This sequel to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder is about Hannah Swensen, a tall humorous, woman who owns the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden. When the president of Hartland Flour picks Lake Eden as the town to hold their first Bake-Off, Hannah is excited and is even happier when she is picked to be head judge. Everything is going great until Boyd Watson, one of the judges, is found by his wife, Danielle, dead on his garage floor and in a big mess of gooey strawberry shortcake. Hannah is determined to find the murderer and prove that Danielle is innocent. Will Hannah be able to find the murder? Will she prove that Danielle didn’t kill her husband? Read this book if you want to find out!

-Catlinh N

This is part of the clique Summer Collection.

This summer, all girls of the popular group, the Pretty Committee, decided to go seperate ways for the summer. Ultra snobby leader of the group, Massie Block, attends a horse camp. It is extremely expensive, but of course her rich family can afford it. However, after being caught cheating in a horse contest, she is kicked out and sent back home. Her parents a furious about this. Massie’s punishment is to not have her loved credit card. How will Massie survive without shopping? She is told she has to find a summer job to get it back. She has never had to work for anything she wanted before. But she thinks she has found one job, or jobby (job and hobby) that she could like. Selling “Be Pretty” cosmetics. Their motto is that “you are beautiful on the inside” and that every girl is beautiful. But what will happen when Massie’s selling technique is to make customers feel bad about themselves and then buy the products?

Find out in Massie.

Sophia R.

Dead is So Last Year by Marlene Perez is about a intruging mystery. It is the third book of the Dead is the New Black series.
In the paranormal city of Nightshade, summer has begun. It is the summer before Daisy Giordano is going to be a senior in Nightshade High School. This paranormal town is beyond wierd with vampires, werewolves, banshees, and terrible creatures. But, doppledangers, evil clones of people, are appearing everywhere. Legend says when you meet your doppledanger, you will die a slow painful death. The Giordano family are all pyschics but, the Daisy’s mom is in Italy working on a case. The Giordano sisters are on their own to solve the case.
While trying to figure everything out, Daisy is having relationship problems with her boyfriend, Ryan. Well, all the sisters are. Daisy’s sister, Rose, is dating a werewolf named Nick. Nick is a werewolf and he isn’t that experienced which causes him to be moody. Her other sister, Poppy, is gorgeous but, she was dating a ghost. She is still grieving over him because he finally crossed over to the other ‘side.’
Going through all of this, Daisy is keeping her spirits up to try to find who is creating the doppledangers. Soon, will everyone in Nightshade have a doppleganger and die?

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Heather C. Enjoy! ^^

 In this thrilling novel, Alex Cross returns as a homicide detective. A new case has come forth, but will Alex be able to figure this one out? We’ll have to see. If you have read the other books, Alex Cross has solved about every case he’s been given. But, will he solve this one?

 This criminal he’s up against isn’t just the regular type. This one, abducts beautiful young women, and keeps them locked up under his roof. Let me tell you, the details aren’t so pretty.

 Alex must stop this madman who calls himself “Casanova”. But Alex soon finds out that Casanova isn’t easy to catch. Alex is just about to give up when Casanova abducts Alex’s niece! Now, it is up to Alex, and his partner, Sampson, to catch Casanova, and find the women. Will Alex and Sampson catch Casanova? Will they find the other women AND his niece? The answers to all these questions and more… will be found! Just read, Kiss the Girls, by James Patterson.

 My Rating:

I would give this book a 9 out of 10. I really loved the book and the plot. It was just that the details weren’t so… “kid friendly”. But I’d recommend this book to young adults and adults. Both women and men.

Thanks for Reading!

Cynthia =]

Dead is a State of Mind by Marlene Perez is the sequel to Dead is the New Black in the Dead Is series. Please read Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez before reading this book!

Daisy and her psychic family solve crimes in the paranormal city of Nightshade! Daisy just got her powers of telekinesis and mind-reading. But, when a mysterious teacher at Nightshade High School gets murdered, no one knows what to do. Daisy’s mom, sees a tea-cup as a clue, what could that mean? The teacher that got murdered, Mr. Davis, has a dark secret though. Daisy’s sisters, Rose and Poppy, have no idea what the clue means either.
Also, all three sisters have relationship problems:
Rose is dating a werewolf!
Poppy is dating a ghost!
And Daisy? She broke up with her steady boyfriend and best friend, Ryan, and is falling for a new guy who is supposedly decended from Gypsies and is a fortune-teller!
Daisy tries to sort everything out. Not only does Mr. Davis has a dark secret. Everyone does! Ryan, the Chief of the city, her mom, and even her sisters! They’re all keeping something from her. She overhears one word: Scourge. But, what could that mean?
A murder group? A new supernatural creature? Or possibly a close friend.

This is a great fantasy! The author, Marlene Perez has her own journal: http://marperez.livejournal.com/ and website: http://www.marleneperez.com
I am looking forward to reading the last book in the Dead Is series. This book is worth 7 points.

Blogged by:
Heather C.
Enjoy! ^^

The Host, by Stephenie Meyer is about a soul trapped inside a girl, named Melanie’s body.  Melanie had a little brother, Jamie, her Uncle, Jeb, and her fiance, Jared.  When Melanie’s soul was put inside her body, Melanie became a voice inside the body’s head once the soul had a certain dream about Melanie and Jared.  She had these daydreams and dreams over and over.  The soul, named Wanderer, was immediately in love with Jared just like Melanie was in love with Jared, too.

