Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Leah
I was a huge fan of Jane Beaton’s debut novel (and first in the Downey House series) Class and another thing I thought was incredibly unique about the book was it’s cover design (left). It wasn’t something I’d seen before so imagine my disappointment when I saw Rules (the second book in the series) wasn’t going to have the same cover. Even worse — Class was re-designed to match Rules and now, instead of looking unique, seem to blend in more with other chick lit books. What do you think?
It’s about love lives …Maggie has been dating Stan for years - safe, comfortable and about as exciting as soggy toast. Can their relationship survive? Especially when Maggie meets David McDonald, her opposite number at the boys’ boarding school over the hill. Every single girl in the school has a crush on him, but not Maggie …yet. It’s about school lives …Two girls. Same form. Simone Kardashian has won a scholarship and is determined to make her parents proud. Fliss Prosser is furious at being so far from home and her friends. As Simone tries desperately to fit in, Fliss tries desperately to get out. It’s about private lives …Veronica Deveral knows how to manage a school. Routine and discipline are fundamental to her role. But Veronica has a secret that could ruin her career ..
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Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Chloe
Wendy Holden’s next book Gallery Girl is due out on 19th August 2010, and here’s the lovely cover for it. I really like it, I think it looks summery and very pretty! However, I haven’t read one of Wendy’s books in a while so I might try and get back into Wendy’s work with this one! Here’s the summary:
“Zeb’s the darling of Brit Art; the rock n’ roll bad boy artist whose works go for bazillions. But can he keep his end up – in every sense – now that his powerful female patron is losing interest? Beth loves art and the traditional gallery she works in and loves her boyfriend, doctor David. But the hospital hours he keeps are putting a strain on the relationship. Marie’s pop-star husband was big in the Nineties; he’s relaunching his boy band with a vengeance. But where does this leave Marie and her dreams of being a painter? Ben’s a brilliant portrait artist but no-one wants his stuff. Why have a picture that actually looks like you when you could have a gold-sprayed prosthetic limb? Disillusioned Ben’s reduced to living in the country and holding adult education life classes. But what happened to his life? Then Beth finds herself catapulted into the crazed world of contemporary art. Marie walks into Ben’s life class. And the picture changes completely.”
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Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Leah
Chick Flick Tuesday highlights the best chick flicks in the movie world as well as bringing you news on upcoming chick flick releases as well as letting you all know about which chick lit books are being made into chick flick movies!
This week we have a very special Chick Flick Tuesday for everyone. Author Linda Green has popped in to tell you all her favourite 80′s flicks to help celebrate the release of her new 80′s inspired book Things I Wish I’d Known (due out on Thursday and will be reviewed tomorrow on here). Our thanks go to Linda for compiling this list and do head over to Twitter at any time this week to let the Headline group know what you wish you had known back in your teenage years!
1. When Harry Met Sally
For the classic ‘I’ll have what she’s having’ scene.
2.Gregory’s Girl
I so wanted to be Dee Hepburn.
3.The Breakfast Club
The brat pack at their best and a very cool teen flick.
4. Dead Poet’s Society
Not girly, I know but truly inspiring and ‘captain, my captain’ always makes me cry.
5. Witness
Fantastic sexual chemistry between a fully-clothed Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford.
6. Footloose
Still remember the moves to the feet at the beginning. Me and my friends did the dance all the way home.
7. An Officer and a Gentleman
Richard Gere doesn’t usually do it for me but when he scooped Debra Winger up in his arms . . .
8.Flashdance
What I would have given to be as hot as Jennifer Beals - though not to be a welder, obviously.
9. Dangerous Liaisons
Chick-flick in corsets. Wonderfully wicked and clever.
10. Fatal Attraction
The film that brought a whole new meaning to a ‘kitchen sink drama’.
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Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Leah
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is following in the footsteps of Penny Smith, Katie Price, Martine McCutcheon, Sharon Osbourne and Coleen Nolan and is bringing out a novel. Inheritance is due out on 1st October 2010 and I would assume Tara will be using a ghost-writer to help her in her quest to be a novelist. I won’t be reading it myself as I find celebrity offerings are usually rubbish and I truly struggle to take a character seriously when she’s called Lyric. I’m sure Inheritance will have its fans though and here is the synopsis:
Notorious party-loving ‘It Girl’ Lyric Charlton has it all – the lineage, the looks and the lifestyle. A moneyed upbringing at the heart of one of the upper class’s most well-connected families, a finishing school education and an address book bursting with the world’s most powerful and high-profile people has crowned her the glamorous poster girl for the aristocratic glitterati.
