Friday, September 18, 2009
Product Description:
Jason is in trouble the first time he meets his college roommate, Jeffrey. It's immediate chemistry and love at first sight--on Jason's part, at least. Then Jeffrey drops a bombshell....
Labels: * Henri Fer, Author F, Fiction, Romance, TBR
The Anybodies by N. E. Bode and Peter Ferguson
0 comments Posted by Lisa at Friday, September 18, 2009"Potter–style magic meets Snicket–y irreverence." – People Magazine
Fern discovers that she was swapped at birth and leaves her tragically dull parents for an unforgettable adventure with her true father, the Bone. Just who are the Anybodies? You'll have to read to find out! Narrated by the hilariously intrusive N. E. Bode, The Anybodies is a magical adventure for readers of all ages.
Labels: * N.E Bode, * Peter Ferguson, Adventure, Author B, Author F, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, TBR, Teens
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Book Description:
Dr. Lenny Faulkner, a single, African American doctor is living a charmed life in Atlanta; compared to the poor childhood she experienced growing up in Madoosa County, a small southeast section of Georgia that reeks of the local box manufacturing plant. Lenny is dedicated to the care and treatment of her female patients. Lenny has been successful in achieving all her goals except one: She yearns to marry her live-in love Ralph and start a family.
In fact, the alarm on Lenny's biological clock is ringing loud and clear---she's turning thirty-five, but Ralph, doesn't hear it. Instead of proposing, he abruptly ends their nine-year relationship, empties their joint bank account and runs off with another woman. Adding to Lenny's misery, she learns that her mother is dying of cancer, with only a few months to live.
Feeling utterly defeated, she discovers her fifth grade diary, which contains a list of rules she had created to live by. Reading them after so many years, Lenny realizes that she has somehow buried the intensity she demonstrated in her youth that helped her get out of Madoosa County.
The diary becomes the impetus Lenny needs to start taking complete charge of her life again. She discovers that Ralph leaving isn't such a loss and that her newfound strength has opened the door to new possibilities, including love.
Labels: * Suzette Francis, Author F, Fiction, TBR, World Literature
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Everything Sucks: Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool by Hannah Friedman
0 comments Posted by Lisa at Tuesday, September 01, 2009Book Description:
When everything sucks,
change everything . . .
And that's exactly what Hannah Friedman set out to do in an ambitious attempt to bust out of a life of obscurity and absurdity and into an alternate world of glamour, wealth, and popularity.
Being dubbed 'That Monkey Girl' by middle school bullies and being pulled out of sixth grade to live on a tour bus with her agoraphobic mother, her smelly little brother, and her father's hippie band mates convinces Hannah that she is destined for a life of freakdom.
But when she enters one of the country's most prestigious boarding schools on scholarship, Hannah transforms herself into everything she is not: cool. By senior year, she has a perfect millionaire boyfriend, a perfect GPA, a perfect designer wardrobe, and is part of the most popular clique in school, but somehow everything begins to suck far worse than when she first started. Her newfound costly drug habit, eating disorder, identity crisis, and Queen-Bee attitude lead to the unraveling of Hannah's very unusual life.
Putting her life back together will take more than a few clicks of her heels, or the perfect fit of a glass slipper, in this not-so-fairy tale of going from rock bottom to head of the class and back again.
Labels: * Hannah Friedman, Author F, Biographies, Fiction, Humor, TBR, Teens
Book Description:
For Nora Grey, romance was not part of the plan. She's never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how much her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch came along.
With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Nora is drawn to him against her better judgment.
But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora's not sure who to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is, and to know more about her than her closest friends. She can't decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel.
For Nora is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those that have fallen - and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost her life.
Labels: * Becca Fitzpatrick, Author F, Fiction, Mythology, Romance, TBR, Teens, World Literature
Monday, March 3, 2003
Book Description:
A wanna-be jockey accepts a job in his father's campaign for Parliament--and realizes that politics can be the most perilous horse race of all.
Labels: * Dick Francis, Author F, Fiction, Mystery, TBR
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
Ian Flemming; The Man with the Golden Gun (The Original James Bond #13)
0 comments Posted by Lisa at Tuesday, October 15, 2002Bond goes to the Caribbean and track down Francisco Scaramanga, who has built a deadly laser for the express purpose of killing. With his gold-plated Colt.45 and his deadeye accuracy, Scaramanga is deemed too deadly to live.
Labels: * Ian Flemming, Author F, Fiction, Mystery, Spy Thrillers, TBR, Thrillers