Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith

Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith-240 pages

Maggie Kim dies of an apparent suicide and is found floating face down in her pool. Jude is her best friend and doesn't buy that it's suicide, so she sets out to solve what really happened that night. Was it murder, as Jude believes, or was it suicide? If it was murder, then who killed Maggie? These are the questions to which Jude seeks answers (and finds them, but I won't spoil it). This novel is okay, but I didn't like reading it as much as The Darkest Corners or Little Monsters by Kara Thomas. Next, I am reading The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry.

Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin

Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin - 346 pages

Denton Little knows he is going to die.  Everybody knows when they are going to die.  It's just his unfortunate luck that he's going to die early before graduating high school.  Now he just has get through his funeral and his final day of life.

This was promoted as the funniest book about death you'll ever read.  I never actually found the humor in the book.  This is probably because the book is very much geared towards males.  I'm not really into bathroom humor and dirty jokes.  However, I could see where teen boys would really enjoy this book.