Ellen Hopkins writes books for teens yet adults can benefit much from reading them. She has written many books but Crank starts a series of teen conflict/struggle books that are meant to be read. Crank  is based on Hopkins’ daughter who became addicted to meth. After Crank comes Glass and Fallout in that series. Each book that she writes shows a different angst that teens face. She writes in a style called “verse” which makes the reading interesting.

Reading true crime books is a must for me and thus, I started my reading relationship with Ann Rule. In The Still Of The Night is her latest writing that tells the story of Ronda Reynolds. Ronda’s death is ruled a mystery from the beginning. First ruled as “undetermined”, it was soon changed to “suicide”. Then back to “undetermined” and back to “suicide”. This story tells of the quest of Ronda’s mother to find out the truth. Ann Rule never lets a reader down!