I haven't got time to really do proper write-ups these days! The Boy Book is due in June (probably June 1, but I'm not looking at my contract because I can't face that soon a date). I am way behind!

But --
I am not behind on my reading. I have been procrastinating and reading up a storm!
Stuff like this:

The Wessex Papers, parts 1-3 by Daniel Parker, AKA Daniel Ehrenhaft. Great plot. Prep school run by nefarious creepola headmaster who is running a kind of extortion ring/gambling racket.

Rhymes With Witches, by Lauren Myracle. What if the most popular girls at school became that way through witchcraft? And what if you were invited to join them? Spooky spooky. I really liked it.

Ten Things to Do Before I Die, by Daniel Ehrenhaft. (See above). This is a more stylized and freaky book than The Wessex Papers. It's about a guy who's eaten something poisonous by accident -- and feels madly driven to try an live, really live, in the 24 hours he's got left.

The Serious Kiss, by Mary Hogan. This is a sensitive and surprisingly emotional story about a girl looking for romance and struggling with her family problems.

The Dating Game, by Natalie Standiford. Three girls create an online quiz to chart their fellow students' ideas about sex -- and to play yente at the same time. The first in a four-part series. If you like quizzes (what is your love aura? etc.) and blogs, this is the one for you. Funny.

Shrimp, by Rachel Cohn. Loved it. Even better than Gingerbread, I think, maybe because it's got a real San Francisco feel. Cyd Charisse is dealing with more complicated love situations this time than the last -- plus she's got an interesting set of new female friends. Cohn said the other night at the panel that there will be a third book -- to be called Cupcake.