Title: Destined to Fail
Author: Samantha March
Category: Young Adult
Pub. Date: 10/19/2011
Publisher: Marching Ink LLC
Format: Kindle
Pages: 292
ISBN#: B005xn1560
Synopsis:
Jasmine Jones is ready
to begin her new life as a college student, and is ecstatic to have best
friend Abby by her side. But weeks into their new college life, Abby
drops the bomb- she is pregnant, and dropping out of college. Jasmine
can’t handle the fact that Abby is wasting her opportunity to get an
education, and going back to her cheating, abusive boyfriend. She
struggles to move on from her friendship with Abby, and befriends two
new girls at college- Kiley and Cari. Everything seems back on track for
Jasmine- great new friendships and roommates, a strong relationship
with boyfriend Nate, and excelling at her college courses. But Jasmine’s
newfound happiness is shattered when her pregnancy test comes out
positive. Does she have to drop out of college now and become a young
mother? Will Nate stay with her? How can she afford a child? Jasmine’s
life has been filled with obstacles and challenges along the way- from a
missing father, sexual and physical abuse, and addictions that tore her
family apart. With this latest setback, Jasmine fears her life will
always be a struggle. Destined to Fail is one woman’s story about
overcoming adversity in life, about taking the negatives and finding a
positive, and about never giving up hope.
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE
CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you
share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the
book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teas.
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Title: THE COVE
Author: CATHERINE COULTER
Category: Mystery/Romance
Pub. Date: 11/10/2003
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
ISBN#: 0399150862
Series: FBI Thriller #1
Synopsis:
Sally St. John Brainerd
is on the run from the authorities, who want to question her about her
possible involvement in her father's murder. FBI Special Agent James
Quinlan goes undercover in the picturesque town of The Cove-home of the
World's Greatest Ice Cream-where Sally seeks sanctuary. But The Cove and
its elderly residents harbor sinister secrets of their own. After
Quinlan and Sally discover two dead bodies, Sally vanishes, and Quinlan
turns to his partner Dillon Savich to rescue her from a place where no
one should be held. Quinlan discovers she is indeed the key to a
murder-but whose murder?
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Title:Wanderlove
Author: Kirsten Hubbard
Category: Young Adult
Pub. Date: 03/13/2012
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Kindle
Pages: 354
ISBN#: B005723K8K
Synopsis:
It all begins with a stupid question:
Are you a Global Vagabond?
No,
but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence,
her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a
guided tour of Central America—the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists with
fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. When Bria meets
Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly
humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group
and join them off the beaten path.
Bria’s a good girl trying to
go bad. Rowan’s a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel across a
panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued
with jungle beasties, they discover what they’ve got in common: both
seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. And the secret to
escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.
But
Bria comes to realize she can’t run forever, no matter what Rowan says.
If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to
start looking back.
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Guess what...Its Monday! What are you reading this week? This is a weekly event to
list the books completed last week, the books currently being reading,
and the books to be finish this week. It is hosted by Book Journey.
I
have been traveling the past couple of weeks so not a lot has changed.
Still working on these three books and hope to have them done soon. As
well as some reviews. Thanks for stopping by.
You Are Loved: Inspiration to Refresh Your Soul by
Darlene Sala
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Title: BeSwitched
Author: Molly Snow
Category: YA
Pub. Date: 09/13/2011
Publisher: Breezy Reds
Format: E-Book
Pages: 145
ISBN#: B005ML9YX6
Series: BeSwitched #1
Synopsis:
Surla and Cathy have a HUGE secret!
After
spending hundreds of years as a familiar to an abusive witch, Surla
runs away to find freedom. But there's one catch! The Black Cats' Curse
states she will have to switch bodies with the first lonesome soul to
cross her path.
Painfully shy Cathy Phillips can't muster the
courage to ask hot water polo player, Craig Nelson, on a date. Neither
can she stand up to the three biggest snobs at Washington High. What's a
girl to do? Could switching lives with a sassy, magical cat be the
answer to her wishes?
The "curse" of being "BeSwitched" may just be the most purr-fect secret these new best friends could ever have!
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Title: THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard
Category: Contemporary/Chick lit
Pub. Date: 06/01/1996
Publisher: Viking Adult
Format: Hardback
Pages: 434
ISBN#: 0670865796
Series: Cappadora Family #1
Synopsis:
Used Hardcover published
by Viking, N.Y., 1996, 434 pages in Very Good Condition. Clean Copy with
no marks, rips, tears, creases, loose or bent pages. Price on the Dust
Jacket's inside flap has not been clipped. Beth Cappadora experiences
every parents nightmare, she lets her guard down for a moment and her
child vanishes. Despite a massive nation-wide search, her three-year old
son Ben is never found. His disappearance destroys her family driving a
shattering wedge between her husband and herself, and transforming her
other son, Vincent into a troubled delinquent driven by the guilt that
he was supposed to be watching over his younger brother at the time.
After nine long years of waiting and hoping, the family decides to leave
the area and start a family restaurant in Chicago and maybe a chance at
a new life and a reason to continue living. And then it happens: Ben
reappears after nine long years. A story about a family redeemed and
reborn, one that will stun you with its pain, and surprise you with its
hope. It is a story about a family catapulted into a hurricane and the
startling way in which they emerged, a touching, and wonderful parable
of redemption through suffering and love. A universal tale of traumatic
loss, a mother's hope and love and family relationships. We ship within
24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation.
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