Alright. Between the food, music, gifts and spending time with loved ones over the holidays, I have managed to accumulate 24 books for the month of December. This is by far the largest book haul I have ever done for a month!! So enough of my chatting, let's get onto these new reads I got!
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
True Love (Songbird #5) By: Melissa Pearl
True Love (Songbird #5)
Author: Melissa Pearl
Publisher: Createspace
Published: November 2015
Format: E-Book
Pages: 362
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
One night can change everything...
Nessa Sloan has been in love with Jimmy Baker since the ninth grade when they started up a rock band together. Five years later they're about to hit the big time--Chaos wins a recording contract and nationwide tour with Torrence Records. After their celebration party, the two best friends have a one-night stand that will tear their relationship apart.
On the run from Jimmy's rejection, Nessa takes off on her motorbike, but an accident brings her escape to a tragic end. Now trapped in a broken body, Nessa has to face a future stripped of the one thing that's gotten her through ever past challenge--playing the drums.
Jimmy never meant to break his best friend's heart, and he will forever regret taking her to bed then treating her like one of his groupies. But once he's crossed that line, he couldn't go back. Now Jimmy is on a mission to do something he's never done before--win a girl over.
Angry and confused by her new disability, Nessa doesn't want Jimmy's help. But she has nobody else to rely on...and his pigheaded ass won't leave her alone. Can thee two stubborn hearts get past their own insecurities to figure out what true love really looks like? Or will they drive each other crazy before they finally see the truth?
It's infuriating, irresistible, and all-consuming...it's true love.
Author: Melissa Pearl
Publisher: Createspace
Published: November 2015
Format: E-Book
Pages: 362
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
One night can change everything...
Nessa Sloan has been in love with Jimmy Baker since the ninth grade when they started up a rock band together. Five years later they're about to hit the big time--Chaos wins a recording contract and nationwide tour with Torrence Records. After their celebration party, the two best friends have a one-night stand that will tear their relationship apart.
On the run from Jimmy's rejection, Nessa takes off on her motorbike, but an accident brings her escape to a tragic end. Now trapped in a broken body, Nessa has to face a future stripped of the one thing that's gotten her through ever past challenge--playing the drums.
Jimmy never meant to break his best friend's heart, and he will forever regret taking her to bed then treating her like one of his groupies. But once he's crossed that line, he couldn't go back. Now Jimmy is on a mission to do something he's never done before--win a girl over.
Angry and confused by her new disability, Nessa doesn't want Jimmy's help. But she has nobody else to rely on...and his pigheaded ass won't leave her alone. Can thee two stubborn hearts get past their own insecurities to figure out what true love really looks like? Or will they drive each other crazy before they finally see the truth?
It's infuriating, irresistible, and all-consuming...it's true love.
Home (Songbird #4) By: Melissa Pearl
Home (Songbird #4)
Author: Melissa Pearl
Published: August 2015 (First published July 2015)
Publisher: Createspace
Format: E-Book
Pages: 360
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Rachel Myers never meant to stay in Payton. Her eyes were set on bigger things than waitressing at Clark's Bar. She wants to perform on a stage of her own with bright lights, fame, and fortune, But something got in the way--Joshua Clark. He's a good man who loves her, a solid rock she can depend on. She wants that to be enough, but it hasn't quelled her yearning for the big city.
Josh knows Rachel wants more out of life and might leave one day. Yet so far, she hasn't gone anywhere. Deep down, he believes his love is enough to keep her...or at least he hopes so. Until one night, a city boy from Hollywood promises Rachel a record deal and destroys everything.
Jumping at a chance she never thought she'd have, Rachel leaves Payton. And Josh. But the sparkle of Los Angeles is not all it's cracked up to be, and Rachel quick;y figures out that some sacrifices are not worth the risk. Is she too late? Will Josh forgive her, or has her desire for fame ruined the best thing she's ever had?
Sometimes you have to say goodbye before you can say forever.
Author: Melissa Pearl
Published: August 2015 (First published July 2015)
Publisher: Createspace
Format: E-Book
Pages: 360
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Rachel Myers never meant to stay in Payton. Her eyes were set on bigger things than waitressing at Clark's Bar. She wants to perform on a stage of her own with bright lights, fame, and fortune, But something got in the way--Joshua Clark. He's a good man who loves her, a solid rock she can depend on. She wants that to be enough, but it hasn't quelled her yearning for the big city.