When Wanderer was driving to see someone to talk to about her constant dreams, the voice that was Melanie’s inside Wanderer’s head said, “Jared and Jamie are close by.  Go find them.”  Before Melanie had a soul inside her, she lived with Jared at Uncle Jeb’s house in the desert.  The desert where Jared still lived was close by.  After long hiking days in the desert, Wanderer gave up.  She laid down on the desert sand, closed her eyes,and waited for herself to die of thirst and hunger… but then, some liquid touched her lips.  When Wanderer opened her eyes, she saw Melanie’s uncle, Jeb, giving her water and saving her!

Uncle Jeb took Wanderer to his house and he was the only one who respected her because the rest of the people who lived in his house were humans, when people like wanderer were taking over the universe.  A lot of people wanted to kill her, including Jared!  The longer Melanie stayed, more people started to respect her and talk to her about all her adventures.  When Jamie, Melanie’s little brother asked,”What is your name now?”  Wanderer replied, “My name is Wanderer.”  Jamie started to call her Wanda for short.  Later on, Wanda became her name.

Living with all of Melanie’s friends are a blast, but they are many ups and downs.  Some people want Melanie back, and the only way there is, is to have a doctor take the soul out of her body.  Many people want Wanda to stay with them and help the whole house out.  What decision will Wanda make?  If you want to find out what happens, read the book the host, by Stephenie Meyer.

This book took me a while to read.  It was a fantastic book and I would rate it a 9 out of 10 10 being the best.  I would also recommend this book to boys and girls, ages 11 and up.  Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed it!

-Jodie C.

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez is about a psychic family solving a crime.
The Giordano family is psychic, everyone, except Daisy. But, when there are mysterious disappearances of young, beautiful girls, the Giordano family tries to solve the crime. When Daisy’s mom asks her older sister, Rose to help solve the crime, she wants to help. Daisy and Ryan, her best friend, or maybe soemthing more, try to stop something that is taking the girls’ lives. Daisy suspects a vampire might be the one who is taking them away. Daisy suspects the head cheerleader, Samantha Devereaux is the one who is behind it all. Why? Because Samantha came back to school with a new style. She looks…pale…and she only wears black. Why is Samantha dressing like she’s from the dead? Daisy joins the cheerleading squad to get more information. She realizes that it isn’t Samantha. It’s someone or something else that isn’t draining the blood from the victims but, the life force. What devil is behind this?? Will she find out, or will her life force be taken away?

I really loved this book. It is definitely fantasy and is a quick read. I read it in two hours and it is worth seven points.
Enjoy! ^^
Blogged by:
Heather C.

In Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swenson and her sister Andrea are solving a murder. America’s “Cooking Sweetheart” visits Lake Eden for a publicity and baking a cake for a winter festival.  But when Hannah and her sister give the cooking sweetheart a tour, they find out that she’s not so sweet. Later the next morning Hannah opens up her cookie shop and finds the cooking sweetheart dead on the ground with her haed mashed. The police have closed down her shop for the time being, so now Hannah and her sister need to find out who killed the “sweetheart” fast. I think that anybody who likes a good mystery will enjoy this book.

Melissa I.

Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins is a crazy romance story. There are three stories taking place at the same time:

When sixteen-year old Max Santangelo gets together with someone on an internet website, it’s like she’s begging for trouble. When they decide to meet up in a Kmart parking lot, she waits and waits but no one shows up. She meets a guy, Ace. Max wishes that her mystery person is Ace but he’s not so, she waits more. When the actual mystery person shows up, Henry, he is a creep. Max is disgusted so, Ace pretends to be her cousin. But, Henry pulls out a gun and threatens to kill Max and Ace. Max finds herself chained in a cabin in Big Bear, California. She also soon realizes that her mom, the famous Lucky Santangelo, didn’t let Henry get a chance to act and become extremely famous.

At the same time, Lucky’s best friend superstar Venus deals with relationship problems with her boyfriend star Billy Melina. Venus realizes that love is never what it seems.

On the other side of the country, another drama is taking place. Anthony Bonar’s grandfather, Enzio Bonnatti is murdered. Anthony is a famous business-man. He’s rich and married. He absolutely despises his wife so, he always leaves her in their main home in Mexico while he roams America, Italy, Australia, and Canada. Anthony and his wife, Irma, seek secrets about Max and Billy.

At the end, these three stories connect and form something more. Will this confusing love mystery ever have a solution?

Blogged by:
Heather C.

This book is part of The Clique Summer Collection.

This Summer, the Pretty Commitee decides to all do different things this Summer. But while the rest of the Pretty Committee has scattered all across the world, she is just stuck home. She’s tutoring a snobby kid named Ripple to make some needed money. However she thinks she wants to quit when she finds out Ripple has been using her to get to know about Kristen’s friend, and leader of Pretty Committee, Massie Block. Ripple wants to be JUST like Massie. But then again, who doesn’t?
But her mind changes when she meets Ripple’s insanely HOT brother, Dune. He’s a surfer, and is adorable. However there’s conflict when Skye, the beautiful, snobby girl from school is interested in Dune, too. How can Kristen compete with that? But don’t worry… Kristen will find a way to impress Dune and eliminate Skye’s chances with him…

But what WILL she do?

Sophia R