Summer Share: Laguna Beach

Claire and Linley are going to have a beach house together while Linley's uncle is out of town. The room mates they find include Max, Jodi, Poppy, Dean, and Finn. Their summer is filled with some partying and working and finding out new things about one another. As well as claire coming out of her shell and becoming a virgin no more! Uhm, it was ok. Didn't really care for it too much. Sadness, hopefully the next book I read will be better! Sorry the picture's all blurry I could hardly find any! But oh well.

Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

Debbie wishes something would happen. In this book there are a few characters incorporated. Debbie, Hector, Lenny, Patty, and a few others. Just telling about their summer together and the different feelings and things that happen. Haha, crappy review right? Well, I didn't really care for the book. It was ok I guess.

Swimming to Antarctica Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer by Lynne Cox

This is the life story of Lynne Cox. Throught the book is all her stories of the swims she completed. Starting out when she was 12 and swimming in the pool, during the rainstorm, and knowing she wanted to do something great one day. She ended up swimming across many channels and straits and lakes. Beating record times and being the first to swim across others. She had to endure cold water, waves, and sea animals. She made countries come together, including the Soviet Union and the United States, by getting permission to swim from Alaska to their shore. And her ultimate goal was swimming in Antarctic water for half an hour in 32 degree water for 1.06 miles. It was a great book. Some parts were a little boring, kinda like the same. But it was really intense and she is definitely an amazing person. The things she did were unbelievable.

Sanctuary by Meg Cabot

Jessica has psychic powers. When she sees a picture or touches something of someone's she can see where they are, if they're missing. It's Thanksgiving and she wants to go to her boyfriend's Rob's house. Before she leaves though, Dr. Thompkins comes over and asks if she's seen Nate around. But on her way back from Rob's, Nate is found in the field and he's dead with this weird symbol on his chest. Then the synagogue gets burned down, along with the Torah. And Krantz is trying to get Jessica to help out, because Seth has gotten kidnapped. So she goes on this adventure to take out the group of people who did all this. And in the end saves Seth, while Rob and Krantz end up in the hospital, but ok. And she rethinks about joining the FBI to help save missing kids. It was a good book. I totally didn't know there were like 3 or 4 before this one and it was part of a series, but oh well. It was interesting and cool. I like reading about weird psyhic stuff sometimes haha.

Bound by Donna Jo Napoli

Xing Xing lives her with Stepmother and her step sister Wei Ping. Her dad and mom both have passed away, but she believes that their ancestry lives on with her. She has to do all the scrubbing, fetching water, basically all the chores. While she's struggling to get through all the tasks, she finds comfort in a fish she finds that she believes is her mother's spirit guiding her. Wei Ping is gtting her feet bound, and Xing Xing has to go get help. She goes to get help and then Wei Ping gets better. So her stepmother starts to be nice to Xing Xing and makes her a dress, but Xing Xing has revenge, because her stepmother killed her precious fish. She goes to the carnival dressed up in her mother's clothes. She takes in all the wonderful sights and food, but then sights her stepmother and Wei Ping, and runs away, losing a golden shoe along the way. The prince gathers news of the shoe because it gets so expensive on the market. So the prince goes to fit the shoe on every woman, and of course Xing Xing gets the fit and the prince fits perfectly with her. I loved it! I'm so dumb cuz i didn't even realize it was a Cinderella type story until like the very end. Probably because it was so unqiuely its own. I did read it really fast, but it's def awesome. Love it. So sad how they bind their feet though, I wonder if they still do that?

Thwonk by Joan Bauer

A.J. is a photographer. She totally has fallen for Peter. So then when out of nowhere this stuffed cupid comes to life, his name is Johnathan. And he tells her he can help her either in her academic life or photograpy and then there's a third option that he advises her not to pick, which is love. But she's so infatuated with Peter she picks the love choice. And so Johnathan strikes Peter with an arrow and he's in love with A.J. But it's getting to be too much! Sometimes when you get what you wish, it's not everything you thought it was! So Johnathan leaves her, and she's going crazy with everyone inviting them to different parties and doing this and that. So what is she supposed to do? Is this how it's always gonna be? I thought it was kinda cute and alright. Def Hope was Here was WAY better book. but yeah it was ok.