Josh knows Rachel wants more out of life and might leave one day. Yet so far, she hasn't gone anywhere. Deep down, he believes his love is enough to keep her...or at least he hopes so. Until one night, a city boy from Hollywood promises Rachel a record deal and destroys everything.
Jumping at a chance she never thought she'd have, Rachel leaves Payton. And Josh. But the sparkle of Los Angeles is not all it's cracked up to be, and Rachel quick;y figures out that some sacrifices are not worth the risk. Is she too late? Will Josh forgive her, or has her desire for fame ruined the best thing she's ever had?
Sometimes you have to say goodbye before you can say forever.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Fever (Songbird #1) By: Melissa Pearl
Fever (Songbird #1)
Author: Melissa Pearl
Publisher: Smashwords
Published: June 2014 (originally May 2014)
Format: E-Book
Pages: 274
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:
Ella Simmons does not want to move across country. But she is, because her boyfriend has persuaded her to join him at UChicago to finish out her college education. Never able to tell him no, she hops on airplane and makes the trek from LA expecting to adjust to life she's often forced to, but things are not that simple when she hears a luscious voice singing over her shower wall. His deep, sexy tenor makes her weak in the knees, spreading fire through her limbs and making her question everything about her life and relationship.
Can one voice really have that much of an impact?
Cole Reynolds is on his way out. In his final year at UChicago, the only thing he wants to do is finish school and get on with his life. But the sweet voice that interrupts his morning shower turns his world upside down. Compelled to find his shower songbird, he begins a search across campus. The only thing to distract him from this goal is his roommate's gorgeous girlfriend who's just arrived from LA--Ella Simmons.
Relationships are put to the ultimate test as future dreams are questioned and friendships are thrown on the line for love.
Author: Melissa Pearl
Publisher: Smashwords
Published: June 2014 (originally May 2014)
Format: E-Book
Pages: 274
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:
Ella Simmons does not want to move across country. But she is, because her boyfriend has persuaded her to join him at UChicago to finish out her college education. Never able to tell him no, she hops on airplane and makes the trek from LA expecting to adjust to life she's often forced to, but things are not that simple when she hears a luscious voice singing over her shower wall. His deep, sexy tenor makes her weak in the knees, spreading fire through her limbs and making her question everything about her life and relationship.
Can one voice really have that much of an impact?
Cole Reynolds is on his way out. In his final year at UChicago, the only thing he wants to do is finish school and get on with his life. But the sweet voice that interrupts his morning shower turns his world upside down. Compelled to find his shower songbird, he begins a search across campus. The only thing to distract him from this goal is his roommate's gorgeous girlfriend who's just arrived from LA--Ella Simmons.
Relationships are put to the ultimate test as future dreams are questioned and friendships are thrown on the line for love.
Monday, November 30, 2015
November Book Haul!!
Happy end to November bookworms! With December looming around, as well as the holidays about to come up, I know a lot of people go into crazy mode with getting gifts. Some are hard to shop for, and some not so much. A person like myself wants pretty much one thing.....BOOKS! Okay maybe a couple other items as well, but I mean a bookworm should definitely have books on their mind. With that being said, here is my book haul for the month of November! I hope you enjoy!!
Saturday, November 28, 2015
November 9 By: Colleen Hoover
November 9
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: November 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Fallon meets Ben, and inspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon's last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure id Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
Author: Colleen Hoover
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: November 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Fallon meets Ben, and inspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to spend Fallon's last day in L.A. together, and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel. Over time and amidst the various relationships and tribulations of their own separate lives, they continue to meet on the same date every year. Until one day Fallon becomes unsure id Ben has been telling her the truth or fabricating a perfect reality for the sake of the ultimate plot twist.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Future Perfect By: Jen Larsen
Future Perfect
Author: Jen Larsen
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: October 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
Every year on her birthday, Ashley Perkins gets a card from her grandmother-a card that always contains a promise: lose enough weight, and I will buy your happiness.
