Archive for May, 2010
Posted on Monday, May 31st, 2010 by Leah
Who needs Victoria, Coleen and Alex when you can have Tracie Martin? That’s right - Tracie is back and she’s faker, more tanned and as skimpily dressed as ever. Hubbie Dean has managed to get himself a job working with Fabio so Tracie is off to South Africa to have a WAGalicious time. But first, Tracie is given the task of keeping the WAGs under wraps because we know what happened the last time the WAGs came to a World Cup.
As always though things don’t always go to plan as far as Tracie is concerned and she ends up on a popular video sharing website embarrassing herself to the nation. Tracie is shipped off to South Africa quicker than you can say WAG, only to find herself slap bang in the middle of more shenanigans. It’s definitely a case of Tracie Martin to the rescue…
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Posted on Monday, May 31st, 2010 by Leah
I recently got to read a book that is probably one of my favourite reads of 2010, Jandy Nelson’s debut novel The Sky Is Everywhere. It’s released in the UK this week and to celebrate, Jandy’s UK publishers Walker are publishing extracts around various blogs. Today is our turn, so have a read and I hope you enjoy it! We’ll be reviewing the book on Wednesday as well as launching a competition where you can win a t-shirt, copy of the book and a notebook so look out for that!
The book is about a girl, Lennie, who after losing her sister Bailey suddenly finds herself thrust into the center of everyone’s world, rather than using her sister as a shield. And despite never really having a boyfriend before, she suddenly finds herself choosing between two - Joe and Toby. A unique aspect of the book is the fact poems are scattered throughout the book, so we have not only an extract but a poem too (click it to enlarge). After reading our extract, head on over to http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/pages/independent-publishers/2003/ tomorrow (Tuesday) for the last extract as well as being able to buy yourself a copy!
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Posted on Monday, May 31st, 2010 by Chloe
Carole Matthews’ new book is due out on 16th September 2010, and the cover has been released, so here it is. I can’t say I’m too keen on it myself, it wouldn’t particularly stand out to me as the yellow is a bit drab for me, but as usual though, the story inside sounds great! Here’s the synopsis:
“Lily and Laurence Lamont-Jones have it all: lavish holidays in exotic locations, a top private school for their children, Hettie and Hugo, and a beautiful Buckinghamshire home with horses and stables. But their perfect world is about to be turned upside down. Laurence has lost his job and, on their return from holiday, they find their house and all their belongings have been repossessed. Forced to live in a council house on one of Milton Keynes’s roughest estates, the Lamont-Joneses are about to discover how the other half live. And with the help of true friends, a little luck and a lot of determination they learn that when you’ve reached rock bottom the only way is up…”
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Posted on Sunday, May 30th, 2010 by Chloe
In My Mailbox was created by The Story Siren and let’s us show off the books we’ve acquired this week (in the post, from the library, bought). We’ll post the titles of our books and, in brackets, where they’re from and we’ll post the picture below! All links go to GoodReads, with summaries & things!
Chloe’s Books this week: I have been so lucky this week and had the most awesome book week ever! Here’s what I got: From Notting Hill with Love Actually by Ali McNamara, The One That Got Away by Lucy Dawson, The Beach Hut by Veronica Henry, Personally I Blame my Fairy Godmother by Claudia Carroll, Babymoon by Melanie LaBrooy and A Moment Like Forever by Martina Reilly.
Danielle’s books this week: The Starlet by Mary McNamara, Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook, Hook, Line and Sink Him by Jackie Phillosoph, The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews and The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
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Posted on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 by Danielle
After getting dumped by her boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Mia Gordon is looking forward to spending a relaxing summer in the Hamptons with her glamorous cousins. But when she arrives, her cousins are distant, moody, and caught up with a fast crowd. Mia finds herself lonelier than ever.
That’s when she meets her next-door-neighbor, Simon Ross. Simon isn’t like the snobby party boys her cousins seem obsessed with; he’s funny, artistic, and utterly adventurous. And from the very first time he encourages Mia to go skinny-dipping, she’s caught up in a current impossible to resist.
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Posted on Saturday, May 29th, 2010 by Danielle
Allison Winn Scotch has her new novel coming out on June 1st, and it sounds just as good as her bestselling novel “Time Of My Life” which was her previous release. The cover is really pretty, and we’ll be reviewing it as part of TLC book tours later this month, so look out for my review then! Here’s the synopsis:
“Tilly Farmer is aggressively insistent in claiming that she loves her life, including marriage to her high-school sweetheart and a job as a high-school guidance counselor. She’s actually in a rut but doesn’t know it, until a fortune-teller provides her with the gift of “clarity” regarding the future. The more honest Tilly is about her emotions—especially the anger, resentment, and grief tamped down since the death of her mother—the more her perfect world unravels and the closer she comes to real happiness.”
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Posted on Friday, May 28th, 2010 by Leah
When Alice Love wakes up on the floor of her gym, the last thing she expects is to be told she’s a 39-year-old mother of three in the middle of a divorce, particularly since Alice thinks she’s 29-years-old, happily married and pregnant with her first child.
It appears that Alice has had a large bump on the head and has lost the last ten years of her life. As Alice comes to terms with the fact she’s not who she thinks she is, she realises she doesn’t like the woman she has become. Can Alice recapture the spirit of her 29-year-old self and more importantly, can Alice recover her memories of the last 10 years of her life?
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Posted on Friday, May 28th, 2010 by Leah
Headline has signed a three-book deal with Sheila O’Flanagan, continuing a partnership that extends over 15 novels and two short story collections.
Headline’s director of publishing Marion Donaldson conducted the deal for British Commonwealth rights with Carole Blake of Blake Friedmann.
Headline is already due to publish three O’Flanagan titles this year—the paperback edition of The Perfect Man, a new hardback Stand By Me and a collection of Christmas-themed short stories called A Season to Remember.
The new titles will be published in 2012–14. Donaldson said: “I couldn’t be more delighted. Sheila is a wonderful writer, writing warm, wise and unputdownable novels about families, relationships, friendship and love, and charming readers and retailers alike both through her books and in person.
“We are very proud to be her publisher, and look forward to many more successful years of partnership.”
Taken from the Bookseller.
This is fantastic news for Sheila’s fans (ie. ME!). That’s quite a stunning deal; 2012-2014, that’s so far away but so good to know that Sheila can be added to any Release Dates pages for the next 4 years at least!
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