New books!

Hi girls! I've been getting new books ready to go out and thought I'd share a few of them with you on the blog. I know many of you are fans of Melody Carlson (she writes the TruColors series and the Carter House Girls) so you may be interested in her latest, #7 in the Carter House Girls, Spring Breakdown. Also by Melody Carlson we've purchased A Not-So-Simple Life, which is another in the Diary of a Teenage Girl series, as well as Just Another Girl and Anything But Normal, two novels dealing with difficult teen issues.
For those who like fast-paced thrillers, we have a new series called Conspiracy 365. Each book's title is a different month and the pages run backwards as the books count down to the end. "Callum Ormund has been warned. He has 334 days. The countdown continues...12 books. 12 months."
Finally, fantasy fans may enjoy a new series by Australian author Alison Croggon called Pellinor - check out the website at www.booksofpellinor.com.
This is what the author says on the book jacket of The Singing, The Fourth Book of Pellinor, "the books are about the things that I think matter - what it means to grow up and find out who you are, what it means to be part of a society, to love, to hate, to encounter difference. Most of all, I think they're about the struggle to be humane in a world that is too often inhumane. I hope that if those things matter to me, they might matter to others too." Those of you who have read Tamora Pierce's books will be interested to know that she describes these books as "epic fantasy in the Tolkien tradition, with a strong girl hero who is entirely believable in her struggles...I couldn't put it down!" If that's not enough endorsement, I have a book club member currently reading the series who can give you her opinion - just come and talk to me!
So keep your eye on the new book shelf - these and more will be appearing soon!