On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
On My Wishlist: July 26, 2014
On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
On My Wishlist: July 19, 2014
On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
A Quickie: Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley
Pub. Date: April 22nd, 2014
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publisher: HarperTeen
Paperback
304 pages
304 pages
Synopsis from Goodreads:
All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog.
Don't Call Me Baby was a good, light, quick read. It didn't blow me away, but it definitely kept my interest. I felt the characters were wise beyond there years, which gave an unrealistic/ disingenuous feel at time, but the emotions and the character motivations
All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog.
Imogene's mother has been writing
an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before
she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when Imogene had
her first period. Imogene's crush saw her "before and after"
orthodontia photos. But Imogene is fifteen now, and her mother is still
blogging about her, in gruesome detail, against her will.
When a mandatory school project
compels Imogene to start her own blog, Imogene is reluctant to expose even more
of her life online...until she realizes that the project is the opportunity
she's been waiting for to tell the truth about her life under the virtual
microscope and to define herself for the first time.
Don't Call Me Baby is a sharply observed and irrepressibly charming story about
mothers and daughters, best friends and first crushes, and the surface-level
identities we show the world online and the truth you can see only in real
life.
Don't Call Me Baby was a good, light, quick read. It didn't blow me away, but it definitely kept my interest. I felt the characters were wise beyond there years, which gave an unrealistic/ disingenuous feel at time, but the emotions and the character motivations
ARC Review: The Secret Diamond Sisters by Michelle Madow
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Paperback
382 pages
382 pages
Synopsis from Goodreads:
I tried so hard to read this book. I picked it up more than once, but I just could not finish this novel. I found the lead characters to be entirely indistinguishable voice-wise from each other. They weren’t unique at all, and within the first half of the novel, there was virtually no character development. To make matters worse, for the most part the lead characters were vapid and annoying. I kept hoping that the story would pick up and intrigue me in a way that the characters weren’t, but that didn’t happen. The premise of girls gone wild in Vegas took over the mystery element, and when the mystery element was in play, the reveals were flat, predictable, and not enough to keep me interested.
Savannah. Courtney. Peyton.
The
three sisters grew up not knowing their father and not quite catching a break.
But it looks like their luck is about to change when they find out the secret
identity of their long-lost dad—a billionaire Las Vegas hotel owner who wants
them to come live in a gorgeous penthouse hotel suite. Suddenly the Strip's
most exclusive clubs are all-access, and with an unlimited credit card each, it
should be easier than ever to fit right in. But in a town full of secrets and
illusion, fitting in is nothing compared to finding out the truth about their
past.
I tried so hard to read this book. I picked it up more than once, but I just could not finish this novel. I found the lead characters to be entirely indistinguishable voice-wise from each other. They weren’t unique at all, and within the first half of the novel, there was virtually no character development. To make matters worse, for the most part the lead characters were vapid and annoying. I kept hoping that the story would pick up and intrigue me in a way that the characters weren’t, but that didn’t happen. The premise of girls gone wild in Vegas took over the mystery element, and when the mystery element was in play, the reveals were flat, predictable, and not enough to keep me interested.
On My Wishlist: July 12, 2014
On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
Cover Reveal: All Broke Down (Rusk University #2) by Cora Carmac
I love Cora Carmack's books and I love spreading the love by talking excessively about them. So, clearly if I have the chance to be part of a cover reveal I'm going to. Without further ado, enjoy the cover for All Broke Down, book 2 in the Rusk University series. (And, in case you're interested, here is my review of book 1, All Lined Up!) Enjoy!
We are so excited to get to share the cover for Cora Carmack's ALL BROKE DOWN today! A New Adult Contemporary Romance, and published by William Morrow-an imprint of HarperCollins, this is the second book in her Rusk University Series, and it is set to be released on October 28, 2014! But you can pre-order it NOW! Check out what it's about and then fall in love with this gorgeous cover!
ABOUT ALL BROKE DOWN:
On My Wishlist: July 5, 2014
On My Wishlist is a weekly event highlighting a book that I really want to read. The book may be 20 years old, or the pub date may not be until next year, but either way I'm excited about it, and hopefully you will be too!
I'm Very Behind!
I know it, you know it, we all know it! Life has gotten in the way of my reading and reviewing lately, but it's about to get better. I have at least six reviews that I'm gearing up to post, I just need some edit time. Thanks for sticking with me, even though I've been so inconsistent lately.
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