come together to make one harmonious meal.

153 -- Unlocked -- Ryan Van Cleave



Andy is an outcast at school. He's made fun of because his father is the school janitor. 


Blake is also an outcast. Rumors start that he has a gun in his locker. 


Andy steals his father's keys to find out the truth. He confronts Blake about it. They bond over the gun. They go out shooting. Andy can't wait to hold it and shoot it. 


Blake starts pulling away from Andy. He has a date circled on his calendar. Not knowing what this date means, should Andy report Blake?

154 -- Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) -- Sarah Mlynowski


April has convinced her dad to let her spend her senior year living with a friend Vi. The secret that her dad doesn't know...Vi's mom is gone for the year too. 


Left to their own devices, they buy a hot tub, visit Planned Parenthood, pay $5000 for their kitten to have surgery, and through a birthday party. 

155 -- How They Croaked -- Georgia Bragg

The deaths of King Tut, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, Henry VII, Elizabeth I, Pocahontas, Galileo Galilei, Wolfgang Mozart, Marie Antoinette,  George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, James A Garfield, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie, and Albert Einstein.

 156 -- Living Dead Girl -- Elizabeth Scott

Alice was kidnapped at the age of ten. Since then, she has been living with Ray. 

She's now fifteen and knows that it's just a matter of time until Ray disposes of her for a new Alice. 


Instead, Ray decides that Alice needs to find them a young girl so that they can be a family. 

157 -- By the Time You Read This, I'll be Dead -- Julie Anne Peters


Daelyn has tried several times to kill herself. She's been bullied since kindergarten.  

This time, she's determined to do it right. She starts using www. through-the-light.com.

She meets Santana at school. He knows that something isn't right with Daelyn and tries to let her know that there are people who care for her. 
Is it too late?

158 -- Putting Makeup on Dead People -- Jen Violi



It's her senior year and Donna must make some decisions about what to do with her life. 


Since her father's death, she's just been going through the motions of living. 


Liz, the new girl, helps her to realize that there is a life to live. Donna enrolls in college to become a mortician. She starts working at the local funeral home. She also realizes that other members of her family have moved on too. 

In My Mailbox -- Week of June 12

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Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) -- Sarah Mlynowski
Awaken -- Katie Kacvinsky
Bitter End -- Jennifer Brown

          

How They Croaked -- Georgia Bragg

The False Princess -- Eilis O'Neal

The Ghost and the Goth -- Stacey Kade

   

Harmonic Feedback -- Tara Kelly

Ivy: Secrets -- Lauren Kunze

Putting Makeup on Dead People -- Jen Violi

   

The Girl in the Steel Corset -- Kady Cross

Unlocked --Ryan Van Cleave

You Don't Know About Me -- Brian Meehl

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From Goodreads
The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past...bridged two irreconcilable worlds...faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for—and their love—forever.

Release date: October 4, 2011

In My Mailbox -- Week of June 5

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Mercy -- Rebecca Lim
Queen of the Dead -- Stacey Kade
Rotters -- Daniel Kraus

Starcrossed -- Josephine Angelini

Giveaway: Imaginary Girls

Check out Jill Scribbles for more details.

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The Son of Neptune -- Rick Riordan
Book #2 in Heroes of Olympus series

In The Lost Hero, three demigods named Jason, Piper, and Leo made their first visit to Camp Half-Blood, where they inherited a quest:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,
To storm or fire the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

Who are the other four mentioned in the prophecy? The answer may lie in another camp miles away, where a new camper has shown up and appears to be the son of Neptune, god of the sea...

Release Date: October 4, 2011

148 -- Bumped

Day 161 -- Book 148
Bumped -- Megan McCafferty

Melody and Harmony, twin sisters separated at birth, just met. Their backgrounds couldn't be farther away from each other.

They live in a time where all women over the age of 18 cannot give birth. Teenagers are paid to have babies.

Melody has a contract to be a surrogate for a couple. Harmony believes in marriage and waiting.

When a case of mistaken identity takes place their lives are changed.

This is the 1st book in the series.  

147 -- Here Lies Bridget

Day 161 -- Book 147
Here Lies Bridget -- Paige Harbison

Bridget has always been the popular girl in school. Not necessarily for the right reasons. She's known for being the school bully, until Anna Judge arrives.

When Bridget has a car accident, she's left in limbo. Her guide is none other then Anna. Anna takes Bridget on a tour through the lives of the people she has wronged. She literally walks a mile in their shoes.

Bridget must make amends with these people to determine her fate.

146 -- Compulsion

Day 160 -- Book 146
Compulsion -- Heidi Ayarbe

Jake Martin is waiting for Saturday. It's going to be magic. His soccer team will be competing in the championship game for the 3rd year in a row.

3...it's a prime number. That has to be a good sign. Jake has OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). His obsession is with prime numbers.

He believes that by making it through the game all his problems will be over. Will it work?

145 -- Clarity

Day 159 -- Book 145
Clarity -- Kim Harrington

Clarity Fern and her family have special gifts. Clare can see things that others can't. Her mother can hear the thoughts of others, and her brother Perry talks to the dead.

When a murder happens in their town, their lives are turned upside down. Clare is asked to help solve the case. Perry is accused of murder. Can she help prove his innocence?

144 -- My Life Undecided

Day 158 -- Book 144
My Life Undecided -- Jessica Brody

Brooklyn has not been making the best decisions. She's burned down a house and must complete 200 hours of community service.

Since her ideas aren't getting her anywhere but in trouble, she puts it a vote in cyber space. Brooklyn starts a blog asking her readers to make her decisions for her.

Although she doesn't always agree with what her followers vote on, she does take their advice.

143 -- Attack of the Vampire Weenies

Day 157 -- Book 143
Attack of the Vampire Weenies -- David Lubar

A collection of 33 stories. This is #5 in the Weenies series.

142 -- The Day of the Pelican

Day 157 -- Book 142
The Day of the Pelican -- Katherine Paterson

Meli Lleshi and her family are Albanians living in Kosovo. She is certain that the picture she drew of her teacher started all the problems with the Serbians and her family.

They become homeless. Then brought to the United States by a church group. There lives become difficult again after September 11, 2011 because they are Muslim.

141 -- Storyteller

Day 157 -- Book 141
Storyteller -- Patricia Reilly Giff

Elizabeth has just moved in with her aunt Libby while her dad is in Australia for work.

While there, she discovers a portrait of a distant relative, Zee. Their lives intertwine as Elizabeth learns more about Zee and her family as they are torn apart by the Revolutionary War.

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Lola and the Boy Next Door -- Stephanie Perkins

From Goodreads:

For budding costume designer Lola Nolan, the more outrageous, the outfit - more sparkly, more fun, more wild - the better. But even though Lola's style is outrageous, she's a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins move back into the house next door.
When the family returns and Cricket - a gifted inventor and engineer - steps out from his twin sister's shadow and back into Lola's life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.

Release Date: September 29, 2011