The colors are gorgeous and bright. There's so many shelves that you need a ladder to get to all of the books and the chairs look nice and comfy. Oh close your eyes and picture it? *sigh* What a gorgeous room to have in your house. The bright green curtain adds a touch of beauty to an already beautiful room and it covers up the books so would I really need it?
Ames read and reviewed this book here on this blog (you could read her review here) and it's been on my TBR list ever since and when she sent it to me (awesome friend that she is), I was excited. Why it took me so long to read it? I'll never know but I'm glad that I did read it. With summer underway, my mood has switched from the darker side of YA (haha parents beware) and has steady been stuck in YA contemporary romances. I also just finished reading Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt and I wanted to read another book by her so I picked this one up.There are two sides to every breakup.
This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They're even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.
Then Jordan dumps Courtney -- for a girl he met on the Internet.
It's too late to change plans, so the road trip is on. Courtney's heartbroken, but figures she can tough it out for a few days. La la la -- this is Courtney pretending not to care.
But in a strange twist, Jordan cares. A lot.
Turns out, he's got a secret or two that he's not telling Courtney. And it has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can't get back together, and how, in spite of it all, this couple is destined for each other.
This book deals with an older teenage couple and their problems. May not be suitable for kids under the age of 13.
It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend.
When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future - and each other. Told from Adam's point of view in the spare, lyrical prose that defined If I Stay, Where She Went explores the devastation of grief, the promise of new hope, and the flame of rekindled romance.
It's been a quiet week for my mailbox this week, but I did get some books after my trip to the Used Bookstore yesterday. Check out my stash:
Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she's plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn't remember dying, and she has no memories of the life she left behind. All she knows is that she's trapped in a consciousness without a body and she's spending every moment watching a stranger.This sounds like something I'd enjoy so I'm looking forward to reading it. It doesn't come out for a few months (release date is marked as September 27, 2011) so I still have a bit of a wait but still, it just sounds good so I'm excited for this one.
Breckon Cody's on the edge. He's being ripped apart by grief so intense it literally hurts to breathe. On the surface, Breckon is trying to hold it together for his family and his girlfriend, but underneath he's barely hanging on.
Even though she didn't know him in life, Ashlyn sees Breckon's pain, and she's determined to find a way help him. As her own distressing memories emerge from the darkness, she struggles to communicate with the boy who can't see her, but whose life is suddenly intertwined with hers. In alternating voices of the main characters, My Beating Teenage Heart paints a devastatingly vivid picture of both the heartbreak and the promise of teenage life—a life Ashlyn would do anything to recover and Breckon seems desperate to destroy—and will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen, John Green, and David Levithan.
Jack Townsende is one yummy piece of man. He's one of those action hero movie stars and he knows that he's the sexiest man alive....and Lou Calabrese hates the ever living heck out of him. She hates him because one of her best friends was left heartbroken by the insufferable Jack Townsende. The story starts off with Lou finding out that her man has eloped with Jack's ex girlfriend. Lou's left in the dust, heartbroken but Jack couldn't care less.Success hasn't spoiled screenwriter Lou Calabrese -- it's just given her a taste for luxury. And it's put her in some bizarre situations -- like in a helicopter en route to the wilds of Alaska, sharing too-close quarters with the last man she wants to be with: Jack Townsend! Once a sexy nobody whom Lou helped make a somebody, Jack's just been dumped by a high-profile Hollywood airhead -- who's eloped with Lou's longtime love! So what else could go wrong?
Well...Their pilot could try to shoot the most adored man in America. They could crash land in the icy, mountainous middle of nowhere. And at the worst possible moment, when survival should be their only consideration, Jack could start wondering if maybe he wasn't a wee bit too hasty for not giving this sexy screenwriter a second look -- while Lou could start noticing how superstar Jack is kind of hot after all ...
There's mature content and this is a book written for adults so parents beware!
Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives--and the way they understand each other so completely--has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.