Ashley doesn't think there's anything wrong with the way she looks, but no amount of arguing can persuade her grandmother that "fat" isn't a dirty word-that Ashley is happy with her life, and her body, as it is.
But Ashley wasn't counting on having her dreams served up on a silver platter at her latest birthday party. She falters when Grandmother offers the one thing she's always wanted: tuition to attend Harvard University-in exchange for undergoing weight loss surgery.
As Ashley grapples with the choice that little white card has given her, she feels pressured by her friends, her family, even administrators at school. But what's a girl to do when the reflection in her mirror seems to bother everyone but her?
Through her indecision's and doubts, Ashley's story is a liberating one-a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect.
Author: Jen Larsen
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: October 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
Every year on her birthday, Ashley Perkins gets a card from her grandmother-a card that always contains a promise: lose enough weight, and I will buy your happiness.
Ashley doesn't think there's anything wrong with the way she looks, but no amount of arguing can persuade her grandmother that "fat" isn't a dirty word-that Ashley is happy with her life, and her body, as it is.
But Ashley wasn't counting on having her dreams served up on a silver platter at her latest birthday party. She falters when Grandmother offers the one thing she's always wanted: tuition to attend Harvard University-in exchange for undergoing weight loss surgery.
As Ashley grapples with the choice that little white card has given her, she feels pressured by her friends, her family, even administrators at school. But what's a girl to do when the reflection in her mirror seems to bother everyone but her?
Through her indecision's and doubts, Ashley's story is a liberating one-a tale of one girl, who knows that weight is just a number, and that no one is completely perfect.
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Cover Reveal!
Hello Bookworms!! Today I have a post that is not like most of my regulars. (as I'm sure you all figured out by the title of it...) Today is the cover release day for a debut author that was found from Watt pad. He is getting his book published, which will be released in December, and I am so fortunate to be part of his journey from Cover release to actually reading his book! So without further ado, let's bring on the cover!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Light In The Shadows By: A. Meredith Walters
Light in the Shadows (Find You in the Dark #2)
Author: A. Meredith Walters
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: July 2014 (originally May 2013)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 366
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
How do you keep going when you feel like your life is over?
Maggie never thought she'd see Clay again. So, she attempts to put her life back together after her heart has been shattered to pieces. Moving on and moving forward, just as Clay wanted her to. Clay never stopped thinking of Maggie. Even after ripping their lives apart and leaving her behind to get the help he so desperately needed. He is healing...slowly. But his heart still belongs to the girl who tried to save him.
When a sudden tragedy brings Maggie and Clay face-to-face again, nothing is the same. Yet some things never change. Can the darkness that threatened to consume them be transformed into something else and finally give them what they always wanted? And can two people who fought so hard to be together, finally find their happiness? Or will their demons and fear drive them apart for good?
The thing about love is even when it destroys you, it has a way of mending what is broken. And in the shadows, you can still see the light.
Author: A. Meredith Walters
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: July 2014 (originally May 2013)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 366
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
How do you keep going when you feel like your life is over?
Maggie never thought she'd see Clay again. So, she attempts to put her life back together after her heart has been shattered to pieces. Moving on and moving forward, just as Clay wanted her to. Clay never stopped thinking of Maggie. Even after ripping their lives apart and leaving her behind to get the help he so desperately needed. He is healing...slowly. But his heart still belongs to the girl who tried to save him.
When a sudden tragedy brings Maggie and Clay face-to-face again, nothing is the same. Yet some things never change. Can the darkness that threatened to consume them be transformed into something else and finally give them what they always wanted? And can two people who fought so hard to be together, finally find their happiness? Or will their demons and fear drive them apart for good?
The thing about love is even when it destroys you, it has a way of mending what is broken. And in the shadows, you can still see the light.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
October Book Haul!!
It's that time of the month again...and by that I 100% mean BOOK HAUL!!! :D haha! Okay so I know I should have done two parts for this book haul, but I've already taken too long to post this stack of a haul. I have been extremely lucky to receive some from authors and Harper Collins Canada, so I cannot wait for you all to see what I picked up this month. A total of 15 books....FIFTEEN guys! I can't believe it! Alright, let's do this!
