My teaser:
The Boyfriend GamePages:
157
Book Description:
I would be completely freaking out over varsity soccer tryouts if it weren’t for the new student, Graham, who’s helping me practice. He has the most amazing green eyes, curly brown hair, and perfect legs. Plus, we have lots of common since all we both care about is soccer! Well, that’s all he cares about. But my heart beats so fast when we’re on the field together. . .and I don’t think it’s just from all the running around.
A quote:
“Girls have to stick together. It’s the only way to survive boys.”
Any thoughts:
This is similar to Elizabeth’s Chandler novel Love at First click - fun, light and short (since I read it in a couple of hours!). It was impossible for me to stop reading because I enjoyed it too much. At times, I didn’t know whether to cry or squeal or jump for joy. The plot also takes a twist that I didn’t expect, but it was all good because I love unexpected twists, especially when it gets you wondering what Trisha (our heroine) would do next. And soccer is mostly what the book is about, but when you add romance and a pinch of friends who are obsessed with looking great to impress their crushes, well, what you get is a novel full of squeal-worthy moments.
How to Be BadPages:
325
Book Description:
Vicks is the wild child whose boyfriend has gone suspiciously quiet since he left for college; Mel is the newcomer desperate to be liked; and Jesse will do anything to avoid a life-altering secret. Each one has her own reason for wanting to get the heck out of their nowheresville town, even just for the weekend. So they climb into Jesse’s mom’s “borrowed” station wagon and head south.
Hearts will be broken, friendships will be tested, and a ridiculously hot stranger could change the course of everything.
A quote:
“Not everything’s ‘okay’...People cheat, people lie, people die. And sometimes people treat their friends like crap. But that doesn’t mean you sit back and take it.”
Any thoughts:
Enough to say that I finished this book in one day, one thing is for sure - I loved it! These are my kind of books - the fun, adventurous, funny ones with a little bit of romance on the side. It’s perfect for me, I tell you. I enjoyed every word of it!
Before the road trip, these three girls weren’t exactly the best of friends. Actually, two of them were - Vicks and Jesse, but Mel’s the new one, who’s only trying to fit in. The road trip changes everything, though and they encounter so much in a weekend that it doesn’t even feel like a weekend has passed by.
Here’s a little brief description on the characters: Jesse is the Christian girl who’s holding back on that “life-altering secret”, the girl who is described as cranky (by Vicks) ever since she’s planned the whole road trip. Vicks is the girl with older brothers, the fierce girl who knows how to handle dirt from other people, and she even offers to be punched by one of the two! And Mel (who I was most like according to the Bad Girl Quiz I took at the end) is the middle child in the family, the girl who offered to pay for the entire road trip because she had the money and wished to fit in, the girl who mostly got stuck to deal with the arguments between Vicks and Jesse (which happened more than often), the girl who’s afraid to stand up for herself. These three are so believable, it’s crazy. I can relate to each one of them and it’s just so easy.
The plot interested me, that’s for sure. I like the idea of a road trip. It sounds daring, especially where the three characters plan to go to. It feels like you’re on the road trip as well. And the fact that the story is told in their own point of view makes it a whole lot realistic so that you understand the explanations of their choices and where their decisions are coming from.
So yes, I would recommend this to everyone. It’s one heck of a fun book.
Pages:
298
Book Description:
Eighteen-year-old Indigo Skye feels like she has it all - a waitress job she loves, an adorable refrigerator-delivery-guy boyfriend, and a home life that’s slightly crazed but rich in love. Until a mysterious man at the restaurant leaves her a 2.5-million-dollar tip, and her life as she knows it is transformed.
At first it’s amazing: a hot new car, an enormous flat-screen TV, and presents for everyone she cares about. Indigo laughs off the warnings that money changes people, because she knows it won’t happen to her. Until the day she looks around and realizes everything important is slipping away and no amount of money can buy it all back. . . .
A quote:
“Love is about balance, and even doing the right thing is balance...”
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Pages:
275
Book Description:
Vanessa has the next year of her life pretty much figured out. Sure there’s some parental convincing to do but she and her celebrity-obsessed gal pal Taylor pretty much think their plan is airtight.
Then Vanessa’s parents get a mysterious phone call and drop a bombshell on her that she never could have imagined. She has a half brother. And he’s coming to live with them.
If that wasn’t bad enough, this half brother is none other than Hollywood bad boy Reed Vaughn. He’s famous. He’s going to be a senior, too. And he’s going to ruin Vanessa’s life for sure. . . .
A quote:
“Just because you rehearse something doesn’t mean that when the time comes it will turn out perfect. There are all sorts of things that can go wrong.”
“That’s true, but you can’t prepare for ever possible contingency. Just go out there and do the best you can.”
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