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Gosh, college is busy! But I finally got around to reading another book. I just finished Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes. I expected a relatively lighthearted read, so it hurt even more when it took my heart and crumpled it up like a paper ball. Our main character is Anika, a tenth grader in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her dad is a famous Romanian professor, and she lived with him until she was ten. Then, she moved in with her relatively normal mother in the middle of America. She is, proudly, the third most popular girl in school. In her somewhat tenuous position in the social hierarchy, her life is a constant struggle between her outer bubblegum self, and her inner, self-described "spider stew". I quite liked Anika as a character. She's snarky, spunky, and has no idea what she's doing most of the time. She's real, and I related to her easily. Her predicament begins in the form of Logan McDonough. Last year's social pariah, this year Logan has a whole new look...

Last week I read David Lubar's classic Hidden Talents . This week I read the sequel, True Talents . It was another fantastic ride! This tale of the boys of Edgeview takes place nearly a year after the first book, after all of the boys have been released from the school. Trash, the resident telekinetic, wakes up in a lab, unable to remember how he got there. He escapes, and is soon fending for himself in the bustling metropolis of Philadelphia. Soon, the other boys find themselves drawn there as well, for various reasons. Problems and foes surround them at every turn, but the boys' talents, and more importantly, their bond, put them on top in the end. True Talents is a bit of a different creature than its predecessor. Though most of the story is from Trash's POV, several chapters are from the POVs of the other boys, which was a bit confusing at times. However, it was necessary for the story, so I was okay with it. The story is also more divided, with sections that...