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Lucy Talk



Synopsis
From Amazon.co.uk
The chorus of praise for earlier books by Fiona Walker has been enthusiastic: her five previous international best-sellers have had critics and readers tingling with pleasure at the brilliant one-liners, whimsical plotting and larger-than-life characters. Of course, this kind of acclaim sets up certain expectations, but Lucy Talk is likely to do just as much for Walker's reputation as the much-acclaimed Between Males. The publishers promote her as the "voice of young, media-aware women", and the format of this book (it's told entirely in e-mails and letters) is absolutely right for her tale.

Lucy Gordon, Walker's wacky, beguiling heroine is dealing with a demanding boss (known as Slave Driver), her two critical friends (Jane and Bella) and her family of likeable eccentrics. While everyone tries to draw her attention to the fact that her attractive but fickle boyfriend Greg is taking advantage of her, Lucy's sunny nature blinds her to things that are obvious to everyone else. However, various professional and personal difficulties pitch her into a series of disasters and her equilibrium finally starts to get shaken. Will Walker grant her a happy ending?

REBECCA'S REVEAL

Couch World by Cathy Yardley

TBR

Book Description
I woke up having no idea where I was. It's a familiar feeling. If I did know where I was. . .then I think I'd be worried.
P.J.'s life is simple. Wake up at 2:00 p.m. In someone else's place, on someone else's couch. Shower. Clothes. Club. P.J.'s a punter--someone who fills in if a Didn't able to make a gig. San Francisco is a hotbed of glam bands and alternative rock, and P.J.'s into all of it--she's been living the urban Bedouin lifestyle for almost a year now, saving money to create the blow-out, off-the-hook demo of the music she loves, the music for which she deliberately abandoned "normal."

Ever wondered what it would be like to pack it all in and live the carefree life--no 9 to 5, no daily grind, no routine, no one to check in with? P.J. knows how it's done. The most important element? Lots of friends, with couches. One night it's Cecil's high-end settee, the next it's Sticky's lumpy sofa. P.J.'s even got smarmy Samantha to make sure there's always a hideaway bed from hell in the wings. But when a reporter infiltrates her life, then acts as if she wants to make it her own, P.J. senses real trouble. Could this spell the end of couch world?

Cee's Reveal:


Getting Over Jack Wagner by Elise Juska

WHERE ARE ALL THE REAL ROCK STARS?
Eliza is looking to date a rock star - though she uses the term loosely. None of her boyfriends have been famous. Most have unbearable habits and overbearing mothers. A few only played show tunes. Still, they're intense. Pierced. Tragically stubbled. With a predilection for dressing black. Eliza finds them deep-in theory, anyway. But in reality, none comes close to the object of her original rock-star crush: actor/crooner Jack Wagner. When her latest catch turns out to be another mama's boy, Eliza begins to realize love is nothing like her favorite 80s song.

IS SHE READY TO FACE THE MUSIC?
Just as Eliza is planning her next move, she's dealt an emotional triple-whammy involving her sister, her best friend, and a horrific blind date. That's when she realizes that only by taking a good look at her past-and her tape collection-will she ever be able to hear a different kind of song and live a different kind of life.

I've changed my mind from the reveal I sent out :whistle: and now I'm revealing:

A Kept Woman by Susan Donovan
WHEN A GOOD-GIRL DIVORCÉE Playing by the rules has left Samantha Monroe with an AWOL ex-husband, maxed out credit cards, and the task of raising three children on a hairstylist's salary. It's time for a new game plan. When Sam learns that politician Jack Tolliver needs someone to play the part of his fiancÉe for six months in return for a generous paycheck, she's ready to sign up on the spot.

