The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Macker

A great story about a teenage girl basically dealing with her life.

When her best friend moves away and her brother, whom she idolizes, is accused of something horrible, Virginia's world comes crashing down. As she deals with it and moves on, she realizes that she is stronger than she thinks.

Highly recommended

Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

I loved these books! They're fast-paced thillers with short chapters that just make you want to keep reading. Also, the history and art references are very intriguing. Character development is so-so but that's okay. I hope he writes more with Robert Langdon.

Highly recommended, except to those who will be offended by historical interpretations of the Bible, Christianity, Jesus, etc.

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Great Halloween book! Kind of slow but interesting story of two boys who fight the evil that arrives with a traveling carnival.

How to Make Love Like a Porn Star...a Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson

An interesting but kind of depressing biography of a porn star. Contains abuse, drug use, and mucho sex.

What's especially interesting is that she doesn't quite seem to realize how screwed up her childhood was.

My Cup Runneth Over: the Life of Angelica Potts by Cherry Whytock

In the same vein as Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging but much less annoying. Angelica Potts is a high school student who loves to cook and is NOT model thin. She and her friends deal with boys and deciding what careers they want.
Highly recommended.

Our Vampires, Ourselves by Nina Auerbach

The premise that every age gets the vampire it deserves is interesting but my interest was not kept by the very scholarly tone of the book. Maybe if I was an English major I would have enjoyed it more.

The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty

Follows the interactions of a group of high schoolers in Australia whose lives are dramatically changed when they are assigned pen-pals from a rival school. Told through letters, notes, and e-mail.
I highly recommend it.

heart on my sleeve by Ellen Wittlinger

A great new novel by the author of Hard Love. Tells the story of high school seniors preparing to go off to college through e-mails, im's, and letters. Focuses on Chloe Gillespie and Julian Casper, two musicians who meet and hit it off at a weekend college visit. Much drama ensues as they deal with their budding relationship, their friends and their families. Includes a playlist at the end of all the songs referenced throughout the book.

Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy

Another great book with her signature style. A group of four young men and women from different countries meet and bond when tragedy strikes the Greek town they are visiting.

Here's a list of the books I've read over the last months: (later I'll write about some of them)

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Act I, Act II, Act Normal by Martha Westin
A Cool Moonlight by Angela Johnson
Princess Lessons by Meg Cabot
Everything you never wanted your kids to know about sex (but were afraid they'd ask) by Justin Richardson, MD and Mark A Schuster MD, PHD
13 edited by JAmes Howe
The Last Manly Man by Sparkle Hayter
Friction by E. R. Frank
Perfect Princess by Meg Cabot
Among the Betrayed by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Best Enemies by Jane Heller
The Chelsea Girl Murders by Sparkle Hayter
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw
Leap Day by Wendy Mass
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Bad Girls Series by Cynthia Voight
Lady, My Life as a Bitch by Melvin Burgess
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede
Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
Naked Brunch by Sparkle Hayter
The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars by Steven Brust
Jack the Giant Killer by Charles de Lint
White as Snow by Tanith Lee
Fitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost
Doing It by Melvin Burgess
The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Vox: a novel by Nicholson Baker
The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
Love and Other Four Letter Words by Carolyn Mackler
The Girl's Life Big Book of Short Stories
The Princess Bride
Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys by Eric Garcia
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Promise You Won't Freak Out by Doris A., Natalie, and Greg Fuller
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia
Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe Trope
Am I Blue: Coming Out From Silence edited by Marian Diane Bauer
Strangers in Paradise: the Complete Collection Vol. 1
Strangers in Paradise: High School
Maggie Without a Clue by Kasey Michaels
Wearing of This Garment Does Not Enable You to Fly: 101 Real Dumb Warning Labels
Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes
Angels by Marian Keyes
Pop Princess by Rachel Cohn
Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer
Fallen Angels by Tracy Chevalier
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star...a Cautionary Tale by Jenna Jameson
My Cup Runneth Over: the Life of Angelica Potts by Cherry Whytock
Our Vampires, Ourselves by Nina Auerbach
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy