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Mini Reviews: Battle of the Manson Girls

American Girls  by Alison Umminger Blurb from Goodreads : She was looking for a place to land. Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card an runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls—and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present. In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America—in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger...

Monthly Recap: May 2016

Number of Books Read I read (well, including one DNF ) 18 books in May, including two 5 star reads (which I'm not sure has ever happened if you don't count re-reads of series).  This is pretty great since I had two trips (neither of which involved flying, which I love for the uninterrupted reading) and also had visitors one weekend (which resulted in little to no reading).  Also, I won the appellate argument that I mentioned last month! edit Highest rating I can't believe I had two 5 star reads this month!! Lowest rating One DNF Best read of the month Book which surprised me the most Fictional crush of the month The one she ended up with! Three books I’m looking forward to reading next month   ...