The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace Pages : 229 Genre : YA, Contemporary fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 2,5/5 From the back of the book : Madelyn Hawkins is super smart. At sixteen, she’s so gifted that she can attend college through a special program at her high school. On her first day, she meets Bennett. He’s cute, funny, and kind. He understands Madelyn and what she’s endured – and missed out on...
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Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald Pages : 336 Genre : YA, Contemporary fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 2,5/5 From the back of the book : Hallie and Grace Weston have never exactly seen life eye to eye. So when their father dies and leaves everything to his new wife, forcing the girls to pack up and leave San Francisco for a relative’s house in shiny Beverly Hills, the two sisters take to their changing lot in typically...
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Close my Eyes by Sophie McKenzie Pages : 400 Genre : Mystery, Psychological Thriller Stand Alone My Rating : 2,5/5 What it’s about : It’s been 8 years since Geniver lost her daughter, a still-born baby she never got the chance to see. In all that time, she has never been able to move on – which is why, when a strange woman knocks on her door and tells her that her daughter Beth is still alive, Geniver strongly wants...
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The Raft by S.A. Bodeen Pages : 231 Genre : Contemporary Fiction, Survival Stand alone My Rating : 2,5/5 From the back of the book : Robie is an experienced traveler. She’s taken the flight from Honolulu to the Midway Atoll, a group of Pacific islands where her parents live, many times. When she has to get to Midway in a hurry after a visit with her aunt in Hawaii, she gets on the next cargo flight at the last minute. She knows the...
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Eve by Anna Carey Pages : 318 Genre : YA, Speculative fiction, Dystopia Series : Eve, book 1 My Rating : 2,5/5 What it’s about : Years ago, a virus cleared out most of the Earth’s population. This is the dangerous, deadly world Eve grew up in. She didn’t get to know the world outside the all-girls school she grew up in, and until the day before graduation, she thought she could hope for a better life. When Eve learns...
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Indigo Awakening by Jordan Dane Pages : 304 Genre : YA, Fantasy, Supernatural Series : The Hunted, book 1 My Rating : 2,5/5 What it’s about : After their parents died, Lucas and Rayne were left in the care of their older sister Mia. But Mia is also a follower of a fanatical church that wants to keep Lucas from the world – at all costs. When Lucas successfully escapes from the Believers’ care, Raynes wants nothing...
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I’ve never read Sex and the City. I’ve watched most of the episodes – some of them even twice (I blame insomnia). Yet I have never read the book that inspired the series. Listening to the audiobooks of Carrie’s younger years was then a strange experience, as the only Carrie I knew was from the TV show. While there were definite differences, I enjoyed it enough to listen to both audiobooks. The Carrie Diaries by...
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Once again, there are some books I don’t have much to say about. This time, here are two books that would do perfect summer reading * * * The Summer my Life Began by Shannon Greenland Pages : 250 Genre : YA, Contemporary Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : From Goodreads : Em has always known what her life would contain: an internship at her father’s firm, a degree from Harvard, and a career as a lawyer. The only problem is,...
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