Meg Cabot, Patricia Briggs

Size 12 Is Not Fat
Meg Cabot

Heather Wells, former pop princess has recently run into a few difficulties. Her mother has flown to South America with both her manager and money. Heather has dumped her cheating rock-star boyfriend, and added a few pounds. But Heather is an optimist, no matter what happens.

In a cute beginning to a new mystery series, Meg Cabot introduces a bouncy, blonde, and slightly more curvaceous heroine than the norm. Heather is determined to make her life work again, on her terms. She's become a dorm director to take advantage of the free class tuition for college employees. She wants to get the education she missed. Her ex-fiance's brother, the family pariah, offers her free room and board in exchange for clerical work. When female students start dying in supposed elevator surfing accidents Heather becomes suspicious. Elevator surfing is a boy thing. When another girl dies, Heather starts investigating on her own, and the killer comes after her.
Light, fluffy, and fun.

UUUU 4 Tubs

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Bubble Bath Book tip #3 - Watch out for the cat when you are immersed in the tub. Sometimes cats don't realize there is water under all that foam...Ouch!

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Mooncalled

Patricia Briggs

I read the description of this book online, and ordered it from the library. What a mistake! Urban Supernatural fiction is very popular right now. While it's one of my favorite sub-genre's, it is also on the verge of being over-done. However if the first book is an indication, this series (hopefully it will be a series) is going to be a favorites. Mercy is the owner and head mechanic - make that only mechanic - of an auto shop. The world she lives in is changing. The Fae have "come out" after centuries of hiding from humans. Now werewolves are on the edge of coming out as well. DNA testing has made keeping pre-natural secrets very difficult. Mercy has a secret of her own; she a shape-shifter - she can turn from woman to coyote whenever she wishes. Mercy just wants to be left alone, to fix cars and live her life in peace. She is happy with her quiet life, and if her neighbor Adam is the area's head werewolf, she can live with that.

However, her peace is destroyed when Adam is attacked, and his daughter kidnapped. Mercy takes the badly injured werewolf to the only safe place she knows - her foster family- who just happen to be under the jurisdiction of the "King" wolf of North America.

Well done, with interesting characters abounding, Mooncalled is going on my to-buy list, and I will be looking for the sequel - hopefully soon!

UUUUUU 6 Tubs