MEETS A BAD-BOY POLITICIAN
Jack needs Sam and her kids to help tone down his image from womanizing cad to dependable dad. But he was expecting Sam to be a frumpy single mom, not a wickedly smart, sexy redhead. Keeping nosey newshounds from discovering that his engagement is a charade is going to be a tough job, but one mind-blowing kiss from Sam and suddenly Jack is ready to put in all the overtime necessary…

LOVE WINS IN A LANDSLIDE…
Now, with scheming opponents itching to bring Jack down, Sam's ex returning to stir up trouble, one stubborn pre-schooler, two squabbling teenagers, a crazy dog, and some out-of-this-world sex, Jack and Sam are discovering that playing make-believe can be complicated—but not nearly as much as falling in love…

Adventures of an Ice Princess by Liz Maverick



From the back cover:

Clarissa Schneckberg wasn't ready to leave her Silicon Valley job, get dumped by her longtime boyfriend, and move back in with her parents. She's officially pathetic. And her prospects are dim. At least that's how they look from under the covers of her childhood bed...

But just when her life seems to be heading south, Clarissa decides to head really south—to Antarctica, to be exact. With her best friends, Delilah and Kate, she's ready to make the trek and sign up for some rough and tough jobs...even though none of them has yet to live through a winter without fuzzy slippers and fake fur. After all, the male-to-female ratio at the South Pole is something like four-to-one. It's definitely time to shop for some new underwear. Long underwear, that is.

It's an amorous adventure Clarissa would be sane to pass up. But for this snow angel, sanity has outlived its usefulness...

My reveal:



Gucci Gucci Coo by Sue Margolis

"Ruby (still single at thirty-two) Silverman has made a name for herself at Les Sprogs, her exclusive baby boutique where trust-fund mothers swaddle their infants in the hottest designer wear. But all those bumps and babes can't prepare Ruby for the bombshell her fifty-year-old mother drops on her: Ruby's about to get...a baby brother or sister! When Ruby recovers from the shock of her mother's pregnancy, she can't help but question her own baby-making future. Is catering to celebrity moms and cooing over her friends' kids all she has to look forward to? Sam Epstien would passionately disagree. He's the gorgeous Jewish gynecologist who has set his amorous sights on her. Soon they're seriously involved, and life seems to be looking up for Ruby. Until she stumbles upon a shady baby-brokering business that could erupt into a major scandal, derail her career, and maybe even force her to toss the supposedly perfect man out with the bathwater."

NURSIE'S REVEAL

Swapping Lives by Jane Green



Vicky Townsley, single and successful features director of Poise! magazine in London, thinks that marriage and children are all she needs to be happy. Amber Winslow, wife and mother living in Highfield, Conn., feels like her life is out of control. When Poise! offers to help them switch lives in the interest of a magazine article, Vicky and Amber eagerly agree. What they find is that their own lives aren't so bad, and that happiness comes from within (nothing startling here). Landor's overly affected takes on British and American accents are more distracting than enhancing. Her high-pitched children's voices are annoying and her male characters ring false. The lightweight story is enjoyable but overlong.

catsalive's reveal:



Anyone But Him by Sheila O'Flanagan

Andie Corcoran and her sister Jin have never seen eye to eye. Andie doesn't envy Jin her wealthy husband and luxury lifestyle, while Jin can't believe Andie's happy with her man-free existence (if only she knew!). But when their widowed mother Cora comes back from a Caribbean cruise with more than just a suntan, Andie and Jin are united in horror. Who is this gorgeous young man who's swept their mother off her feet? And what exactly does he want? On top of this, both sisters are about to face crises of their own. What the women really need is a friend to set the world to rights with - but can they be friends with each other?

Amber's reveal:

Forget About it by Caprice Crane (TBR)



Book Description

This is a funny and original novel about how to really get away from it all! You know life can't be going that well when getting hit by a car is the best thing that happens to you all week. But although not generally considered to be a Good Thing, for Jordan Landeua, desperate to escape her nightmare family, her dead-end job, and most of all her lying, cheating boyfriend, it's the perfect opportunity to start over. Coming to in hospital after the accident she decides to fake amnesia and reinvent herself. It's goodbye to Jordan the pushover and hello to the life she's always dreamed of. But then the unthinkable happens and she has to start over for real. Now Jordan must decide what (and who) honestly makes her happy and figure out how best to live a truly memorable life...