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Find You in the Dark By: A. Meredith Walters
Find You in the Dark (Find You in the Dark #1)
Author: A. Meredith Walters
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: June 2014 (originally October 2012)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Maggie Young had the market on normal. Normal friends, normal parents, normal grades...normal life. Until him.
Clayton Reed was running from his past and an army of personal demons that threatened to take him down. He never thought he had a chance at happiness. Until her.
Maggie thought their love could overcome anything. Clay thought she was all he needed to fix his messy life. That together, they could face the world. But the darkness is always waiting.
Sometimes the greatest obstacle to true love is within yourself.
Sunday, October 25, 2015
What Grows In Heavy Rain By: Lisa Martens
What Grows In Heavy Rain
Author: Lisa Martens
Publisher: Tablo Publishing
Published: May 2015
Format: E-Book
Pages: 177
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
Two Americans, two Costa Ricans and two Nicaraguans struggle though the rainy season in a small gated community in La Garita, Costa Rica. Through the rain and budding fruit, they battle through terminal illness, poverty, boredom, ex-husbands, theft, and sexual assault. The Costa Rican air has a way of turning even the most logical mind wild with passion.
Author: Lisa Martens
Publisher: Tablo Publishing
Published: May 2015
Format: E-Book
Pages: 177
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
Two Americans, two Costa Ricans and two Nicaraguans struggle though the rainy season in a small gated community in La Garita, Costa Rica. Through the rain and budding fruit, they battle through terminal illness, poverty, boredom, ex-husbands, theft, and sexual assault. The Costa Rican air has a way of turning even the most logical mind wild with passion.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
Thirty Days to Thirty By: Courtney Psak
Thirty Days to Thirty
Author: Courtney Psak
Publisher: CAMP Publishing
Published: September 2015
Format: E-Book
Pages: 255
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
What if you were on the cusp of marrying the guy of your dreams and reaching that career goal you set for yourself, only for all of it to be taken away in one fell swoop?
what if this all happened a month before you turned 30? This is the story of Jill Stevens, who after moving back home, finds a list she made in high school of thirty things she wanted to accomplish before her thirtieth birthday.
With a month left and hardly anything crossed off her list, she teams up with old friends to accomplish as much as she can before her big 3-0. Along the way, she discovers her true self and realizes it's not about the material successes in life but the journey.
Saturday, October 10, 2015
How To Be Bad By: E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
How to Be Bad
Author: E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: April 2015 (first published May 2008)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
Jesse, Vicks, and Mel each has her own reason for wanting to get away from their nowheresville Florida town. Add in a hot (and harmless) hitchhiker, and impending hurricane, and a close encounter of he gator kind, and the result is one sizzling road trip where the journey is far more important than the destination. Now in a fresh new package, How to Be Bad will take even more readers along for the ride.
Author: E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: April 2015 (first published May 2008)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
Jesse, Vicks, and Mel each has her own reason for wanting to get away from their nowheresville Florida town. Add in a hot (and harmless) hitchhiker, and impending hurricane, and a close encounter of he gator kind, and the result is one sizzling road trip where the journey is far more important than the destination. Now in a fresh new package, How to Be Bad will take even more readers along for the ride.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Dumplin' By: Julie Murphy
Dumplin'
Author: Julie Murphy
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Published: September 2015
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked...until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant-along with several other unlikely candidates-to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City-and maybe herself most of all.
With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine--Dumplin' is guaranteed to steal your heart.
Author: Julie Murphy
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Published: September 2015
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked...until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant-along with several other unlikely candidates-to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City-and maybe herself most of all.
With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine--Dumplin' is guaranteed to steal your heart.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Book Haul!!
Pretty sure I said that I would be only buying a few books for the month of September, since I'm back at school...Oh Well! I do have some purchases of books that I had to buy for school (more for one class that I'm taking--English Lit) so if you want me to do a Book haul for those, let me know in the comments below! So other than my normal bore of nonsense, we're just going to get right into the haul I have for you today!
Friday, September 25, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Seven Deadly Sins By: Robin Wasserman
**SPOILER ALERT**
Seven Deadly Sins (Volume 3: Sloth; Gluttony; Greed)
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: October 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 880
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
No one at Haven High expected things to fall apart as quickly as they did. No one expected that someone would die.
