Category Archives: rossers

Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed

Posted on October 12, 2010 by rossers

After seeing this book at the bookstore, I checked our catalog to see if we owned it. However, I thought it was something along the lines of badger, ground squirrel or some other rodent lifestyle. But once I figured out … Continue reading →

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Beastly by Alex Flinn

Posted on August 16, 2010 by rossers

I bought Beastly shortly after I saw the movie trailer. I wanted to read it before the movie came out. Then it got lost on my bookshelves and I didn’t unearth it until Audiobook Community chose Beastly as a free … Continue reading →

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The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

Posted on May 27, 2010 by rossers

This is probably the fastest I’ve ever read a book. It only took one day (give or take) to read The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott. I adored it. Sarah and Brianna have been BFFs since kindergarten. They’ve grown up … Continue reading →

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Something Borrowed by Catherine Hapka

Posted on May 25, 2010 by rossers

I just finished reading Catherine Hapka’s Something Borrowed this week. It was a book I started on May 2, 2010. Granted, I’m a bit of a slow reader, but this one took an exceptionally long time to finish. Partly because … Continue reading →

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Define “Normal” by Julie Anne Peters

Posted on May 3, 2010 by rossers

Antonia meet Jazz. Jazz meet Antonia. Antonia signed up for a peer counseling program at her middle school to lend an ear to students who need someone to talk to…not girls who wear black lipstick and holes in her clothes…on … Continue reading →

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Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs

Posted on April 26, 2010 by rossers

Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs is another fun read. Pheobe’s world is turned upside down when her mom comes back from a vacation in Greece with a fiance and the announcement that she has to leave Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Miss Match by Wendy Toliver

Posted on April 21, 2010 by rossers

Miss Match by Wendy Toliver is part of The Romantic Comedies series from Simon Pulse publishing. Sweet 16 Sasha has a gift of finding true loves (or homecoming dates) for her friends and classmates. After getting into a fender-bender with … Continue reading →

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Top Westerns for 2009

Posted on March 23, 2010 by jcl-webteam

This list of “Top Westerns of 2009″ was originally submitted via the Kansas Library Forum (KANLIB-L) listserv by Bob Hicks of the Arkansas City High School Library: Sundown Chaser by Dusty Richards The Lawman: Hanging Judge by Lyle Brandt Half … Continue reading →

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The Whitney Chronicles by Judy Baer

Posted on February 22, 2010 by rossers

I went through a phase where I read nothing but Christian Chick Lit. I couldn’t get enough of the pink covers with high heels and little dogs. My favorite has to be The Whitney Chronicles by Judy Baer. Whitney is … Continue reading →

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The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Posted on January 26, 2010 by rossers

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is my all-time favorite book. I appreciate Holden Caulfield’s wit, sarcasm, charm and ability to exaggerate the facts. To my parent’s dismay, I was once a teenager like Holden and possessed many, … Continue reading →

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