Wicked Lovely, Melissa Marr. Listened to this one as an audio book, and it lived up to its title: It was both wicked and lovely. A short, engaging YA novel about one teenage girl’s struggle to find her identity — while also struggling with her unusual ability to see a world populated by fairies, with a love story thrown in for good measure.
Uglies, Pretties, and Specials, Scott Westerfield. I’d heard a lot about Westerfield’s far future YA series, so I decided to give them a shot. I was not disappointed. Tally Youngblood proved to be a very engaging main character, and well worth spending three books with. I can also see why the first book became a bestseller, because it has one of the best opening chapters I’ve seen in a while.
Baby, Would I Lie?, Donald E. Westlake. Short, punchy and fun. An aging country western star is on trial for murder. Throw in a spunky female journalist, and a nice twist ending, and you’ve got yourself a good read. I’d never read any Westlake, and always wanted to try him; now I have to go find more of his books.
What Do You Care What Other People Think?, Richard Feynman. A short nonfiction memoir by the Nobel Prize laureate. I’d read and enjoyed Feynman’s Surely You’re Joking, Mister Feynman?, and I liked this one too, especially the chapters that focused on his part in the committee investigating the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
