A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison (Misadventures of Tullalah Casey #2)

Tallulah is back at Dother Hall, home to the arts academy she attended in the last book. Tullalah is happy to be reunited with her friends, The Tree Sisters, and the boys at Wolfe Hall. But she is confused about snogging and Charlie and most of all about the town bad boy, Cain.

Truly Tallulah is Georgia Nicholson's successor as she should be, being cousins and all. She is so confused by the Snogging Scale that Georgia and her Ace Gang made up and does nose licking even rate on the scale? She is afraid she is no good at kissing and is too tall and gangly for the boys. But Tallulah is a charming girl and very quirky and so all the boys love her. Much like Georgia no matter how weird Tallulah is, they still want to snog her.

There is a lot of slang and I wonder if British girls are really like this. I mean, I can see a lot of myself in Tallulah at that age, wondering if boys like me. It's pretty obvious to me who likes her but she really only sees her flaws. There is a lot of crazy stuff that happens and the way Tallulah talks is different but funny. And ooh er, there is one really terrific kissing scene that had me melting just like Tallulah.

Misadventures of Tullalah Casey
Withering Tights

Weekly Round-Up 4/8

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library.

This week I'm reading A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison and listening to The Diviners by Libba Brady, read by January LaVoy.

Last week I finished Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter.

Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter (Heist Society #3)

When Hale's grandmother dies and leaves him the family business, he is stunned as is his family. But something is not quite right with her will and Kat is asked by Marcus, the butler, to look into it. Soon Kat and her crew are in deep as they go up against someone who has it in for the Hale family. But by taking on this task, will it mean Kat will lose her Hale?

This has to be one of my favorite series. I guess I just like a good heist story. Though this book features less of a heist story and more of a long con. Love it. It's also amazing that we still don't know Hale's first name despite this being a book about him and his family. Instead we get his family nickname which is ridiculous.

Perfect Scoundrels deals a lot with grief and the loss of a loved one. It also deals with the evolving nature of families and how no one lives forever. It also moves along Kat and Hale's relationship which felt very real. I enjoyed watching Kat and her crew work and she is one of the most brilliant thieves in the business even if she is only 15. I forgot she is only 15 actually. She and her friends just seem much older.

Heist Society
Heist Socity
Uncommon Criminals

Weekly Round-Up 4/1

Weekly Round-Up is my wrap-up of last week's activities and includes what I'm reading this week, reviews I've posted, books in the mail and anything else of interest plus From the Library, my weekly listing of what I've checked out from the library.

This week I'm reading Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter and listening to The Diviners by Libba Brady, read by January LaVoy.

Last week I finished Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson.