Before I do New Book Tuesday, I want to share with you some book news that I read yesterday that made me squeal with delight. MaryJanice Davidson (an author I only started reading this year but love, love, love) and her husband have sold a young adult fantasy series. The series is about a teenage girl who faces all the normal problems of adolescence: fitting in at high school, making the soccer team, turning into a dragon twice a month. Okay, some problems are bigger than others. Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Hearth, the first book in the series, will be out August 2005. A long, long time from now, but I have a feeling it will be well worth the wait.

Now on to New Book Tuesday.

For Adult Readers...

Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done... whatever that may be. The Nannies are back, and just as bitter as before. This book has already generated a lot of press (jumping from publisher to publisher will do that), so I expect that we will have many requests for it. I read The Nanny Diaries and enjoyed them, so I was willing to give this book a shot despite the bad press. Unfortunately, I couldn't even make it through the first chapter. Normally I wouldn't post about a book unless I am planning on reading it or have already read it, but I'm very interested to hear what other people think of this book. If you make it through Citizen Girl, let me know your thoughts.

For Young Adult Readers...

Playing in Traffic by Gail Giles
Once again put this under the heading of how did I miss this? The author of Dead Girls Don't Write Letters and Shattering Glass (the only book I have ever started yelling at because it was over and I wanted it to continue) is back with another tension packed thriller. Skye Colby is the multi-pierced, multi-tattooed girl hanging around the cybercafes; always out at odd hours in marginal places. The testosterone-fueled jocks call her slut puppy, the bland blondes in the plaid skirts wrinkle their snub noses in distaste, the teachers call her brilliant, and the counselors call her unstable. She is all that. So why has she singled out Matt Lathrop, an almost invisible nobody, for special attention? Clearly, she has a dangerous agenda, but how can Matt resist the mystery and drama Skye trails in her Goth wake? She promises a way out of his dreary existence -- but at what price?

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