This is the first of a list of books starring Betsy, the Queen of the Vampires. Betsy is having a really bad week. First, she loses her job, then she is killed in a car accident. Betsy can't seem to stay dead, as she has been turned into a vampire. Her first concern is how she was nearly buried in cheap knock off shoes instead of one of her designer pairs in her closet. There are very funny scenes of her adjusting to her new life. This is Chick Lit meets Vampire.

Derrick Anderson, a retiring quarterback for the San Fransisco 49ers, promises his son he will win one more Super Bowl for him. His hope may rest with a womanizing, glitz and glamour seeking young quarterback named Aaron Hill. Cody is a young boy who is convinced he is the son of Hill. Megan, Cody's foster mother tries to stop him from telling Aaron. When Aaron and Megan meet, sparks fly. Find out if the story has a fairy tale happy ending.

The concluding book in the trilogy picks up where Inkspell left off. In the magical Inkworld. The Adderhead became immortal with the White Book bound by Mo, the Bluejay. But the Adderhead's body is decomposing and he wants Mo to make a new book. Will Mo give in and create the new book or will he take the chance and kill the villian? Read to find out.

After surviving the Columbine shooting, Maureen and Caelum Quirk move back to Connecticut to the Quirk family farm. Here they discover a trove of family memorabilia that reveals painful truths about Caelum's pasts. As usual, Wally Lamb has many different story lines going on throughout the book.

Luke Ludd is the sheriff of Rising Star. He finds his friends Tom and Beth Tidwell shot to death in their home. He follows the trail of their stolen wagon and finds the killers Pots and Leonard Logan, two of five brothers known for their evil ways. On the trail of the two Logans he runs into attacking Indians and the rest of the Logans try to ambush him. Of course, he captures his men in the end. I would consider this a very formulaic western. There is no sex or swear words, but obviously violence. A very easy read and kept me entertained.

Kiriel, a fallen angel, steals Shaun's body just as he stepped into the path of an oncoming truck. He wants to experience what humans feel, think and do. He soon realizes that the real world is not all about physical experiences. As he deals with Shaun's family, a divorced mother and a younger brother, he learns that the emotional side of human life is much harder to deal with.

Standing in the Rainbow is a story of the citizens of Elmwood Springs, Missouri beginning in the 1940’s and spanning five decades. We first meet Dorothy Smith, hostess of the Neighbor Dorothy Show transmitted from her living room. In the following decades we meet many interesting characters that interact with the Smith family. Among them are the Oatman Family Gospel Singers, who somehow survive tons of misadventures to become very successful, Ham Sparks who is very politically ambitious and quite successful despite his choice of wife, a very shy Betty Raye Oatman. Also in town is Tot Whooten who is a walking disaster, the Goodnight Sisters, Ida Jenkins a wanna-be socialite and her daughter Norma and son-in-law Mackey. They all come together to create a slice from life of small town Missouri.

This first person narrative takes place in 1918 and Hattie, a sixteen year old orphan, inherits 320 acres of Montana homestead from her uncle. She boards a train from Iowa to claim her new home. Upon arrival she finds out she must “prove up” that is build a ton of fencing and cultivate 80 acres of the land. She depends on the kindness of her neighbors, the Mullers, Rooster Jim and others to help her survive. Every chapter opens with a letter to her uncle, her friend in the army in France or an article she writes for an Iowa newspaper. It is a realistic portrayal of the difficulties of surviving the early days of homesteading.

Tyler Miller returns to school for his senior year with a buff new body, courtesy of community service for painting graffiti on the school. This new look brings attention from the attractive and popular Bethany Millbury. In the aftermath of a incident at a party Bethany invites him to, Tyler must deal with a number of complex issues.