Now, as the end of senior year looms ever closer, it's time for final decisions. Decisions about where to go. Decisions about what friends to keep. Decisions about whom to punish in one last attempt at vengeance.
Secrets are about to be revealed, and everyone's reputation is at stake in their last weeks of high school. With everything on the line, and all alliances broken, anything can happen. Between Sloth, Gluttony, and Greed, there's plenty of sin for the making.
Seven Deadly Sins (Volume 3: Sloth; Gluttony; Greed)
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: October 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 880
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
No one at Haven High expected things to fall apart as quickly as they did. No one expected that someone would die.
Now, as the end of senior year looms ever closer, it's time for final decisions. Decisions about where to go. Decisions about what friends to keep. Decisions about whom to punish in one last attempt at vengeance.
Secrets are about to be revealed, and everyone's reputation is at stake in their last weeks of high school. With everything on the line, and all alliances broken, anything can happen. Between Sloth, Gluttony, and Greed, there's plenty of sin for the making.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday
It's been a while since I have done a Top Ten Tuesday (and by that this is my second one...SORRY!) I have been asking people what they would like to see in my Top Ten Tuesday's but only a couple people have really left me a comment. I hope that those of you reading this will send me a comment as to what you would like to see in the future!
So let's get started with our Top Ten Tuesday for today which is...
So let's get started with our Top Ten Tuesday for today which is...
Friday, September 11, 2015
September Book Haul!!
Happy second week of September everyone! As I'm sure you all know, I started my final year of college on Tuesday, and let's just say, Chaotic would be an understatement. Lots of things to do, read, buy...never ending list. I'm also sure that many of you have started school again, whether it be college, university, or even high school. Some of you may have shipped your little rugrats off to school for the first time, or just back there again moving on up...Makes you feel a little old doesn't it? No fear, because we all end up getting a break at some point. Now enough of school (BORING) talk, lets get to the real reason you're all here! Books, Books, Books!!
This is the first (and hopefully only, but no promises) book haul for the month of September. Many of these I just found on a good sale, so I figured I would grab them now, rather than later. So lets dive in!...
This is the first (and hopefully only, but no promises) book haul for the month of September. Many of these I just found on a good sale, so I figured I would grab them now, rather than later. So lets dive in!...
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Seven Deadly Sins By: Robin Wasserman
Seven Deadly Sins (Volume 1: Pride; Wrath)
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: May 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Harper and Kane got what they wanted, but there was a price to pay. Adam and Beth might not know why their relationship fell apart, but that doesn't mean they won't find out. And Kaia isn't quite finished stirring up trouble, even if she has some other issues to deal with.
Meanwhile, Miranda has a plan of her own. After everything that's happened, she's done with games.
There's only one way this can end--and not everyone can win.
Where there's Pride, there's Wrath, and no one is safe from sin...
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: May 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
Harper and Kane got what they wanted, but there was a price to pay. Adam and Beth might not know why their relationship fell apart, but that doesn't mean they won't find out. And Kaia isn't quite finished stirring up trouble, even if she has some other issues to deal with.
Meanwhile, Miranda has a plan of her own. After everything that's happened, she's done with games.
There's only one way this can end--and not everyone can win.
Where there's Pride, there's Wrath, and no one is safe from sin...
Monday, September 7, 2015
Seven Deadly Sins By: Robin Wasserman
Author: Robin Wasserman
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: May 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 592
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
let the sinning begin. The first two volumes in a scandalous series are now available in one book. Adam and Beth are the golden couple of Haven High. He's the all-american jock, she's the blonde perfection, and everyone loves them. Well, almost everyone. Harper has had her eyes on Adam for ages, and Kane wants to get his hands on Beth...but neither can figure out how to make their desires reality.
So they team up with the new girl Kaia. She's hot, she's devilish, ad she has the perfect plan to get Harper and Kane exactly what they want. But Kaia wants something, too--and she's willing to do whatever it takes to get it.
