Life has been a tad hectic lately and I haven't been able to read as much as usual, so I decided to make up for it this past weekend. In addition to attending a wonderful Great Lake Swimmers concert on Saturday evening, I spent a great deal of the weekend reading.

One of the greatest pleasures of life, as far as I'm concerned, is reading an entire book at one sitting. I managed to do this FOUR TIMES in the past few days. Jeff and I seemed to have both picked up a bit of a bug, and have been spending much of the weekend indoors. Mine has been happily buried in books.

Even more happily, all of my reads were excellent, the kind of stories that draw you in and compel you to keep reading until the very last page. They were:

How To Get Suspended and Influence People by Adam Selzer. Aimed at young adults, this had a ton of clever writing and laugh-aloud humour. I had a chance to chat with Adam (who is also a talented songwriter and musician!) at GAfilk and will be interviewing him for Inkygirl. More about the book in the interview.

Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time by Lisa Yee. I loved the first book in this series, Millicent Min: Girl Genius and loved Stanford Wong even more. I adore Lisa Yee's characters, PLUS she's funny, PLUS her characters have heart. Both books made me cry at some point, and I can't wait to pick up So Totally Emily Ebers. I'm also a big fan of Lisa's Livejournal and hope to meet her in person someday.

The Sea Of Monsters by Rick Riordan. Sequel to the acclaimed The Lightning Thief and second in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, this is an action-packed story aimed at 9-12 year olds. A great read.

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, author of one of my all-time favourite books, Goose Girl. My twelve-year-old niece lent me her copy and warned me that once I started reading it, I wouldn't be able to put it down until I was finished. She was right! I'm going to have to get my own copy. It's not as lyrically written as Goose Girl, but I *loved* the characters and the story.

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