Showing posts with label Lisa Henthorn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lisa Henthorn. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2016

25 Sense by Lisa Henthorn

25 Sense
by Lisa Henthorn

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Just released: May 2016
Publisher: SparkPress
Genre: Women's Fiction
Paperback: 192 pages
Rating: 4

First sentence(s):
@clairlymalone No birthday after age twenty-one is exciting. Twenty-two and up is a slow march to being your mother.

Claire Malone didn’t mean for this to happen when she moved to New York. She just wanted to live the city life and gain experience in television writing, her dream career. It’s not like she meant to reciprocate when her married boss, Sean Vared, sent her flirty e-mails. And you can’t blame her for coming into the office on the weekend when Sean told her he was going to be there . . . alone. She didn’t mean to sleep with him―but hey, she wanted to experience the city life, so no big deal, right?

Wrong. By the time Claire wakes up on her 25th birthday, she’s very much in love with Sean. At work, she struggles to hold it together when he passes her desk―the very desk that they used to make love on. Soon Sean has turned his affection to the show’s starring actress, and Claire is devastated. Can she break away from Sean without ruining her barely started career? Will someone find out what happened? Will she ever grow up and stop making stupid mistakes? 25 Sense is about the time in a young woman’s life when the world starts to view her as a responsible adult―but all she feels is lost.


My two-bits:

This coming-of-age story (in respect to romance and love) is sure to please chick-lit fans. There are thoughts on being single in the current dating scene in both New York and Los Angeles.

I liked the peeks into working in the tv industry. Behind-the-scenes stuff always fascinate me.

Got me thinking about affairs and infidelity.

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* review copy courtesy of and part of Summer Reading Challenge (here) @booksparks #SRC2016 #BestSummerEver


Saturday, June 11, 2016

Stacking the Shelves - 6.11.16

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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BOUGHT:

Unrivaled
(Beautiful Idols #1)
by Alyson Noël
-Mystery, YA
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> I heard Alyson speak about this one at BEA and she mentioned that it was like a mashup of Judith Krantz/Danielle Steele/Jackie Collins glamour chick-lit AND mystery.

On Rue Tatin
The Simple Pleasures of Life in a Small French Town
by Susan Loomis
-France, Travel
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> July selection for SF Travel Book Club.

Sweetbitter
by Stephanie Danler
-Literary, Food, New York
Amazon | Goodreads


=====> Omnivore Books on Food, San Francisco, hosted a visit from author, Stephanie Danler featuring her latest novel. It is a food and wine and coming of age kind of story.


For REVIEW:

The Cilantro in Apple Pie
by Kimberley Knights
-New Adult
Amazon | Goodreads


UNBOXING: for review


JUNE box for the BookSparks Summer Reading Challenge (details here).

JUNE Box includes:
-Saving Abby by Steena Holmes
-25 Sense by Lisa Henthorn
-Everybody Rises by Stephanie Clifford
-The Sweetheart Deal by Polly Dugan
-Marshmallow Tongs
-Bubbles
-Colorful Chalk
-Table cover
-Straws


From BEA:

I went as a lone wolf to this fabulous book event. Prowled the floors and got daily feedings of delicious books currently published or soon to be. I also attended discussion panels showcasing authors with their thoughts and beautiful selves on display.

GOT some Mystery...


A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
-Mystery, British Detective, Canada | Amazon | Goodreads

Darktown by Thomas Mullen
-Mystery, Historical | Amazon | Goodreads

The Boy in The Shadows by Carl Johan Vallgren
-Mystery, Private Investigator, Sweden | Amazon | Goodreads

GOT some YA...


The Diabolique by S.J. Kincaid
-SciFi, YA | Amazon | Goodreads -giveaway offer ends June 22

The King Slayer by Virginia Boecker
-Paranormal, Witches, YA | Amazon | Goodreads

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
-Fantasy, YA | Amazon | Goodreads -giveaway offer ends June 23


AND watched: DVD

The Hunger Games: (2015)
Mockingjay - Part 2
Director: Francis Lawrence
Screenplay: Peter Craig and Danny Strong
Based on book by: Suzanne Collins
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
-Adventure, Sci-Fi | imdb | my rating: 4

As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance.

=====> Finally watched the final film in the Hunger Games series. Although it wraps up things well enough, it was not as fun to watch as the first one.


Currently flipping through: from the library

Girl in Dior
by Annie Goetzinger
-Biography, Fashion, YA, Graphic Novel
Amazon | Goodreads

=====> Wanted to look at pretty dresses.

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