20 Boy Summer

According to her best friend, Frankie, Zanzibar Bay is the perfect opportunity to have a summer fling, and if they meet one boy every day, there’s a pretty good chance Anna will find her first summer romance. Anna lightheartedly agrees to the game, but there’s something she hasn’t told Frankie-she’s already had that kind of romance, and it was with Frankie’s older brother, Matt, before his tragic death one year ago.
I really enjoyed this book! My favorite part was just the fact that when I flipped through those pages, I felt like I was there, on Zanzibar beach with Frankie and Anna. I would lose track of time, and when I finally looked up, I’d be fifty pages from where I started out at! I really think that just about any teenage girl will adore this book and perhaps even relate to it in one way or another. I don’t know how many adults will love it as much as I did, but I know a few who I’m going to suggest this book to! Not only does 20 Boy Summer teach a few good things about friendship, but it also has a great lesson to learn, about letting go.

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

All her life Elizabeth just wanted the people of the court to notice her. Didn’t they realize that she was the proud daughter of King Henry VIII! Well with her mother long gone, beheaded by her own father, and now with her father dead, she was only 3 in line to the throne and wanted more than anything to become a fine queen. Yet her jealous sister Mary will do anything, even imprison her for 2 years, to keep her from the throne. Told in the voice of young Elizabeth, this exciting novel reveals the deep-seated rivalry between a determined girl who hopes to become one of England’s’ most powerful monarchs and the sister that do anything to stop her.
I am a sucker for any history I can get my hands on and I really enjoyed the fact that it somewhat followed the actual story line of how Elizabeth became one of the most powerful monarchs England ever had. The only thing I didn’t necessarily like was the fact that the author would bring a character into the story line and then bang, they were gone, like they were never important. I had some trouble reading it because it moved along so fast, but at the same time I’d rather have a book move fast then drag along forever.

Marley And Me

John and Jenny were a young, newly Wed couple in love, living in a little house without a care in the world. They both love their jobs and each other and nothing can change that. Or can it? The next step in their relationship is a yellow ball of fuzz named Marley. Marley soon grows into a rambuncsous ninety-seven pound Labrador that goes on a mission to destroy everything in his path starting with furniture, jewelry, screen doors, drooling,knocking people over eating things and even getting expelled from obedience school. Yet Marley is a loving dog with a good heart and he remains a steadfast model of love and devotion to his growing family through pregnancy,birth,heartbreaks and joy.

I thought Marley and Me was a great book for anyone who loves their animals, but needs a break every now and then. I really looked up to the characters in how determined they are through the whole book and it inspired me to give all (nine) of my dogs a second chance when they're trying my patients. I did get a little tired at times but, as soon as it got a little dry, it just as quickly turned right back around.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

I thought that this was an incredible novel. Written by David Wroblewski,
The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle is an amazing book of a young boy, born mute, who lives on a farm with his parents raising and selling Sawtelle dogs. When his uncle Claude unexpectedly comes for a stay, Edgar's world turns upside-down.
At the sudden death of his father, Claude insinuates to work on the farm. Edgar knows that Claude had a role in his father's death and desperately tries to find a way to prove it, but when ironic events force Edgar to leave the farm with nothing but a few dogs to keep him company, things get rough for him.
His devotion to the farm and the Sawtelle dogs drives him home where he has to face his father's murderer, who now has laid down his feelings for Edgar's mother as well.
This book has a most unbelievable ending that will leave you breath taken. The whole time I was reading this book I almost never wanted to put it down and that's what I look for in books, no dry spots, and this book doesn't have any! I recommend this novel to anyone who wants to get wrapped up in an unpredictable novel.