Summertime, and the reading is… well, maybe not easy, but a lot more fun than assigned reading in school. Even if you’re not on a school schedule any more, here are some books to check out for vacation reading. Starting the month is FORGIVE MY FINS, by Tera Lynn Childs. I love Tera, and her books, one of which (OH. MY. GODS.) won the RITA® Award last year for Best First Book. I caught up with the author and asked he to tell me a little about this ultimate fish out of water story. Rosemary Clement-Moore: I’m not usually one for puns, but I love the title FORGIVE MY FINS. What’s it about? Tera Lynn Childs: FORGIVE MY FINS is the story of Lily Sanderson, aka Princess Waterlily of the underwater kingdom of Thalassinia, who goes to high school on the mainland. For three years she’s been crushing on swim star Brody and avoiding obnoxious biker-boy neighbor Quince. But when a dark library and mistaken costume identity leaves Lily magically bonded to the wrong boy she’s in for a tsunami of an adventure as she tries to get separated from Quince and convince Brody he’s her perfect mermate before her…

Konigsburg #2 May 2010 On Sale: May 4, 2010 Featuring: Pete Toleffson; Janie Dupree 272 pages ISBN: 1605047163 EAN: 9781605047164 Trade Size $15.00 Add to Wish List Romance Erotica Sensual Buy at Amazon.com Wedding Bell Blues by Meg Benjamin Who knew you could find the love of your life at the wedding from hell… Janie Dupree will do anything to make sure her best friend has the wedding of her dreams, even if it means relinquishing what every bridesmaid covets and never gets—the perfect maid-of-honor dress. Problem is, family drama as tangled as a clump of Texas prickly pear cactus threatens to send the skittish bride hopping aboard the elopement express. Janie could use a hand, but the best man’s “help” is only making things worse. Pete Toleffson just wants to get through his brother’s wedding and get back to his county attorney job in Des Moines. He never expected to be the engineer on a wedding train that’s derailing straight toward hell. Janie’s the kind of girl he’d like to get close to—but her self-induced role as “Miss Fix-It” is as infuriating as it is adorable. If they can just fend off meddling parents, vindictive in-laws, spiteful ex-boyfriends, and…

I had a really successful May. I read and loved BLOWN AWAY by Sharon Sala. I have to be honest here, and say that I’ve been stockpiling Sala, but haven’t really had the desire to read them. However BLOWN AWAY was a wonderful book, and really reminded me about what had drawn me to Sala in the beginning of my reading journey. I also read the concluding book in the Chicks With Sticks trilogy by Heidi Betts. KNOCK ME FOR A LOOP was a fun romantic romp. If you haven’t yet read this trilogy I strongly suggest reading in order so that by the time you get to KNOCK ME FOR A LOOP you understand the relationship between the hero and heroine. I hope that Ms. Betts continues to write romantic comedies for a long time to come. I could go on and on with the titles that I read and had trouble putting down in May, but I don’t want to bore you. I will however tell you that I read THE LIES WE TOLD by Diane Chamberlain. I believe this book to be classified more as Women’s Fiction than romance, but was swept up in the story, and…