When Lust and Envy combine, drama is never far behind...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
You Against Me By: Jenny Downham
Author: Jenny Downham
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Published: September 2011
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Rating: 5/5
Summary:
If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge. If your brother's accused of a terrible crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him.
When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide.
This is a brave and unflinching novel about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all, it's a book about love.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Kiss Me Again By: Rachel Vail
Author: Rachel Vail
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: December 2012
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
Kiss Me Again, the sequel to Rachel Vail's beloved contemporary teen romance If We Kiss, follows Charlie (Charlotte) Collins as she struggles with her feelings for her longtime crush Kevin Lazarus after their parents marry and he becomes her stepbrother.
It was complicated enough when their parents were only dating and Kevin was going out with Charlie's best friend, Tess. Now, living under one roof, Charlie and Kevin are crossing paths and crossing lines, sneaking around at night and then sitting down to breakfast together as a family. It feels so crazy--exciting, confusing, impossible, and romantic. It can't last, not like this, but if anybody discovers their secret, everything could explode...
Thursday, August 27, 2015
If We Kiss By: Rachel Vail
Author: Rachel Vail
Publisher: Harper Teen
Published: December 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Rating: 2.5/5
Summary:
Kevin let me quickly around the side of the building, then stopped. I managed not to crash into him. I tried to look calm, cool, unperturbed. I told myself not to laugh, especially not a snorting kind of laugh. "wha...what did"
And then he kissed me.
Charlotte (Charlie to her friends) finds herself falling for a boy who is off-limits. Her best friend is in love with him, and her mother and his father are dating. Still, Charlie can't help but wonder, what would happen if we kissed?
Book Haul!
Hello Bookworms! As you can tell this is my third Book haul in the last...what three weeks? I know I have an addiction--just look at my Instagram page! I'm hoping that this will be my last book haul for the month of August, as I am going back to College again very soon. Some of these books that I have today are ones I've been wanting for a while, and thanks to some Chapters Bonus cards, I was able to get them all! Most of these books, I'm sure you all have heard and are thinking, MORGAN! how could you not have read these yet?!! Well I assure you bookworms, I'll be getting on board, and trying to get as many of these famous reads on my shelves read! So lets get started with (hopefully) this last haul for August! ;)
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Top Ten Tuesday
Hello Bookworms! This is my first Top Ten Tuesday! I hope to be doing more in the future, but it may not be every Tuesday (as i tend to forget things..Uh Oh!) So for each of my Top Ten Tuesday blogs, I will be posting my top ten of anything. it could be favourite/worst characters, auto buy authors, favourite/worst books--You name it! My lists also are not in order of favourite to least or anything close to that type. I just post in order of what comes to mind. :)
Monday, August 24, 2015
Forever... By: Judy Blume
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: April 2014 (Originally in 1975)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Rating: 4.75/5
Summary:
There's a first for everything.
When you build up something in your mind--really imagine it, wish for it--sometimes, when it actually happens, it doesn't live up to your expectations.
True love is nothing like that.
Especially not for Katherine and Michael, who can't get enough of each other. Their relationship is unique: sincere, intense, and fun all at the same time. Although they haven't been together all that long, they know it's serious. A whole world opens up as a young passion and sexuality bloom.
But it's senior year of high school, and there are big changed ahead. Michael and Katherine are destined for another big "First": a decision. Is this love of a lifetime, or the very beginning of a lifetime of love?
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Everybody Rise By: Stephanie Clifford
Everybody Rise
Author: Stephanie Clifford
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: August 2015
Format: Paperback ARC
Pages: 384
Rating: 3.75/5
Summary:
It's 2006 in the Manhattan of the young and glamorous. Money and class are colliding in a city that it about to go over a financial precipice and take much of the country with it. At 26, bright, funny, and socially anxious Evelyn Beegan is determined to carve her own path in life and free herself from the influence of her social-climbing mother, who propelled her through prep school and onto the Upper East Side. Evelyn has long felt like an outsider to her privileged peers, but when she gets a job at a social network aimed at the elite, she's forced to embrace them.
