L.A. Candy

I read this really good book the other day and I would like to recommend it to poeple. This is what is written on the inside cover about the book:

Rule 3: DONT STARE AT INVISIBLE FAERIES: Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk hidden in the mortal world. Aislinn fears their cruelty- especially if learn of her Sight- and wishes she were as blind to their presence as other teens.

Rule 2: DONT SPEAK TO INVISIBLE FAERIES: Now faeries are stalking her. One of them, Keenan, who is equal parts terrifying and alluring, is trying to talk to her, asking questions Aislinn is...

#5 The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer

The Supernaturalist takes place in the future. A boy named Cosmo Hill is an orphan in this new world. He goes to a school where he's tortured every day. He finally sees his chance to escape when there is a crash on the highway. He and his friend ziplock manage to escape, this only ends in Ziplock's demise and Cosmo's attack by these strange blue creatures. He is saved by three people(Stefan, Ditto, and Mona) who call themselves the Supernaturalist. The Supernaturalist become the closest thing he's ever had to family and together they have to take on the...

"I still get nightmares," begins Johnny Truant, editor of House of Leaves ("House," by the way, always colored in blue). He goes on to explain how he stumbled upon the fateful document that would consume him. How Zampanò, an old and eccentric shut-in had left his critique of the Navidson Record scribbled on loose-leaf papers, book covers, and the backs of envelopes and even stamps scattered across his room. Johnny diligently collected all of the papers and organized them into the comprehensive thesis it was meant to be. It is an elaborate and detailed explanation of a documentary that, Johnny...

My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme
You must know Julia Child by name if not by reputation. The cook of all cooks. The woman who revolutionized American household kitchens; she entered the home by TV and left us groaning, having just gorged on prodigious French food. But that really isn't her, Julia Child declares, in her book. My Life in France is an amazing, humanizing potrait of Julia Child as we peek into her life before fame and (can you belive it?) her life before she could cook (she claims that she was horrible in the kitchen before moving to France and attended cooking...

This is a common phrase/question that people employ when asking us booksellers for suggestions for their friends and family. "Well, he/she loved so-and-so...what else is like that" In fact, that is very helpful when trying to recommend books, knowing other books & authors that they like.

But sometimes one can get stuck in a rut and cannot come up with a wide selection of suggestions. Let's help each other find new books based on books we already enjoy. Adult, young adult, whatever you like!

Here are some Specific Titles that might prompt some suggestions:


-If you liked Harry Potter, you'll...