Why, Why, Why...?

So, I have been reading some real, well duds...I'm not sure if it is the switch in libraries or what, but I haven't been too impressed with my reading selection lately. Yes, I have take many of your suggestions and tried to find them at the library, but of all the library districts we moved into, this one isn't apart of the other 30 libraries in the area. Go figure. Anyway, here is what I have been reading:

This is what I did: Written by Ann Dee Ellis (received her MA from BYU).I read this book in about an hour. I would say that although it was an easy book to read, sometimes the story was hard to swallow. It put into perspective how cruel kids can be at 13 years old and how much they place the burdens of others' on their own shoulders. I wouldn't say a complete dud, but not one of my favorites.
This book is about a boy named Logan. "Imagine if you had witnessed something horrific. Imagine if it had happened to your friend. And imagine if you hadn't done anything to help. That's what it's like to be Logan, an utterly frank, slightly awkward, and extremely loveable outcast enmeshed in a mysterious psychological drama. This story allows readers to piece together the sequence of events that has changed his life and changed his perspective on what it means to be a good friend and what it means to be a good person."


This was also in the juvenile section, since I wanted some "light" reading. What I found was a book about friendship, love, heartbreak, recipes and SEX. yep, you read it right, part of the book was about three 17 year olds and their love lives. Not impressed at all with that, but the fact that they went through the death of a loved one and some other hardships was a nice ending to a not-so-good beginning.
"Junie, Celia, and Danielle, three ethnically diverse high schoolers in Brooklyn, form a friendship while cooking dinners together and helping one another sort through their romantic entanglements."

This book was ok-written and had some funny parts to it. I may even read another one by this mother/daughter writing duo. Again, no Pride and Prejudice, but light reading.
"The perfect mystery for readers with an appetite for crime. Food connoisseur Chloe Carter is on a quest for the perfect meal and man. That's why the "Gourmet Girl" accepts an online date with "Dinner Dude." Too bad he's murdered in the restaurant. Leave it to Chloe to fall in love with the chef, who's also suspect #1."


These are supposed to be written in 2060 and although some of the concepts are different, not much has changed. I am currently reading more in this series, but mostly to help me get through my excercise routine on the treadmill. I'll let you know how I feel after reading more of them.
"Technology has advanced in 2060 New York City, but childbirth has been the same since the beginning of time. And despite the brutal double homicide on Lieutenant Eve Dallas's caseload, she has to be there for her pregnant friend Mavis, even if it means throwing the dreaded baby shower. . .But Mavis needs an even bigger favor now. Tandy Willowby, one of the moms-to-be in her class, has gone missing, just days before her due date.

She'll have to track Tandy down while tracing the deals and double-crosses hidden in the files of some of the city's richest and most secretive citizens, in a race against a particularly vicious killer. Luckily, she has her multimillionaire husband Roarke's expertise to help with the numbers-crunching. But as he mines for the crucial data that will break the case wide open, Eve faces an all-too-real danger in the flesh-and-blood world.