Take your guitar and… breathe! (12)

Stiti momentul ala in care esti euforica pentru ca ti-ai cumparat o carte pe care o vroiai de mult, si intrii pe GoodReads, doar ca sa iti actualizezi statusul la o carte pe care o citesti, dar iti apare in fata o carte cu o vioara pe coperta? Probabil ca il stiti, dar nu stiu daca stiti si cum e sa apesi pe disperata pe titlu, entuziasmata ca ai mai gasit o carte cu o violonista si ca OMG trebuie sa o citesti! Asta mi s-a intamplat ieri. Am gasit o carte pe care trebuie neaparat sa o am si sa o citesc. NEAPARAT! ‘Good Enough’ de Paula Yoo.

How to make your Korean parents happy:

1. Get a perfect score on the SATs.
2. Get into HarvardYalePrinceton.
3. Don’t talk to boys.*

Patti’s parents expect nothing less than the best from their Korean-American daughter. Everything she does affects her chances of getting into an Ivy League school. So winning assistant concertmaster in her All-State violin competition and earning less than 2300 on her SATs is simply not good enough.

But Patti’s discovering that there’s more to life than the Ivy League. To start with, there’s Cute Trumpet Guy. He’s funny, he’s talented, and he looks exactly like the lead singer of Patti’s favorite band. Then, of course, there’s her love of the violin. Not to mention cool rock concerts. And anyway, what if Patti doesn’t want to go to HarvardYalePrincetonafter all?

Paula Yoo scores big in her hilarious debut novel about an overachiever who longs to fit in and strives to stand out. The pressure is on!

*Boys will distract you from your studies.

Am o singura rectificare. Baietii de distrag de la studiu in momentul in care ii lasi sa o faca, dar nu cred ca e cazul, daca te pregatesti sa intrii la HarvardYalePrinceton.

Cred ca imi va placea foarte mult, pentru ca are o poveste diferita de cele pe care le-am citit pana acum.

Voua v-ar placea sa o cititi?

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*AAAAAA!! Da da da vreau vreau vreau!*

Ce? Daca ati vedea ce carte am gasit, ati fae si voi la fel. Serios! Vreti sa va convingeti? Doamnelor si domnilor, va prezint “Everything Changes” de Shey Stahl!

I knew a boy once.
He was a boy that changed everything.

I didn’t know Parker O’Neil outside of the occasional smile and wink. The AMA Supercross racer came to our small town one winter, and I had no idea what he was capable of. How could I have known that he would change my life forever that summer? Eventually, the occasional smile became a smile I grew to love and longed to see. The occasional wink became a gesture that made my soul sway and my heart ache. In the canyons of the desert, he showed me his lifestyle and his love.

What I didn’t see was the control he had over me. It was a power the glitz and glamour of his professional lifestyle had and eventually what tore apart any life I thought I knew. In his world of banging bars and soaring jumps, there was no room for someone like me. But for five years, every time he called or touched me, everything changed again. It was a touch that could heal anything and a smile that could light even the darkest nights.

GoodReads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17611415-everything-changes

Ce coperta, ce descriere! Si ce recenzii! Vreau vreau vreau! Sper numai sa nu ma dezamageasca, cum am mai patit si in alte cazuri.:))

Ce parere aveti de carte? 🙂

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Cartea pe care vreau sa v-o prezint acum suna foarte bine si mi se pare ca e si interesanta. Imi place! Se numeste ‘The Dead Girls Detective Agency’ si e scrisa de Suzy Cox. 🙂

Pop quiz: What would you do if you had to solve your own murder to get anywhere in death?

Maybe if I hadn’t slept through my alarm, slammed into Kristin (my high school’s reigning mean girl) or stepped in a puddle, destroying my mom’s new suede DVF boots (which I borrowed without asking), I wouldn’t have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, and I wouldn’t have been pushed in front of that arriving train. But I did, and I was.

When I came to, I was informed by a group of girls that I’m dead. And that because I died under mysterious circumstances, I can’t pass straight over to the Other Side. But at least I’m not alone. Meet the Dead Girls Detective Agency: Nancy, Lorna, and Tess–not to mention Edison, the really cute if slightly hostile dead boy. Apparently, the only way out of this limbo is to figure out who killed me, or I’ll have to spend eternity playing Nancy Drew. Considering I was fairly invisible in life, who could hate me enough to want me dead? And what if my murderer is someone I never would have suspected?

