Category: Review

Review: The Statistical Probab..

Title: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight [Amazon] Author: Jennifer E. Smith [website] Publisher: Poppy/Little Brown Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Library/Hardcover Stars: 4 of 5 Publisher Description: Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything? Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan’s life. Having missed her flight, she’s stuck at JFK airport and late to her father’s second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley’s never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport’s cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he’s British, […]

Posted October 24, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

The Dish: Wild Cards – S..

Title: Wild Cards [Amazon] Author: Simone Elkeles [website] Publisher: Walker Books for Younger Readers Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Netgalley/Digital ARC Reviewed by: Andi & Michelle Publisher Description: After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s […]

Posted October 21, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Fifteenth Summer ̵..

Ever find a book that is the perfect book at the perfect moment? It may not be the deepest and most serious of books, but it makes you feel good and smile and makes you remember why you love to read. Fifteenth Summer was that book for me. When I picked up Fifteenth Summer I had just read a book I didn’t like and a book that was just okay so I just need something and it happened at the perfect time. Being a fan of Dalton’s over book, Sixteenth Summer, I had high hopes for this one anyway and […]

Posted October 17, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Second Chance Sunday – I..

Okay, I’m going to admit to the thing you should never admit to. I waited to read this book because of the cover. I know right? I did the cliche thing and judged a book by its cover. Well shame on me because I’m Not Her was a story that should be read immediately and should be read often. The cover says nothing about the amazingness in the pages and the heartbreaking story of a family having to deal with something no family should have to be put through. This book made me smile and cry and smile again. I’m […]

Posted October 13, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments

Review: Raw Blue – Kirst..

Title: Raw Blue [Amazon] Author: Kirsty Eagar [website] Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Genre: Contemporary Source/Type: Purchased/eBook Stars: 4.5 of 5 Publisher Description: Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week. And then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail. When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury […]

Posted October 10, 2013 by Andi / 0 Comments