A day late, but you'll forgive me! :-)

For Adult Readers...

Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
A new series from the creator of one of my all time favorite characters, Stephanie Plum. Alexandra "Barney" Barnaby got the brains in her family, unlike her younger brother, Wild Bill. When Bill goes missing, Barney finds herself in Florida with the bugs and the heat and the bad-hair-day humidity. Barney’s thinking things can’t get too much worse as she makes the rounds of South Beach looking for Bill. Enter Sam Hooker (aka NASCAR Guy). Somebody’s stolen his boat and the trail leads to -- you guessed it -- Wild Bill. Since Bill is missing, Hooker decides to follow Barney and see if she can lead him to his boat.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on this book several days before its street date, and I can say it was a fun read. Better than the Stephanie Plum books? Too tough for me to call. I am curious to hear what other people think of Barney and the gang. I couldn't help but make comparisons between Metro Girl and the Stephanie Plum books. I don't think I will be alone in doing that either. Please let me know your thoughts on Metro Girl once you've had a chance to read it.

For Young Adult Readers...

The Purple Emperor: Faerie Wars II by Herbie Brennan
File this under the category of How did I miss this? Oh yeah. I went to Egypt. Anyway, the sequel to Faerie Wars promises to be just as exciting and action packed as its predecessor. Henry Atherton, his faerie prince friend Pyrgus, and Pyrgus's fearless sister, Holly Blue, return in this fantastic adventure to save the Faerie Realm from the evil Hairstreak and his henchmen, Chalkhill and Brimstone. With the help of forest faeries, some silk mistresses, a sewer-dwelling creature of unknown dimensions, and additional creatures magical and otherwise, the three intrepid young friends find their way from exile back to the home they all would die to preserve and protect.

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