My Summer Reading List! (Sort of)

It's time to go back to school, and I've been pretty terrible about updating the blog this summer (too busy reading!). Here are *some* of the books I read this summer! I've included a "book hook" for each (two statements about the book, a question, and a "recommended for" blurb). What did you read this summer?? 

E. Lockhart's WE WERE LIARS

A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies. 
True love.
The truth.

Matt Kindt's Mind MGMT (a.k.a. me finally getting serious about graphic novels)

I have a colleague in the science department who is a huge aficionado of comics and graphic novels, so when he saw Mind MGMT on the shelf in our library and recommended it, I knew I needed to give it a try.  I've been wanting to get more into graphic novels lately, and this seemed like just the book to get me started.

FAR FAR AWAY - A Modern Fairy Tale

Fairy tales are so en vogue right now, and I'll be the first to say that I am very very into this trend.  I've always loved fairy tales, and the public's new interest in the darker originals of these stories is even more exciting.  TV producers of shows like Grimm and Once upon a Time have jumped on the fairy tale bandwagon, and authors have started to do the same over the past few years.