Campaign for the American Reader: What is Jen Calonita reading?

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

What is Jen Calonita reading?

Featured at Writers Read: Jen Calonita, author of Summer State of Mind.

Her entry begins:

Complete Nothing by Kieran Scott

I feel guilty even saying this, but Complete Nothing is the second book in the True Romance series and the first book isn't out for a few more weeks! One of the benefits of having fellow author friends is that I can beg, and beg, and beg until they give me advance copies of their books! I'm not opposed to begging when the books are this good. I loved the first book in the series, Only Everything, when Kieran sent it to me to read this winter. The story follows the goddess Eres, who is banished to Earth by Zeus when he finds out she's been...[read on]

About Summer State of Mind, from the publisher:

Summer has finally arrived and fifteen-year-old Harper McCallister intends to spend her days at the mall shopping or by the pool at her country club. But after receiving her latest heart-stopping credit card bill, Harper's parents makes other plans, and ship her off to camp.

Suddenly, the clueless yet ever-popular Harper is the new girl at the bottom of a social ladder she can't climb in wedge sandals and expensive clothes. She seems to be winning over super-cute camp "Lifer" Ethan, though, and if she can manage to make a few friends--and stay out of trouble--she just might find a whole new summer state of mind.

A fresh and funny summer-camp companion novel to Jen Calonita's hit Sleepaway Girls.