Summer read #13 Yellow Brick War

By Danielle Paige
Hardback
270 pages

Book 3 in the series. Again, plot twisty and weird.

Summer read #12 The Wicked Will Rise

By Danielle Paige
Paperback
293 pages

Book 2.
Lots of weird and confusing plot twists.

Summer read #10 The Silver Mask

By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Hardback
232 pages

Magisterium book 4
One more to go, but it won't be released until September.

I wasn't sure how they could continue into this book or stretch it into a 5th, but they did a great job.

Summer read #9 The Bronze Key

By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Paperback
249 pages

Book 3

That's not at all how I expected it to go...

Summer read #7 The Iron Trial

By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Paperback
295 pages

This is a re-read. I purchased it at the Scholastic book fair a couple of years ago; I just bought the next 3 books in the series.

It's a young adult, fantasy, easy read. The magic is interesting, the world is interesting, and the antagonist is neat.

I like the dog a lot.

Summer read #6 Wanted

By Betsy Schow
Paperback
298 pages

Scholastic Book Fair purchase

The sequel to Spelled. This book focuses on Rexi as the main character instead of Dorothea.
Maybe I read it too fast, but there were a few confusing parts. It feels a bit like she just tried to squish together as many allusions as possible. A bit overboard.
Sets up for a third book, not sure if one has been written - or if I'll read it.
I like the very end.

Summer read #4 the Lace Makers of Glenmara

By Heather Barbieri

Paperback
268 pages
Adult realistic fiction
Scholastic Build a Box purchase

This book was way more compelling than I expected.
Kind of a classic plot: woman has some drama, goes on walkabout, finds a cute town that is suffering economically, but people do cool crafts, and the woman helps them monetize it and saves the town.
It is very much about family and relationships.
It brought me to tears a couple of times.

I might keep this one.

Summer read #3 Darker Still

Darker Still
A Novel of Magic Most Foul

By Leanne Renee Hieber

317 pages
Paperback
Scholastic Build a Box

YA Gothic

A take on Picture of Dorian Gray.
Interesting, but not going to read it again.
A bit overdramatic, but that fits the style, I suppose.
To keep in the classroom shelf? Probably not.

Summer read #2 The Mountain Between Us

By Charles Martin

Paperback
326 pages
Adult fiction
Scholastic book fair purchase

So, I thought I knew what was going to happen in the end. And I was kind of right. But I feel like the author was dishonest about how we got there, so I don't like that. But overall it was a good book, so I'll probably hang onto this one and put it on my classroom bookshelf.

Summer read #1 Rebel Spirits

By Lois Ruby

Middle grade
Scholastic Build a Box purchase
Paperback
292 pages

Some location inaccuracies.
A good ending to the love story.
Never going to read it again, but not bad.