Marlene's Reveal
It is a TBR but I am reading it now and actually quite enjoy it :)

Dancing with Mules



Synopsis
'Irish American billionaire seeks bright, beautiful, independent, but above all Irish wife. Please send photo and 300 word essay about yourself to PO Box NY14786. Looking for genuine love. No time-wasting money grabbers please.' Lorna has been twenty-five for nearly ten years and it's starting to show. Successful and sassy, her money's been spent on hard living and tough toyboys. She's hoping to pull her Ferrari into the last gas station before the desert. Gloria is watching her hard earned business go up the nose of her womanising ex. Tired of life and not yet thirty, she's determined never to go back to poverty again.Sandy has other things on her mind. This is the story that could make or break her career as a journalist. But will her long red curls win her a husband into the bargain? Three women, one bolshy billionaire. Hopelessly romantic Mr Big has whittled down the single women of Ireland and now he's coming over to choose. Will he find a more crafty cat than the cooing colleen he was hoping for? Or will one of them strike gold?

out of 10 reviews on amazon.co.uk

fantasy's reveal:

This is an arc with cover art.

Ramson's reveal


Waking Beauty by Elyse Friedman

Friedman (Then Again) offers up a spunky, spiteful revenge novel about Allison Penny, an ugly 20-something who suddenly wakes up gorgeous—a silly conceit counterbalanced by bulls-eye social commentary and sharply drawn characters. Allison's roommate, Virginie, and her boyfriend, Fraser, have long made Allison's life hell; pretty much everybody is inconsiderate of pretransformation Allison, including her own adoptive mother. Her only friend is Nathan, a video store clerk and aspiring film critic. Early chapters catalogue the injustices of a world in which unattractive people can't get ahead, while later chapters satisfyingly knock down the pins lined up earlier: Allison gets revenge on Virginie, Fraser, her mother and a supporting cast of shop girls, literati and other pretentious types. But she hasn't become beautiful just to get revenge, has she? "Did I have some sort of beauty duty to perform? And if so, what would it be? Posing naked for a PETA billboard? Administering blowjobs to ugly outcasts?" No, but there's a lesson here: "it's what's on the outside that counts." Beautiful Allison gets handsome suitors, job offers—even her mother's affection. But she's kept her sharp, sardonic view of all things superficial, and she still loves homely Nathan. Friedman thumbs her nose at many of the conventions of chick lit, and the nasty bite of her prose offers plenty of guilty pleasure.

My reveal is:

Lucky Girl (Red Dress Ink)
by Fiona Gibson


Stella Moon, a guarded flute teacher, doesn't let people into her life easily. Still smarting from being dumped by her boyfriend, Alex, Stella also has a fair amount of deep-seated resentment toward her father, Frank, who always seemed to place the success of his cooking show over the needs of his two children, even after the untimely death of their mother. Stella's relationship with her father is cordial but distant. Enter Jojo and Midge, 10 and 7, respectively, who waltz into Stella's life when they move into the house next door with their flaky, self-centered mother, Diane. At first Stella is irritated that the girls are constantly over at her house, but as she gets to know them and even takes on Jojo as a student, she finds herself enjoying their company and their offbeat but strangely wise perspective on life. Gibson's third novel, following Wonderboy (2005), is a touching tale about embracing family, imperfections and all.

stellarv's reveal:



Citizen Girl
Nicola Kraus; Emma Mclaughlin

Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four-year-old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done...whatever that may be. Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.

Past Secrets by Cathy Kelly

Behind the shining windows and rose-bedecked gardens of Summer Street, hard-working, single mother, Faye, hides a secret from her teenage daughter, Amber. And thirty-year-old Maggie hides one from herself.

When fiery Amber decides to throw away her future for love, and when Maggie ends up back home looking after her sick mother, secrets begin to bubble over.

The only person on Summer Street who appears to know all the answers is Christie Devlin. Wise and kind, she can see into other people's hearts to solve their problems. Except that this time, she has secrets of her own to face.