Kate Grable: Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris

This is a funny monster book that I will get for my high school library.  Kate is a nerdy girl who boys want to ask out for Homecoming dance.  She's got a lab at school she likes to work.  Enjoy, it's a fun read.

Practical Magic: The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is one of my favorite authors.  The audio book is great as well as the story.  This is the back story of Practical Magic.  Enjoy the story of love, loss and redemption.  Enjoy.

Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

In a world where refugees and fleeing from dangerous situations and facing new ones, this story should be added to libraries.  Wishtree is a story about making changes for the better.  Enjoy.

Little Beach Street Bakery: Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan

The audiobook is a good easy listen too.  The story is a sweet story.  Enjoy.

The Taking: The Countdown By Kimberly Derting

It's entertaining adventure.  Aliens and kidnapped teens.  The audio book is entertaining.  Enjoy.

The Taking: The Replaced by Kimberly Derting

It's a good series and I will get for my library.  The audio book is also good.  It's pretty entertaining plus a love triangle.  I think teens will be entertained.  Enjoy.

Six of Crows: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo is brilliant!  This layered story brings you in to the best con game ever and the worst.  I am so buying this for my library.  The audio book is also great.  Best fight scene ever written.  Oh I don't condone fighting but it was well written.  Cringe worthy.  It's a great book.  Lots of turns and double turns.  Enjoy.

Project Nemesis: Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

Think Gone by Michael Grant and Lord of the Flies and a bit of Project X.  It's survival, it's a mystery and it's a group of teens ending up stuck in their town and everyone else is gone.  If you liked Gone,  you'll like this story as well.  The audio book is also good.  Enjoy.  Will get for my high school library.

The Crossover: Booked by Kwame Alexander

Fine for any school library.  It's a good story.  Enjoy.

Twisted Tales: A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

Audio book is good.  Fine for any high school library.  It doesn't follow the traditional story exactly nor does it follow the Disney animation as much either.  A fresh look at a classic story.  Enjoy.

Ladies in Love Series: Amaryllis by Marion Chesney/M. C. Beaton

It's a regency romance novel.  A quick entertaining read.

Merry Muffin Mystery: Much Ado About Muffin by Victoria Hamilton

The audio book tells a good murder mystery story.  Enjoy.

Haunted Home Renovation Mystery: Dead Bolt by Juliet Blackwell

The audio books is good.  I just enjoy a good murder mystery.  Enjoy.

The War That Saved My Life: The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

This book should be in every library.  It's a great series.  The audio book also very good.

Agatha Raisin: Hiss and Hers by M. C. Beaton

It's a great murder mystery set in Great Britain.  You have got to love Agatha Raisin.  Enjoy the audio book as well.

Dividing Eden: Into the Garden by Joelle Charbonneau

It's a novella.  Very short story.  Read the backstory that starts Dividing Eden.  Enjoy.

Agatha Raisin: Busy Body by M. C. Beaton

The audio book is a delight to listen to with this murder mystery.  Enjoy a good mystery.

Saving Zoe by Alyson Noel

There is some mature content in this story.  Alcohol, sinister people, and sex.  Would  I put this in the library.  No.  But it is a page turner and I'm glad the public library has it.  It's a big mystery.

Talk Like Ted: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds

This is a good book as a gift for someone going to college or speak to groups of people.  The audio book is a good helpful one to listen to when one is looking for improvement.  Enjoy.

The Daughters of Mannerling: The Homecoming by M. C. Beaton/M. C. Beaton

Audiobook is fun to listen to and take a break from Young Adult books.  Enjoy this regency romance.

Replica: Ringer by Lauren Oliver

Lauren Oliver  always comes through.  Series fine for high school libraries.  Adventure and survival.  Enjoy.

The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy

The audio book is good.  Would I buy it for my high school library, probably not but I'm glad the public library has it.  It's different but it's fine.

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library: Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race by Chris Grabenstein

Enjoy.  This is a great story that is every librarian's dream when it comes to researching fun.  Enjoy and add this to your library collection.  The audio book is also great!  Enjoy.

