Endless Summer, Jennifer Echols

Lori and Adam are back for this sequel and still trying to figure things out. Lori is sure she wants Adam and not Sean, but an unfortunate case of falling asleep while out on a date lands them in serious hot water with their parents, who are finding it hard to believe that sleeping was the only thing that happened. Worse, Adam's big mouth isn't helping the situation or the rivalry he has going with his brothers. Lori falls back on more scheming to get them out of the mess, determined to date a truly inappropriate boy so her father realizes how good Adam actually is for her. Adam is convinced that Sean is one she really wants, and this scheme is her way of getting him. Lori has the rest of the summer to convince Adam he's the one she wants, to keep his mouth shut, and her father that convincing Adam's parents to send him to military school was out of line.

Endless Summer, Jennifer Echols
298 pages

The Boys Next Door, Jennifer Echols

Lori has always been one of the boys, but this summer she’s determined to get at least one of the boys next door to see her in a new way. Using magazines, T.V. shows, and observation she dives headfirst into a makeover, determined to make one of the most desirable boys in school her’s before her sixteenth birthday. At first it seems like it’s working, but then Sean starts acting weird, and suddenly Adam is the one throwing her off and making her tingle. In the midst of her plotting Lori struggles with her new ideals. Is getting with Sean worth faking an injury so he regains his spot at the end of the wakeboard show for the Crappie Festival? And if Adam really wants her, why is he giving her advice on how to get Sean? Maybe she should finally listen to the advice her father gives her everyday. Watch out around those boys next door.

The Boys Next Door, Jennifer Echols

336 pages

Matched, Ally Condie

Cassia lives in an ordered city where everyone knows just enough to do their part. The Society controls every aspect of her life. They choose her job, her meals, and at the start of the book, her match. The night of her matching ceremony goes perfectly. Her dress is beautiful, the food is wonderful, and she is matched with someone who seems perfect for her. It isn’t until later, when she views her match on her microcard, another face comes up. From that moment on, nothing is the same. Cassia will be visited by officials, but their perfect explanations don’t reassure her. In a place where everything is decided for you, Cassia begins to ask herself a dangerous question. Why?

Matched, Ally Condie

366 pages

Oh No She Didn't, Clinton Kelly

Oh, yes. She did.

In two hundred and one pages Kelly chronicles the 100 top style mistakes women make. Part rage against laziness and poor taste, part heartfelt advice and all with Kelly’s signature biting humor. Along with style mishaps you read of the author’s respect of Judge Judy, and learn of some of his lovely fantasies, including a loudspeaker speech dedicated to the woman in pajamas at the Ice Cream cooler in frozen foods. I laughed my way through the book, it has great illustrations and a blunt way of stating the facts then providing alternatives. Throughout the book you find great advice including how to talk to your tailor, how to avoid those various gaps in the fit of your pants, and the secret to the perfect placement of hemlines.

Oh No She Didn't, Clinton Kelly

201 pages