What We're Reading

Book Reviews by the staff of the Mendocino County Library

Friday, November 07, 2014

New Adult Graphic Novel



Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley
A Graphic Novel.  
 Katie has a pretty good life goal:  Have a successful restaurant named Seconds, solid relationship, and strong friendships.  However, her goal and reality don’t really match up.  What she needs is a second chance: a chance at making her business run smoothly, getting back together with her ex-boyfriend, and the friendships she’s spurned.  Just like that, she finds some magic mushrooms, and things change- but for the better?  


Saturday, November 01, 2014

Tools and Information on Starting THAT Conversation

For Goodness Sex:  Changing the Way We Talk to Teens about Sexuality, Values, and Health
by Al Vernacchio
“Let’s Talk About Sex.  We do it all the time, don’t we?  For Goodness Sex offers the tools and information adults and young people need in order to have important conversations about sexuality and to develop healthy values and safe habits.”


Looking for a Poignant and Beautiful Story? Look no further!



The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
“Love makes us such fools.  Generations of the Roux family have learned this the hard way.  Foolish love appears to be the family birthright, in fact, which casts an ominous fate for its most recent progeny:  twins Ava and Henry Lavender.”  


Want a Quick Read? Here you go!



Biggest Flirts by Jennifer Echols
“The yearbook votes have been cast.  Senior year is about to get interesting.”   
Tia didn’t mean to complicate Will’s life by flirting with him, but there’s just something There... Even if he does have a girlfriend and now, they’re voted Biggest Flirts.  People are pissed, epic flirting seems to be on hold, and emotions are rising…