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Don’t break my heart! (17)

Ce coperta frumoasa! Ce descriere! Vreau vreau vreau! Ce? ‘Love and Truth’ by Kathryn Vance-Perez.

 

Eighteen-year-old Nicole Harrison has spent her high school years devoted to academics and dance, leaving no time for a boyfriend and a life. Her parents’ shocking divorce causes Nicole to believe that true love is impossible to find. After spending her life in a small Texas town, Nicole joins a foreign exchange student dance program in the country where she was born. After years dreaming about her birthplace, she boldly leaves her world behind and moves in with a host family on the island of Okinawa in Japan. She anxiously awaits a year of improving her dance technique while enjoying a world of new experiences

Jonathan Hayes was born to a Japanese mother and American Marine father via a surrogate in the States. After his father’s tragic death in Iraq when Jonathan was only a baby, his mother moved them back to her home in Okinawa. As a child, Jonathan’s mother immersed him in American culture to honor his father. His good looks and immense musical talent have left him with no shortage of female admirers. But after a bad break-up from his girlfriend of two years, Jonathan plunges into a playboy lifestyle that leads him along a destructive path. As his wounds begin to slowly heal, he tries regaining his self-respect by living on the straight and narrow. But his heart remains closed to the idea of love; that is, until the night he sees the beautiful and innocent Nicole Harrison, upon the balcony of his neighbor’s home.

While Nicole tries to navigate an unfamiliar country, she also has to learn how to navigate the unfamiliar and unwanted feelings she’s developing for Jonathan through some very heart-wrenching and trying times.

Will her fears push him away, or will Jonathan show her the truth of loyal love…

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Vreau sa va prezint o carte care imi place la nebunie: “Vesper” de Jeff Sampson. Suna al naibii de bine!

Emily Webb is a geek.And she’s happy that way. Content hiding under hoodies and curling up to watch old horror flicks, she’s never been the kind of girl who sneaks out for midnight parties. And she’s definitely not the kind of girl who starts fights or flirts with other girls’ boyfriends.Until one night Emily finds herself doing exactly that . . . the same night one of her classmates–also named Emily–is found mysteriously murdered.

The thing is, Emily doesn’t know whyshe’s doing any of this. By day, she’s the sameold boring Emily, but by night, she turnsinto a thrill seeker. With every nightfall, Emily gets wilder until it’s no longer just herpersonality that changes. Her body can dothings it never could before: Emily is nowstrong, fast, and utterly fearless. And soonEmily realizes that she’s not just comingout of her shell . . . there’s something muchbigger going on. Is she bewitched by the soulof the other, murdered Emily? Or is EmilyWebb becoming something else entirely–something not human?

As Emily hunts for answers, she finds outthat she’s not the only one this is happeningto–some of her classmates are changingas well. Who is turning these teens intomonsters–and how many people will theykill to get what they want?

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Take your guitar and… breathe! (6)

VREAU VREAU VREAU VREAU!!!

WARNING: Sexual references, occassional coarse language.

When sixteen year old Poppy Douglas writes a song about her ex-boyfriend Cam and ex-friend Nikki, she has no idea that her heartbreak is about to go global.

A local band picks up her song from Youtube and soon she’s along for the ride with her own fanbase as they blow up on the local club scene and hit the international charts. Though it turns out leaving Cam behind isn’t as easy as she had hoped.

Tangled in a web of unfinished homework, ill-considered sexting and a new lead-singer boyfriend, Poppy has a choice to make between the ex that inspired it all and the rock God whose poster lines the inside of half the lockers at school. But as she struggles to keep her emotional dirty laundry private, she learns that the truth can be hard to find when your life is in the headlines.

VREAU VREAU VREAU VREAU!!

