February 2014 Month in Review
Books Read:
Adored, by Tilly
Bagshawe -
Adult, Women's Fiction,
Romance
Sienna McMahon was born into
glamour. The granddaughter of film legend (and ogre) Duke McMahon, she grows up
amid Hollywood scandal and opulence. Determined to forge her own identity, she
becomes first a successful supermodel, then an actress; but unhappiness and
tragedy keep breaking through. Then, in the time-honored tradition of Jackie
Collins and Danielle Steel, the love of a good man brings her happiness and
fulfillment.
Driftwood Lane, by
Denise Hunter -
Adult, Christian Fiction, Contemporary, Romance
From the day Elsie’s older brother
brought his friend Kye McBride over to their house, Elsie adored him. When she
was eight, she secretly blew kisses to him. When she was twelve, she sat on the
stairs unnoticed and watched him escort another girl to prom. When she was a
senior in high school, she walked into math class and found out he was her new
math teacher.
With that much emotion fueling her,
things were bound to go wrong. And they did. Elsie not only spent the last two
weeks of school avoiding him, she turned avoiding-Kye-at-all-costs into her
life-long philosophy.
Now three
years have passed and Elsie has come home for her brother’s wedding. She’s got
to face Kye-–hopefully without getting crushed again.
Keep Calm and Carry a
Big Drink, by Kim Gruenenfelder -
Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Romance
In Keep Calm and Carry a
Big Drink, Kim Gruenenfelder's delicious follow-up to There's Cake
in My Future, Seema, Nic and Mel are back, adjusting to their new lives as
a bride-to-be, a mother-to-be, and a recently single girl looking for love
It's been almost a year since Mel,
Nic and Seema pulled their magical charms out of the cake at Nic's bridal
shower and most of their happily-ever-afters seemingly came true. Seema is
about to marry Scott in an elaborate three-day affair. Nic is glowingly pregnant.
And Mel... well, Mel feels as if she accidentally veered off the rails of her
life at some point and isn't sure how to get back on. She recently became
single again, she's been threatened with a layoff from her teaching job,
and she has to find her own place now that Scott is moving in with her
roommate, Seema.
Nic thinks
Mel just needs a new cake charm to bring her good luck. . . and decides to rig
the cake pull at Seema's bridal shower. Desperate for travel, Mel asks for the
passport charm. But, once again, the cake proves to have a mind of its own, and
she pulls a charm she doesn't want, and can not use. Rather than be bound by
the charm's prophecy, Mel realizes she, and she alone, is responsible for her
destiny. A spur of the moment decision takes her to Paris and then Maui, where
she finds herself on an adventure that she never could have imagined,
experiencing the trials and tribulations of a life suddenly and perfectly
unplanned. And, along the way, she begins to learn that, however nonsensical it
may seem, the cake is never wrong...
Longtime (and at one
point illegal) Crush, by Janette Rallison -
YA/New Adult, Novella, Contemporary, Romance
From the day Elsie’s older brother
brought his friend Kye McBride over to their house, Elsie adored him. When she
was eight, she secretly blew kisses to him. When she was twelve, she sat on the
stairs unnoticed and watched him escort another girl to prom. When she was a
senior in high school, she walked into math class and found out he was her new
math teacher.
With that much emotion fueling her,
things were bound to go wrong. And they did. Elsie not only spent the last two
weeks of school avoiding him, she turned avoiding-Kye-at-all-costs into her
life-long philosophy.
Now three years have passed and
Elsie has come home for her brother’s wedding. She’s got to face Kye-–hopefully
without getting crushed again.
Books Read and Reviewed:
- Keep Holding On, by Susane Colasanti - YA, Contemporary
- Cinders & Sapphires, by Leila Rasheed - YA, Historical Drama
- Cruel Beauty, by Rosamund Hodge - YA, Fantasy (review pending)
- Diamonds & Deceit, by Leila Rasheed - YA, Historical Drama
- Something Like Normal, by Trish Dollar - YA, Contemporary (review pending)
Jenn
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