Showing posts with label Georgia Clark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia Clark. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2016

Black Friday Book Bonanza

Black Friday Book Bonanza
November 25-28, 2016
hosted by Reading Reality and Caffeinated Book Reviewer
details and complete list (here)

Get cozy with us in your jammies with some hot cocoa, and enter to win some new-to-you books and/or gift cards!

First Comes Love
by Emily Giffin
-ChickLit
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond.

Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single—and this close to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy, however, is to become a mother—a feeling that is heightened when her ex-boyfriend’s daughter ends up in her class. Determined to have the future she’s always wanted, Josie decides to take matters into her own hands.

On the outside, Meredith is the model daughter with the perfect life. A successful attorney, she’s married to a wonderful man, and together they’re raising a beautiful four-year-old daughter. Yet lately, Meredith feels dissatisfied and restless, secretly wondering if she chose the life that was expected of her rather than the one she truly desired.

As the anniversary of their tragedy looms and painful secrets from the past begin to surface, Josie and Meredith must not only confront the issues that divide them, but also come to terms with their own choices. In their journey toward understanding and forgiveness, both sisters discover they need each other more than they knew... and that in the recipe for true happiness, love always comes first.

Emotionally honest and utterly enthralling, First Comes Love is a story about family, friendship, and the courage to follow your own heart—wherever that may lead.



The Regulars
by Georgia Clark
-Chick-lit
Amazon | Goodreads | my review

A fierce, feisty, and “wonderfully entertaining” (Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies) debut with a magical twist about three ordinary, regular girls who suddenly have their fantasies come true…or do they?

Best friends Evie, Krista, and Willow are just trying to make it through their mid-twenties in New York. They’re regular girls, with average looks and typical quarter-life crises: making it up the corporate ladder, making sense of online dating, and making rent.

Until they come across Pretty, a magic tincture that makes them, well...gorgeous. Like, supermodel gorgeous. And it’s certainly not their fault if the sudden gift of beauty causes unexpected doors to open for them.

But there’s a dark side to Pretty, too, and as the gloss fades for these modern-day Cinderellas, there’s just one question left:

What would you sacrifice to be Pretty?



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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

The Regulars by Georgia Clark

The Regulars
by Georgia Clark

Find out more about this book and author:
Amazon
Goodreads -giveaway offer ends Aug 31
Website
Blog
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter @georgialouclark

Release date: August 2, 2016
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Genre: Chick-lit
Hardback: 400 pages
Rating: 4

First sentence(s):
Despite her mother's impassioned insistence to the contrary, Evie Selby had never thought of herself as beautiful.

A fierce, feisty, and “wonderfully entertaining” (Scott Westerfeld, author of Uglies) debut with a magical twist about three ordinary, regular girls who suddenly have their fantasies come true…or do they?

Best friends Evie, Krista, and Willow are just trying to make it through their mid-twenties in New York. They’re regular girls, with average looks and typical quarter-life crises: making it up the corporate ladder, making sense of online dating, and making rent.

Until they come across Pretty, a magic tincture that makes them, well...gorgeous. Like, supermodel gorgeous. And it’s certainly not their fault if the sudden gift of beauty causes unexpected doors to open for them.

But there’s a dark side to Pretty, too, and as the gloss fades for these modern-day Cinderellas, there’s just one question left:

What would you sacrifice to be Pretty?


My two-bits:

Nothing like a pretty pink cover and luscious red lipstick to lure in chick-lit lovers ;-)

This is a modern day fairy tale kind of story with current dating scene scenarios and single living lifestyle in a big city. Throw in some magical craziness and you get a cute and fun read!

Issues explored include beauty, feminism, love (not just the hetero kind) and self-esteem.

About the author:
Georgia Clark is widely published in women’s and lifestyle magazines, has written for TV, and performs improv. She’s the author of fiction novel The Regulars, and the YA novels She’s With The Band and Parched. A native Australian, Georgia lives in Brooklyn with her girlfriend and a fridge full of cheese.


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* review copy courtesy of and part of Last Days of Summer Blog Tour @booksparks

* add this to my Summer Reading Challenge (here) @booksparks #SRC2016 #BestSummerEver

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Stacking the Shelves - 7.16.16

Stacking the Shelves
hosted by Tynga's Reviews (details)

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

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For Review:

Giovanni Goes To Med School
by Kathy Bryson
-Short Story, Zombies
courtesy of author -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

The Regulars
by Georgia Clark
-Chick-lit
courtesy of BookSparks Blog Tour -Thanks!
Amazon | Goodreads

From BEA:

GOT some YA...
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach
-YA | Amazon | Goodreads

GOT some MYSTERY...
Little Deaths by Emma Flint
-Mystery, Thriller | Amazon | Goodreads


GOT some HISTORICAL...

The Muse by Jessie Burton
-Historical | Amazon | Goodreads

The Nix by Nathan Hill
-Historical, Humor | Amazon | Goodreads


GOT some WOMEN'S FICTION...

The Mothers by Brit Bennett
-Women's Fiction | Amazon | Goodreads

The Next by Stephanie Gangi
-Women's Fiction | Amazon | Goodreads


UNBOXING:

BOOK OF THE MONTH (details)
If you’re an avid reader, one thing is for certain: if you only shop the “bestseller” lists, you’re going to miss many of the best stories. That’s why we work hard to bring you the gems: well-written, immersive stories that transport you, give you thrills, and tug at your heartstrings. The books that are truly worth reading.


JULY Box includes:
-Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (my selected pick)
-Book of the Month Note, Bookmark and Straw

Sleeping Giants
(Themis Files #1)
by Sylvain Neuvel
-SciFi
Amazon | Goodreads

A girl named Rose is riding her new bike near her home in Deadwood, South Dakota, when she falls through the earth. She wakes up at the bottom of a square hole, its walls glowing with intricate carvings. But the firemen who come to save her peer down upon something even stranger: a little girl in the palm of a giant metal hand.

Seventeen years later, the mystery of the bizarre artifact remains unsolved—its origins, architects, and purpose unknown. Its carbon dating defies belief; military reports are redacted; theories are floated, then rejected.

But some can never stop searching for answers.

Rose Franklin is now a highly trained physicist leading a top secret team to crack the hand’s code. And along with her colleagues, she is being interviewed by a nameless interrogator whose power and purview are as enigmatic as the provenance of the relic. What’s clear is that Rose and her compatriots are on the edge of unraveling history’s most perplexing discovery—and figuring out what it portends for humanity. But once the pieces of the puzzle are in place, will the result prove to be an instrument of lasting peace or a weapon of mass destruction?



Currently flipping through:

Taemin: Press It
and
Block B: Blooming Period

=====> Fangirling over photo books that accompanied Kpop CDs. So excited to see these two perform at the KCon LA convention later this month ;-)

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* comment and TELL me what you have acquired for your shelves recently

 
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