Don’t break my heart! (16)

De cand nu v-am mai aratat o carte care ma atrage?De mai mult de o luna! Dar astazi, chiar dupa ce m-am trezit (pe la 11, ca doar la 5:30 eram cu cainele care schelalaia de mama focului!)  am inceput sa caut GoodReads-ul pentru o carte care sa ma atraga.Si am gasit-o repede! Se numeste “Falling into you” si e scrisa de Jasinda Wilder.

 

I wasn’t always in love with Colton Calloway; I was in love with his younger brother, Kyle, first. Kyle was my first one true love, my first in every way.
Then, one stormy August night, he died, and the person I was died with him.

Colton didn’t teach me how to live. He didn’t heal the pain. He didn’t make it okay. He taught me how to hurt, how to not be okay, and, eventually, how to let go.

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Don’t break my heart! (15)

*La la la la la* Vreau vreau vreau vreau! “Inhale,Exhale” de Sarah M. Ross pare o poveste frumoasa de dragoste si mi-ar placea sa o citesc. 🙂

 

Jillian had a plan: celebrate the end of her first year of college with an amazing summer full of beaches, barbeques, and bonfires. When her mom insists she needs a summer job, and her boyfriend spends more time with his band than with her, Jillian’s plans go down the drain.

Grant had a plan: finish his Masters, get a great job at Google, and get the hell out of Georgia. He might be giving up some of the fun of his youth, but he knows his all work and no play method would be worth it when his dreams came true.

But things never go according to plan.

When temptation brings them together and tragedy tears them apart, Jillian and Grant will be forced to choose: fight for their dreams, or fight for each other.

 

Nu-i asa ca suna bine?

Take your guitar and… breathe! (6)

De cand nu v-am mai aratat o carte in care unul dintre personaje canta la vreun instrument sau este pasionat de muzica?Cam da mult timp,nu? Astazi am gasit o carte indie, care se numeste “The Melody in our Heart si este scrisa de Roberta Capizzi. Coperta e foarte dragut si descrierea ma intriga. 🙂

Doctor Valerie Fogarty studied hard to become a competent surgeon, but losing a patient during an operation made her throw everything out the window and now she can’t set foot into an operating room anymore. Until her best friend Ryan is brought into the ER on a stretcher, fighting for his life after a terrible car accident and she’s the only one who can save him. Meeting him as a teenager in their hometown in Ireland was the turning point in her life and she knows she will never be able to live without him. Will her determination and skills be enough to save Ryan’s life?

Jazz Star Ryan Wyler grew up in Dublin, with a dream of becoming a professional pianist and continuing the legacy of his musical hero, Frank Sinatra. When opportunity knocks and he’s offered the chance to pursue a real music career, he’s happy to accept it, unaware that what he’s actually accepting is a package deal he will have no control over. But when success keeps him away from Valerie, his best friend since adolescence, Ryan will have to question his choices.

A story about the value of true friendship, the power of dreams, and the unpredictability of love.

Feel free to read the opening chapter here:http://robertasdreamworld.wordpress.c…

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Cred ca am gasit o carte perfecta pentru persoanele triste: “Wallganger” de Alice Clayton. Cartea pare super amuzanta si am de gand sa o citesc.Daca numai din descriere am ras,dar imaginati-va cum voi rade cititnd cartea!

 

Caroline Reynolds has a fantastic new apartment in San Francisco, a KitchenAid mixer, and no O (and we’re not talking Oprah here, folks). She has a flourishing design career, an office overlooking the bay, a killer zucchini bread recipe, and no O. She has Clive (the best cat ever), great friends, a great rack, and no O.

Adding insult to O-less, since her move, she has an oversexed neighbor with the loudest late-night wallbanging she’s ever heard. Each moan, spank, and–was that a meow?–punctuates the fact that not only is she losing sleep, she still has, yep, you guessed it, no O.

Enter Simon Parker. (No, really, Simon, please enter.) When the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. Their late-night hallway encounter has, well, mixed results. Ahem. With walls this thin, the tension’s gonna be thick…

In her third novel, Alice Clayton returns to dish her trademark mix of silly and steamy. Banter, barbs, and strutting pussycats, plus the sexiest apple pie ever made, are dunked in a hot tub and set against the gorgeous San Francisco skyline in this hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight.

V.R.E.A.U.!