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My most recent read is Noggin  by John Corey Whaley. This is quite the unique tale. Whaley spins us the yarn of Travis Coates, a teenage cancer patient- who died. But then came back to life. Thanks to his head being cryogenically frozen for five years and then attached to a new body. Travis re-emerges into the world with a brand new sixteen year old body, while everyone from his life has aged five years. Travis feels like he saw everyone last week, but they have been missing him for what seems like ages. His girlfriend has moved on, his house in different, and he has to go back to high school with none of his friends. We follow Travis on his journey to readjust to the world that has suddenly changed for him. Whaley's snappy writing style and interesting habit of using the last words of the previous chapter as the next chapter's title (something that I particularly enjoyed) lend the book a fresh feel. I enjoyed this read, although I wish the ending had been a bit more developed....

I'm a bit off my book game at the moment! I haven't been reading as often, my schedule got cluttered up. However, I recently finished Kim Culbertson's Catch A Falling Star . Culbertson weaves us a semi-stereotypical story. Her writing is what really pulled me in. We follow a girl named Carter Moon in this story, a small town girl with little dreams. Carter justs wants to stay in her town (Little, California) forever. Even though she was offered a prestigious dance scholarship. And her sleepy little town isn't so sleepy this summer- famous movie star Adam Jakes, the latest of Hollywood's child star mess-ups. He's filming a Christmas movie (in July, because of rehab), and he needs to get back in the paparazzi's good graces- and more importantly, the people's. So what better way to improve his bad-boy image than to "date" a "small-town girl" whilst filming his "heart warming" new movie? Adam's manager, Parker, convinces Car...