Five Spring Break Reads

Spring Break is the perfect time to catch up on the books collecting  dust on your nightstand. Here are five great reads to check out on your break!

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Pi Patel, son of a zookeeper, weaves an intricate story of his adventurous childhood. His greatest adventure happens aboard a lifeboat after his ship sinks. Trapped with a 450-pound Bengal tiger, a wounded zebra, a hyena, and an orangutan, Pi fights to survive while telling one of the greatest survival tales in recent years.

Legend by Marie Lu

June, groomed by the government to be their prodigy, hunts for the reclusive rebel Day. When she goes undercover to find out more about Day, she discovers more about herself. Day, an outlaw with a mysterious past, runs from his past as well as the government. What he doesn’t count on is falling for June while trying to manipulate her for his own agenda.

The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg

Penny Lane Bloom, daughter of Beatles fanatics, has been burned by boys too many times. With a little help from her friends (yes, I know that’s cheesy), Penny swears off boys. While the change started out as her personal choice, it quickly spreads around the school. The club continues to grow, and the guys are getting mad. Penny couldn’t be prouder, but she begins to question her ban when she mets a guy who might be the one for her.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Lena lives in a world where love is a disease. She anticipates the day she will be Cured, matched with her perfect boy, and live a mundane, loveless life—until she meets Alex, a boy who turns her world upside-down through his charming personality and knowledge of a world outside of her cage. As Lena and Alex grow closer, Lena’s world becomes more transparent. But as her Cure date comes up, Lena fights to keep love in her life.

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Jane still desperately clings to her childhood fantasy of hooking up with Mr. Darcy. By spending a trip at Regency-era resort in England, drinking tea and playing croquet with handsome gentleman in tails, Jane hopes to flush Mr. Darcy out of her system. But with the gardener offering her something real, and a brooding gentleman she can’t get out of her head, Jane searches for her fantasy in the twenty-first century. Shannon Hale’s vulnerable and hilarious voice makes this story an intriguing and memorable read. Plus, this gorgeous cover hooked me right away!

Secrets of My Hollywood Life

            The glitz and glamor of Hollywood and descriptive writing by Jen Calonita will yank you out of reality and draw you into the life of Kaitlin Burke, average American teenager.

            Well, sort of.

            If by “average” you mean the hottest seventeen year old actress in Hollywood.

            But the real Kaitlin Burke—Star Wars lover and Sidekick Bedazzler—is masked behind the image created by her manager/Mom and publicist, Laney. Even though Kaitlin loves her job, the false tabloid stories surrounding her and a catty costar out for blood ignite a daring idea: escaping the pressures of Hollywood by creating an alter ego and attending the local high school her best friend Liz is enrolled at. Kaitlin’s acting skills come in handy convincing her Hollywood-consumed family that living a double life will be the perfect break for her.

            But when Kaitlin’s glamor is stripped away and her personal assistant can’t help her with French homework, how will she survive the school and keep her secret hidden from snobby cheerleaders, her new friends, and the cute Chad Michael Murray look-a-like who talked to her after class?

            Jen Calonita has taken an average, tattered plot of a star trying to live a normal life and transformed it into a dramatic story of a normal teen facing lies, jealous cheerleaders, and the highs and lows of Hollywood.

            This book had me (and will intrigue you too) at its first Hollywood Secret…