The Crown’s Game: The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye

I like this series.  It's written beautifully and the plot has many layers to it.  Fine for any high school library.  Enjoy.

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

It's important that we understand what refugee families have sacrificed and endured to make it to a safe place to raise their family and just to live and survive.  This is a graphic novel of a family in the 1970's living in Vietnam and how things become dangerous for them.  It's the story of a girl and her family making the journey to a new world, America and adapt to a different culture and time.  Now she's a grown woman, married and just gave birth to her first child.  It's a time to step in to her mother's shoes and see her mother differently.  It's brilliant.  We need these stories.  I'm also pairing this with another book I'm reading,  Tigerfish. This too is the story of another refugee, also leaving with her family from Vietnam.  We must treasure these stories they are part of the global history that so many other families share.

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Refugees must face so much sacrifice and dangers to get to safety.  How many of us understand the dangers that force refugees to leave and then escaping to a safe place.  How many refugees have died to escape dangerous situations?  This book creates the story over several different decades and different parts of the world.  It's worth the read and I'm getting it for my library.  Audio book also good.

Merry Muffin Mystery: Muffin But Murder by Victoria Hamilton

Great audio book and great murder mystery.  Enjoy!

Agatha Raisin: Christmas Crumble M. C. Beaton

This is to funny.  It's a good read.  A short story.  You have got to love murder mysteries.  Enjoy.

The School for Good and Evil: Quest for Glory by Soman Chainani

It's a good listen and a good read.  The story continues and the characters are interestingly portrayed.
The book is fine for any school library.  Enjoy.

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

I grew up with Wonder Woman from the '80's.  I haven't seen the new movie yet.  I am a fan of Leigh Bardugo.  It's a good book.  Builds a good background story about Princess Diana of the Amazons.  The audio book works well also.  Enjoy.

Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture by Joshua Levine

I'm getting this for the library.  I listened to the audiobook and was well done.  I haven't seen the movie as of yet.  The book fills in lots of information and personal stories.  It's an important read.

The Daughters of Mannerling: The Romance By Marion Chesney/M. C. Beaton

I'm a fan of M. C. Beaton and regency romances.  Not for high school but if you have vacation time, it's entertaining.  The audio book is a good listen to while driving errands around town.

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

It's a good read.  It's a good listen on audiobook as well.  Travel through time in this story from 1965 to now.  I'm getting this for my high school.  Lots of issues from family dysfunction, figuring ones self and society.  This story stays with you long after you have finished it.  Enjoy.

Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

If you are a fan, this is the best book yet.  But of course you must have read the first four first.  The audio book is a delicious listen time.  Fine for any school library.

Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud

This series should be in all middle and high school libraries.  It's Ghostbusters meed Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gilmore Girls.  Great snappy dialogue and an engaging story line.  The audio books also give it a British air.  Enjoy.

Beren and Luthien by J. R. R. Tolkien

This is for die hard J R R Tolkien fans.  Fans of high fantasy.  It's a love story written beautifully and basically in old English style.  Not for high school libraries unless you have one really nerdy high school library patrons.  This is a book that must be read with loving appreciation of the old English style.  Take your time and enjoy, savoring each word.  For the serious readers.

The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

This is a page turner and perfect for adult book clubs.  It's like riding a roller coaster in the dark.  Oh my goodness.  Not for high school libraries.   It's a thriller Is Leah crazy or is she sane?  It's a good read!

Dividing Eden by Joelle Charbonneau

Oh my this is one intense story.  I listened to this in audiobook and it really works.  Think a junior version of Game of Thrones.  I'm getting this for my high school library.  Enjoy.

Sarah Booth Delaney: Sticks and Bones by Carolyn Haines

I do love a good murder mystery story and this has been in my stack for a while.  Not for high school libraries.  Enjoy.

The Taking by Kimberly Derting

Audio book is a good listen to.  The story line is a good build up in suspense and mystery.  Will get for high school library.  Enjoy.