The Last Summer of You and Me by Anne Brashares

Anne Brashares is the author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. I loved this series which is for young adults.

The Last Summer is her first adult fiction book. The book is about two sisters, Alice and Riley, that go to their beach house somewhere on Long Island New York during the summer months. They have known Paul a boy their age ever since they were little. It soon becomes apparent that Alice is in love with Paul and so begins their summer romance. It all but starts to get going and then we find out that Riley is sick. She and Paul are best friends and Alice has a hard time telling her about her relationship with Paul.

This book was a fun summer read and really made me wish I had a beach house to go to during the summer! Too bad there's not an endless supply of money out there for me. This is a great book to take with you on a summer vacation.

"Winter Study" by Nevada Barr

Finally the next installment of the Anna Pigeon series is out! I waited awhile for this book from my library. It was worth the wait. AP is up in Isle Royale which borders the US and Canada and is in the middle of one of the Great Lakes (I'm having a brain fart as to which one it is). She is called up there to help monitor a wolf study that occurs during the winter months when the National Park is closed. Of course, things don't go as planned and she is off on another one of her adventures. A great mystery which is sometimes like an exercise for my brain. I

f you're looking for a good series this is a good one. It starts with "Track of the Cat" which takes place in Mesa Verde, CO. Part of the fun is getting to read about the different national parks in which Barr's books take place. I also recommend listening to them on CD. Get the Recorded Books unabridged ones that are narrorated by Barbara Rosenblat. She's excellent.

On to the book for book club: "The Devil in the Junior League"