Title: Wild Awake Author: Hilary T. Smith Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Music, Romance, Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: October 1st, 2013 Pages: 375 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate …
When I saw that strawberries and blueberries were on special at the grocery store the other day, I got an overwhelming urge to make my own Lola style pavlova from Kate Forster’s Piece of Cake. There’d also be a classic pavlova with a selection of toppings for the customers to create their own perfect desserts. …
Title: The Originals Author: Cat Patrick Genre: Science-Fiction, Contempoary, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: May 2013 Pages: 298 Rating: 3.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Ella, Betsey and I look like sisters: triplets, you might think. But that’s not what we are at all. We are clones in hiding. We split our lives and …
Title: Piece of Cake (from the Smitten series) Author: Kate Forster Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Realistic, Fun Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 235 Rating: 4 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): On the morning that Lola is due to fly to London, her dad’s in an accident. There’s no time to whinge about ruined plans …
Title: A Really Awesome Mess Author: Trish Cook and Brendan Halpin Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contempoary, Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: 23 July 2013 Pages: 288 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): A hint of Recovery Road, a sample of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and a cut of Juno. A Really Awesome Mess is a laugh-out-loud, gut-wrenching/heart-warming story of two …