What's in My Book Pile?

So I went to the library, and crossed off some of the books that I had in my "to be read" pile.  I definitely don't think I'll get all of these done before I leave for school this weekend, but at least I have them checked out for a couple of weeks.





My sister read Delirium by Lauren Oliver and could not stop talking about it for a week.  She was so excited she even recommended it for me in my Goodreads.  Now, I finally have time to read it. It seems like another one of those YA dystopian novels, but hopefully this one is enthralling and exciting.  From what I've been hearing, it is. Basically, in a nutshell, scientists are able to eradicate love, and the procedure is quite common.  But before undergoing the procedure, Lena Holoway, the main character, falls in love.

The next book up on my list is Heist Society by Ally Carter.  From what I gather, Katarina Bishop, the main character, is an accomplished spy. It seems to be a family past time.  Her friend comes to tell her that her father has stolen a famous mobster's art collection and is in trouble.  Now, Katarina is the only one that can help her father and steal the paintings back. It seems like an exciting read.  To confess something, I always wanted to be a spy when I was a little girl, so this is kinda like me living out my dreams, right? When Harriet the Spy came out, I put on my little raincoat and took my journal and walked around the neighborhood, just like Harriet, and--well, you get the picture.

One I am particularly excited to read is The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan.  It is the second book in the Percy Jackson & The Olympian series.  Yes, it is a children's book.  Yes, the movie kinda sucked. But rest assured, the book did not.  It took me a while to get into the first one, but after so many pages I was hooked.  I expect no less from this second installment of the series.
Percy Jackson is a demigod, a son of one of the Greek gods. They have a special camp for these children and it is in jeopardy. It is up to Percy to save the camp, but to first do that, Percy needs the help of his friend Grover who is stuck in the Bermuda Triangle.  Can Percy rescue Grover and stop the destruction of Camp Half-Blood?
                                            

    This isn't one I was particularly longing for or anything, but I saw it on the library shelf, and it looks like another fun, easy read.  It does look like another chick lit for me, but so what? They're funny and I'm hoping this one is, too. I felt like I could really relate to this one because the opening line of the summary is "Recent Yale graduate Megan Smith comes to Manhattan with big plans for a career in journalism and even bigger student loan debt: $75,000." 
I can relate perfectly! Hello student loans--I'll be seeing you next year when I graduate. Anyway, so Megan has a bunch of student loans and when her first job fails, she takes a back-up job: tutoring two rich heiresses so that they can pick up their SAT scores enough to get into Duke. And this is a promising line "Megan quickly discovers that if she's going to get her money, she'll have to learn her Pucci from her Prada." This sounds like my kinda read! Bring on the Prada.

Does anyone else think the bikini on the cover is kinda cute? Metallic is in right now...





I'm off to start putting a dent into these books.  Have a good Thursday!