Well, it's my move in day! Yes, today is the day that I will officially become a resident of Barnard College's dorms. With that in mind, there is NO WAY I will have time to check up on my poor blog today, which is why this post has been scheduled several weeks in advance.
To entertain you all while I am reduced to menial activities such as physical labor, I'll let you in on a little secret: I am a huge fan of the CSN stores. They may not sell books, but they sell practically everything else, from dining room furniture to school supplies to women's shoes, and much, much more!
Luckily for me, I've been offered the opportunity to review a product or products from CSN. I've probably spent hours browsing their incredible online stores. It's just so easy to search for anything at all! Here are just a few of the items that have caught my eye:
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| Is this not the most unique bookcase you've ever seen? |
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| I adore this classy green laptop case! |
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| Forgive me, I am a girl and I love boots. |
Do you see what I mean about amazing selection? Of course, being a college girl now, I'll have to keep in mind the fact that whatever I get must fit in my dorm room somewhere. But a girl can dream, right?
I guess you'll just have to come back to see what I pick!
Cammie had always thought that attending a spy school was a little fun. But now that Cammie is in constant danger from the threat of an ancient terrorist organization intent on bringing the Gallagher girls down, everything is different. Ramped up security measures at school seem to have taken the very spirit out of these proud buildings. There will be no more discovering secret passageways or sneaking out now that Cammie’s life—and all those around her—are at stake. All that Cammie wants is the truth, but when you don’t know who to trust, the truth is hard to come by. In the end, when all other options have been exhausted, will Cammie have to find all the answers on her own?
Cammie couldn’t be more excited to visit her roommate Macey McHenry in Boston to watch the official nomination of the presidential and vice presidential candidates. But Cammie’s end of summer turns out to be a little too exciting when Macey is nearly kidnapped. As the new school year at Gallagher Academy starts up, Cammie can’t forget what happened in Boston. She’s just not the same anymore, not after an attack like that. She can’t shake the feeling of how close the girls were to losing to their assailants. But Cammie is not one to go down without a fight, and when the threat against Macey becomes realer than ever, she knows she must take matters into her own hands. With the help of her best friends Bex and Liz, Cammie sets out to learn the truth of why Macey is being pursued—but the truth may be more twisted and personal that Cammie is prepared for.
Is it too much to ask for a nice, somewhat uneventful sixteenth birthday? Well, for Anastasija Parker, it is. And it’s not just the having to eat lunch by herself or the being bullied by Matt Thompson. Nope. In addition to that, Ana is freaking out about her Initiation as a True Witch since she’s pretty sure she doesn’t have a lick of magic in her. Plus her estranged father just showed up, which is kind of exciting but also may explain why Ana’s magic is so weird, because while Ana’s mother is a True Witch, her father is a vampire. So now, Ana becomes the beginnings of a rekindled feud between witches and vampires. What a birthday.
Orphaned and taken in by strangers, Nyssa has never really known the meaning of the crane tattoo on her arm—and how much danger it puts her in. Nyssa soon learns that she is a Keeper, a member of an ancient clan whose knowledge was widespread through the Archipelago. Unfortunately, the tyrant Alaric and his Shadowmen have been hunting her kind for years, and now Nyssa must flee. With the help of another disguised Keeper, Nyssa will embark on an epic adventure. And when she discovers that she may be part of the key to bringing down Alaric’s rule, the stakes are higher than ever. Does Nyssa have the courage and the strength to save her people?
On Sophie Blue’s last birthday, her dad disappeared. Since that day, she’s worn all black. Now, her birthday is approaching again, and Sophie thinks she might be losing her mind. She keeps having these weird dreams that she’s going to get run over by an ice cream truck with tinted windows, and there’s one just like it that keeps circling her house, which also keeps getting broken into. Then there’s this whole thing about a lab and an evil Nurse. Of course, no one but Sophie seems to know about these things, but Sophie knows that they must be real. Her attempt to find out the truth will be a hilarious and strangely dangerous romp through a world she never knew existed.
Henry Arlington is not the type of guy to have a girlfriend. He prefers casual hookups, and never with the same girl more than once. Garrett Lennox is done with guys (until college, at least). She’s had her fair share of breakups and is tired of boys being boys. Then the J Squad, the most popular girls at East Shore High School, decide that they want Garrett in their clique—on one condition: if she can get Henry to take her to Destiny Monroe’s Sweet Sixteen and publicly dump him. This shouldn’t be too difficult, right? After all, Garrett has vowed not to fall for another boy and Henry doesn’t fall for anyone. It seems like the perfect plan, until emotions get in the way. And then it’s all downhill from there.
Amelia and Riley are new students at Ashbury High, and their appearance there changes everything. Everyone is talking about them, but few know anything about them. They rarely show up for school but Amelia breaks all the school’s swimming records. They smile politely when others talk to them but rarely say a word back. They’re an enigma that everyone at Ashbury High wants to solve, including best friends Lydia, Cassie, and particularly Emily. Emily has become nothing short of obsessed with Amelia and Riley. The pair consumes practically her every waking thought until she becomes convinced that there is a ghost in the Art Rooms. Who are Amelia and Riley? And how are they connected to the ghost?
Ashbury High English teach Mr. Botherit is seriously mistaken if he thinks that the Ashbury-Brookfield pen pal program will bring together the two rival schools with the “Joy of the Envelope.” Best friends Lydia, Emily, and Cassie don’t plan on participating, but do so anyway for different reasons. Emily wants to get a good grade, Lydia is just messing around, and Cassie, well, is trying to get over her father’s death. But getting letters back from Sebastian, Charlie, and Matthew is the start of a new kind of exchange which leads to secret missions, Dates with a Girl, false alarms, fake identities, and quite possibly a war between the schools. Can a group of pranksters get their act together in time to help one of their own and save themselves from a world of trouble? You bet they can.
Krystal Bentley is so not thrilled when she is forced to move from New York City to Lincoln, Connecticut with her mother. She misses her dad, thinks her stepdad is out to get her, and can’t motivate herself enough to even try to make new friends or adjust. The last straw is when she starts to see dead people. It starts with Ricky Watson, who was killed nearly a year ago. He wants Krystal to investigate his death in order to clear the names of his brother and friends. He pesters her at home and at school until she finally gives in. Investigating leads Krystal to others like her: Sasha, who can disappear, and Jake, who has super strength. Together, these Mystyx will have to understand their powers and find Ricky’s killer—before he strikes again.
