Blogging Break

I’m off to celebrate America’s Independence Day with my dad in St. Louis, and since my grandfather doesn’t have a computer, I’m taking a blogging break. I do have a post scheduled later this week, but that’s just about it. When I get back I need to writing up reviews for:

• Little Face (Sophie Hannah)
• The Doll People (Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin)
• Sleeping Arrangements (Madeleine Wickham)
• The Killing Jar (Nicola Monaghan)
• A Bride in the Bargain (Deeanne Gist)

I’m hoping to get a lot of reading done during my vacation, but our phone has been ringing off the hook as my uncle calls to tell us all the new updates in the schedule — fishing, boating, shopping trips in St. Louis with my cousins, parties, large quantities of food, day trip to Silver Dollar City, massive fireworks display — so I’m afraid my pile is a bit ambitious. Even so I like to have a large selection of books on hand so I have something to read no matter what my mood may be.

• By Force of Instinct (Abigail Reynolds)
• Cousin Kate (Georgette Heyer)
• The Girl She Used to Be (David Cristofano)
• I Know It’s Over (C. K. Kelly Martin)
• Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith)
• The Runaway Dolls (Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin)
• Songs Without Words (Ann Packer)
• Specials (Scott Westerfeld)