I don't normally read children's books, but this one was recommended to me by a children's librarian I work with, and I enjoyed it. Merci lives in Florida with her extended family: her parents, older brother, her grandparents, her aunt, and her cousins. She's particularly close to her grandfather, but he's changing: getting angry for no reason, forgetting things, wandering off. She's having a hard time fitting in at her fancy private school (she's on a scholarship), and entering puberty, so it all hits the poor girl at once. It was nicely done.
I really enjoyed "The Castle on Sunset". The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood was always known for being a place where celebrities could go and not be bothered by anyone. It was a low key kind of place until John Belushi overdosed and died in one of the bungalows. It's gained in popularity in recent years, getting a reputation as the cool place to hang out, but it took awhile to get there.
I enjoyed this Stranger Things novel more than the last one, although there were some elements that just didn't work. It tells some of Hopper's backstory: it's 1977, and he's living and working as a detective in New York City. The City is in bad shape: facing bankruptcy, and getting worse by the day. A new gang shows up on the radar called the Vipers, led by a man who calls himself Saint John. Hop agrees to work with the Feds and go undercover to find out what mischief the Vipers are planning.
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