Recruiting new members for the site, Evelyn steps into a promised land of Adirondack camps, Newport cottages and Southampton clubs thick with socialites and Wall Streeters. Despite herself, Evelyn finds the lure of belonging intoxicating, and starts trying to pass as old money herself. When her father, a crusading c;ass-action lawyer, is indicted for bribery, appearances in her new life, grasping with increasing desperation as the ground underneath her begins to give away.
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Book Haul!!
Here we are again. Not even the last day of the month or anything and I have yet another book haul to deliver to you guys! I thought i would assure you that it wouldn't be a long haul, but I completely forgot the books I just got from a Half Price Book Store a couple weeks back--Whoops!! Obviously now I can tick each one of these books off my long list of books. Not only are they on my TBR pile, but they are also on my list of books/series I should be getting....With that being said lets get into my book haul!
Monday, August 17, 2015
Now I'll Tell You Everything By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Now I'll Tell You Everything (Alice #25)
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: September 2014
Format: Paperback
Pages: 544
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:
It's Alice-for the rest of her life! Yes, the very last Alice book, and it reveals every last bit you'd want to know about Alice, including whether she spends the rest of her life with Patrick! "This is the book where Alice, every girl;s girl, turns into every lady's lady" (VOYA).
Alice McKinley is going to college! And everything, from her room to her classes to her friends, is about to change. Stoically, nervously, Alice puts her best foot forward...and steps into the rest of her life.
Will Alice's dream of becoming a psychologist come true? Are she and her BFFs destined to remain BFF? And with so many miles between them, will Alice and Patrick stay together...or break up for good? Will there be baby Alice's in her future? As Alice well knows, life isn't always so predictable, and there are more than a few curveballs waiting to be thrown her way.
This is it. The grand finale. Everything you've ever wanted to know about Alice McKinley will be revealed!
Friday, August 14, 2015
You and Me and the Space In Between By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: May 2013
Format: Paperback
Pages: 880
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
Senior year is a big deal, but is Alice ready for it? Big decisions (college). Big parties (senior prom!). Big heartache (Patrick is in college-halfway across the country!). Alice needs to step up in a big way-the weather unexpected storm of all sorts. This compilation of three Alice titles includes Alice in Charge, Incredibly Alice, and Alice on Board.
Please Don't Be True By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: March 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 768
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
The ups and downs of high school life continue in the third bind-up in the Alice series. Please Don't Be True, is an adventure of growing up in Alice's junior year, when she and her friends deal with issues like a pregnancy scare and a heartbreaking good-bye. But no matter what changes, Alice is as relatable as ever.
It's Not Like I Planned It This Way By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: October 2010
Format: Paperback
Pages: 816
Rating: 3/5
Summary:
The ups and downs of high school life continue in the second and third bind-ups in the Alice series. In It's Not Like I Planned It This Way, Alice's sophomore year is chock full of change, from a new living arrangement, to a possible new relationship, to the new found freedom that comes with driving. And in Please Don't Be True, the adventure of growing up continues in Alice's Junior year, when she and her friends deal with issue like pregnancy scare and heartbreaking good-bye. But no matter what changes, Alice is as relatable as ever.
I Like Him, He Likes Her By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Antheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: May 2010
Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Rating: 2.5/5
Summary:
Find a Penny pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck...except, of course, if that Penny is charming and pretty and funny, and the person picking her up just happens to be your boyfriend. Alice McKinley's freshman year is not as "lucky" as she was hoping it would be. But she is trying to look on the bright side. There are worse things than being single for a semester...for a school year...for the whole summer...At least Alice can count on her best friends for support-in theory, anyway. Lately they haven't been all that there-for-her. In fact. it seems like Pam and Liz are suddenly involved in intense, secret conversations whenever Alice is around.
Single is starting to feel a whole lot like solo.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Book Haul!!
I think we can all relate to the feeling we get when we have a delivery in the mail, or purely the book itself. There's always a great deal going on in the bargain section, or we find a gem of a book hidden within the shelves that make us so happy, we just want to go home and start reading it right away...but wait, there's a book you're currently reading and you need to finish it first.
So here it is, a new book haul from delivery to shelves, and will sit there until my TBR pile gets smaller...
So here it is, a new book haul from delivery to shelves, and will sit there until my TBR pile gets smaller...
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Welcome!
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Your Graduated Bookworm <3
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