The Power of Style: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Dressed Tomorrow by Bobbie Thomas

"Everyone gets dressed and getting dressed affects everything."
—Bobbie Thomas, the TODAY show style editor

Beyond understanding your best colors and figure-flattering clothes, Bobbie takes a unique step back in this inspiring guide to empower you to feel stylish, smart, sexy, and satisfied—with a look that's uniquely your own…

You can't live life naked, so after you brush your teeth in the morning, you put "something" on. It's the first decision of your day, but have you ever considered that it's also one of the most important? Style goes far beyond fashion and beauty and is a powerful way to say who we are and get what we want. Your "style speak" comes through in a louder "voice" than anything you might scream from a rooftop. But often, there is so much focus on the outside that we forget to step back and understand that style really starts inside.

Do you ever feel like maybe you aren't wearing the right clothes for your body type? Have you ever even considered that some clothing items or colors might look better on you than other? Do you ever have days where you just don't seem satisfied with how you look? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, or even if you didn't, this book is the perfect book for you! In The Power of Style: Everything You Need to Know Before You Get Dressed Tomorrow, Bobbie Thomas, Today Show Fashion Editor, teaches you all the tips and tricks you need to know about how you present yourself, verbally and nonverbally. This book is mainly a fashion book, but what I loved was that Bobbie Thomas dedicated half the book to evaluating how you perceive yourself and how others perceive you. After reading this book, I definitely felt more aware of how I can make sure everyone around me sees what I want them to see when they look at me. This book is filled with great advice on managing your style and making sure you always look your best. This is a perfect vacation read because it's a very easy read and it's interaction, so go buy this book, grab a pen, and enjoy!

See you next Wednesday!

-NBW

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In honor of Valentine's Day: Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo

Love is awkward, as fans of Sarah Dessen and E. Lockhart well know. Funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, this grocery store romance was a Morris Award Finalist for Best YA debut.

From the moment Amelia sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.

Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?

Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

A 2013 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist

Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo is a brutally honest novel, in the best way possible, about a 15-year-old falling for a 21-year-old. It's really well written and provides both side's point of views, which I thought was really neat and different. Also it takes place in Australia, which is awesome. I approve. This is a perfect teen read and it's low on the cheese factor!

Hope y'all had a lovely Valentines day. See you next Wednesday!

-NBW

Buy it here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-and-other-perishable-items-laura-buzo/1107928902?ean=9780307929747

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

A brilliant debut mystery in a classic vein: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a supermodel's suicide.

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office.

Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

If you haven't heard already, esteemed author J.K. Rowling released a novel under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. As someone who was never a huge fan of Harry Potter, I wasn't super excited about reading this novel, but I new this novel was getting a lot of buzz, so I figured I might as well see what al the buzz was about. From the moment I started, I could not put this book down. This book shows a completely different side of Rowling that I hope everyone experiences because it is thrilling from start to finish. This is the first crime fiction novel I've read and I can't wait to read more. Harry Potter fan or not, this book is worth a read! 100% recommended.

Happy reading!
-NBW

Buy it here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cuckoos-calling-robert-galbraith/1113460421?ean=9780316206846

Update: Today J.K. Rowling announced a sequel! Get excited y'all!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/18/278994941/book-news-j-k-rowling-s-second-crime-novel-coming-out-in-june?ft=1&f=1008