Every Day by David Levithan

     ‘A’ wakes up in a new body every day.    ‘A’ has a different life every day.  Sometimes a boy, sometimes a girl, from many different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, ‘A’ tries not to get to attached to anyone and not to interfere in anyone’s life.  These rules for survival work well until ‘A’ wakes in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon.  ‘A’ breaks all the rules and then tries to make it right again.

     This was an amazing book!  At first I thought the premise was so ridiculous that the book would be also, but the author really has so much insight about the lives of teenagers that each character was significant to the story.  I really admired the fact that ‘A’ was so open-minded and non-judgmental.  I was so sad that ‘A’ had to live life as a drifter with no friends or family.  This book was nominated for one of the top ten teen books of 2013 – I hope it wins!

The Chronicles of Nick 1: Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon

There are several books in this series and they are very popular so I thought I'd better read one.  I like stories about zombies, ghosts, vampires, demons, etc., well enough, but when you start throwing them all in together along with a complete hierarchy of demons controlling demons and other supernatural beings who are more or less powerful, it is a bit much for me.  I like my stories entertaining - not so confusing that I have to keep a flow chart to track the characters.  Nick is a great character, though.  It is always satisfying when the dirt poor picked on kid turns out to have supernatural powers and access to all the riches in the world!  If you like supernatural fantasies with a bit of romance tossed in, and you don't mind putting some brain power behind your reading, you will like this series.  Give it a try!