If you have not experienced Libba Bray you're truly missing out on some remarkable story telling whether you are a teen or an adult reader. In her latest, "Beauty Queens" you will find a creative cross of Survivor, America's Next Top Model and "Lord of the Flies" with maybe a dash of the Bachelor. If some of these programs frighten you don't despair it's all part of Bray's delicious send up of all things reality. At the heart of "Beauty Queens" is a message of female empowerment. All of the girls are fully realized characters with diverse backgrounds and motivations for participating in a beauty pageant. However Bray never lets the message get too heavy, interspersing the narrative with hysterical commercial aside.

Written in the style of Austen, this novel offers all the delightful details that made us fall in love with "Pride & Prejudice."

A government experiment goes horribly wrong creating a vampire race that wipes out most of humanity, that's the hook. Excellent writing and a thrilling plot will you keep you motivated through the 784 pages. Optioned by Ridley Scott.

Larson captures the last moments before Hitler reveals his true intentions in a very personal way through the eyes of an American family. Very powerful.

This man can do no wrong!