Frustrating!

I get so upset by books and movies in which the hero is mistaken for the bad guy and he/she tries to prove that he/she is not the weenie, but no one will listen! Spells and Sleeping Bags was exactly that kind of story.  It was very hard for me to listen to!  Not because I didn't enjoy it...I love all of the series and all of Sarah Mlynowski's books, but because I truly love Rachel, even though she is selfish (and she admits it)!  She is a really good kid under it all.
This book in the series takes place at summer camp where Rachel is trying to get something going with Raf, but there is something funny going on...something witchy...is it Miri?  Jealous of her sister?  Doesn't seem like Miri, she's the kind of girl who wants to use her magic powers to help the homeless.  So what IS going on at camp?  And will Rachel ever get to kiss Raf?
Funny, clever, awesome.  It probably is more fun to read the books in order, starting with  Bras and Broomsticks and then Frogs and French Kisses.

Bewitched

Sarah M. was one of my most favorite discoveries this year on my way to completing the YA Challenge.  I first discovered her when I won a signed copy of Gimme a Call from Random Buzzers.  Bras and Broomsticks is the first in her Magic in Manhattan series.
Magic is the tale of two sisters, Rachel, the elder, who is not a witch.  And Miri, who is.
Rachel is jealous to discover that her little sister has inherited her mom's witch-powers, but she and Miri get along pretty well and so she figures it will be more than okay to have a sister who can work some magic for her.  Say...cast a love spell on the cute boy at school, maybe fix it so she never has to do homework again.  But Miri is reluctant to use her new powers until Rachel convinces her that she can use them to stop their father's upcoming wedding to the woman neither of them likes.  Lots of laughs and quick and fun read.