But when her doomed relationship with suave boy-about-town Ralph Conway means she takes the good times too far, she is packed off to rehab by her worried parents, and the public shame and private humiliation that follow means Lyric’s only option seems to be to retreat into sober obscurity. But what no one can predict is the dramatic chain of events her exile sets in motion. For Lyric’s treatment is the start of much more than a life as an ex-addict. It’s the catalyst that exposes a complex web of deceit and betrayal – and leads Lyric on an increasingly dangerous quest to find the final missing piece of the jigsaw of her life…
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Posted on May 11th, 2010 by Chloe
Sarah Duncan has a new book out this week called Kissing Mr Wrong and her fabulous publishers at Headline have given us 3 SIGNED copies to giveaway to our readers! I loved Sarah’s last book A Single to Rome and I look forward to reading this one because the cover makes it look like a fabulous summer read!
To enter, just send us an email to [email protected] with your name and address on (only Leah and I have access to these emails) and we’ll pick 3 entries at random using random.org. The competition closes on Saturday 16th May at midnight, so get those entries in! UK entries only. 1 entry per household.
Good luck!
“Lu Edwards may write and illustrate books for children, but she’s certain she doesn’t want children of her own. She believes in travelling light, with not even a goldfish to tie her down, until Nick – a WWI expert with more baggage than Heathrow, right down to the kids, ex-wife and hamster – blows into her life. He’s absolutely not Mr Right, but as he helps Lu trace a strand of her family history, she finds herself being drawn into his chaotic but warm world. Being the wicked step-mother was never a role Lu fancied playing, though, and she’s not sure that loving Nick will be enough for a happy ever after together…”
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Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Chloe
Every girl should know what the finishing touches are.
That dash of gloss on the cheekbones to lift your complexion.
High heels for poise, and a luscious lipstick for the perfect pout.
It’s the spritz of perfume on the pulse points and the…
….ability to stand on your own two feet?
When 21st century girl Betsy is called in to rescue an exclusive finishing school from financial ruin, she knows she must change the school drastically, if it’s ever to survive. So it’s out with debutante decorum and in with modern manners and man-management. But before she can teach the girls how to walk in high heels, Betsy may just have to remember how to wear them herself. With the added bonus that her gorgeous friend Jamie and the surprisingly hunky bursar Mark both seem to rather approve of her new stilettos…
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Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Leah
Chloe absolutely loved Rebecca Chance’s debut novel Divas so I’m fairly sure she’ll be looking out for Rebecca’s second book Bad Girls. It was originally titled Drama Queens (which I think I prefer) and is due out on 5th August 2010. I’m personally not a huge fan of the cover; the shoe looks like a ripoff of Lauren Weisberger’s books and it doesn’t look as though it’s going to stand out very much on the shelves. Here’s the synopsis:
They met in rehab - but some of them had rather more therapy than they bargained for. Supermodel Amber Peters should have the world at her feet. But her secret addiction has led her down a dangerous path. Lap dancer Skye Ellwood is desperate to get out of the life she’s living, but has no idea how - until a client makes her an unusual proposition. Following an ultimatum from his fiance, A-list movie star Joe Jeffreys is finally heading to rehab to sort out his sex addiction - and save his squeaky-clean image. Spoiled daughter of a legendary rock god, Petal Gold is convinced she’s a huge star in waiting, and she’ll trample on anyone she thinks is standing in her way. Passion, jealousy, betrayal, revenge and scandal: during their tumultuous thirty days at Cascabel clinic, the lives of Amber, Skye, Joe and Petal will be transformed forever. But for one of them, the stakes could not be higher - or more dangerous.
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Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Leah
Harriet Evans is back on 14th October 2010 with her latest book with the fab title of Love From Cecily. It sounds like a fairly interesting read but I’ll probably wait for the paperback release as I wasn’t a huge fan of Harriet’s previous title. Here’s the synopsis:
Natasha Kapoor’s life is at a turning point as she heads down to the magical Cornish coast for the funeral of her beloved grandmother Frances. Devastated by the recent discovery of her husband Oli’s infidelity, time away with her extended family should be comforting. But when Natasha discovers the lost diary of her aunt Cecily, who died in a tragic accident at the age of 14, she uncovers painful and shocking family secrets. We can hear footsteps on the stairs. ‘Take it,’ Tariq says suddenly, as someone gets closer. ‘It’s all in there, you know.’ He looks up at me, tiny black eyes piercing into me. ‘This family is poisoned. They won’t tell you, but they are.’ As a tragic tale emerges from the ashes of history, Natasha must make some life changing choices. Will she stay with the adulterous father of her child and how will she cope in the knowledge that the secrets from a generation ago could tear her family apart?
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