It was a pretty quiet reading week for me but I got some books in the mail that put a smile on my face. Check it out:
Imagine your name is John Lennon, but everyone calls you Beatle.I am somewhat torn over this book. On one level I thoroughly enjoyed it because the writing is witty and engaging but on the other, there’s infidelity. I had just finished reading another book that had infidelity in it before I read this one so when Beatle met Destiny and went out with her and kissed while he had a girlfriend, I was a bit ticked off. I didn’t like Beatle. And yet he’s a really likeable guy. I don’t know if this would have bothered me differently if I hadn’t read that other book and had that fresh in my mind.
And then you meet your dream girl, and her name is Destiny McCartney.
But you meet her on Friday the 13th-and you're very superstitious. Not to mention that you're already dating the perfect girl, who happens to be your twin sister's best friend...
Beatle can't imagine ever leaving his girlfriend, Cilla, who supported him after the stroke that changed his life and left him with a limp. Still, he knows that the only thing worse than staying with the wrong person is missing the chance to be with the right one.
She was wearing a tight T-shirt with the word "Lamb" written across it in gothic writing. Her army fatigues slung from hip to hip like a hammock he'd like to crawl into on a lazy summer afternoon. She had that mouth of hers on her face.And this:
So you can imagine his surprise when, after Photography, he found his very own fingers secretly scrolling through his address book until Destiny's number came up on the screen. And then-the impertinence of his very own body-his thumb pressed the 'dial' button.And the humour. Quite a few laugh out loud moments that had my family looking at me like I was crazy. Also, cool points for the setting. BmD takes place in Melbourne, Australia. I really enjoyed that. It was different enough but also not too different. Quirky even? LOL
And his arm put the phone up to his very own ear and waited while the number rang.
It was only a matter of time before she was going to damn well ansewr.
The question was: What was his mouth going to do about it?
Julia and Eliza are best friends, spending the summer together. Julia's mother is serving in the National Guard and Julia spends all of her time trying not to think about what could happen. So the girls lose themselves in their summer, hanging out at the resort where Eliza's father works. But when they meet a new boy, neither one of them is prepared for what it does to their friendship.Nora Raleigh Baskin delivers a poignant look at the way a first crush can come between best friends and the importance of hanging on to the time you have as a kid before rushing into growing up.
What a delightful treat this book turned out to be. I almost didn't read this book because the beginning of the book didn't catch my attention and hold it as fast as I would have wanted but I'm glad that I stuck with this book because it turned out to be a good read.
It's been quite a while since I've put one of these up so I thought it was about time I get my butt in gear and start paying more attention to this blog. I've had lots of things going on in my real life that were getting in the way of my posting (most of the posts/reviews that I've put up lately have been written a while ago) so I guess this post will serve as the kick in the butt that I need to get this blog up and running more smoothly.
Luc Cain was born and raised in Hell, but he isn’t feeling as demonic as usual lately—thanks to Frannie Cavanaugh and the unique power she never realized she had. But you can’t desert Hell without consequences, and suddenly Frannie and Luc find themselves targeted by the same demons who used to be Luc’s allies.
Left with few options, Frannie and Luc accept the protection of Heaven and one of its most powerful angels, Gabe. Unfortunately, Luc isn’t the only one affected by Frannie, and it isn’t long before Gabe realizes that being around her is too…tempting. Rather than risk losing his wings, he leaves Frannie and Luc under the protection of her recently-acquired guardian angel.
Which would be fine, but Gabe is barely out the door before an assortment of demons appears—and they’re not leaving without dragging Luc back to Hell with them. Hell won’t give up and Heaven won’t give in. Frannie’s guardian exercises all the power he has to keep them away, but the demons are willing to hurt anyone close to Frannie in order to get what they want. It will take everything she has and then some to stay out of Hell’s grasp.
And not everyone will get out of it alive.
I read and enjoyed the first book in this series, Personal Demons and I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to read this book so I'm really anxious for it. This book comes out July 5, 2011 so mark your calendars, we're getting more Luc and Gabe and Frannie, woot!
I loved, loved, loved, loved it!
I really liked it so read this book!
I liked it well enough.
*sigh* I didn't really care for it though there were a thing or two that I did like.
I effing hate this book!
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