Waiting On Wednesday

Waiting On Wednesday 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. 

Here is my selection for the week: 

Taken from Barnes and Noble:

The sheriff's son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from the wrong side of town, the truth about him has cost her everything--friends, family, and her community. Branded a liar and bullied relentlessly by a group of kids she used to hang out with, Romy's only refuge is the diner where she works outside of town. No one knows her name or her past there; she can finally be anonymous. But when a girl with ties to both Romy and Kellan goes missing after a party, and news of him assaulting another girl in a town close by gets out, Romy must decide whether she wants to fight or carry the burden of knowing more girls could get hurt if she doesn't speak up. Nobody believed her the first time--and they certainly won't now--but the cost of her silence might be more than she can bear.?

With a shocking conclusion and writing that will absolutely knock you out, Courtney Summers' new novel All the Rageexamines the shame and silence inflicted upon young women in a culture that refuses to protect them.

Release date is April 14th 2015 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish where each week there is a new topic for a top ten list. 

This week is "Top Ten Books On My Spring TBR"

There are SO many books I WANT to read this Spring but these are just ten that I KNOW I'm going to read because I have the ARC's. Some have June release dates but I still included them because I'm going to try to get ahead on my reading and hopefully read them earlier than June. 

Hope you enjoy! 

1. City Love 

2. Kissing In America 

3. Proof Of Forever 

4. Lies I Told

5. The Start Of Me and You

6. After Hours

7. 99 Days

8. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids 

9. Emancipated 

10. The Night We Said Yes

So there is my list, what are you guys looking forward to reading this spring? 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

ARC Review of "Everything That Makes You"

Everything That Makes You 

By Moriah McStay 

Source: Edelweiss 

Stars: 3 

Release Date: March 17th 2015 

Fiona Doyle was badly scared twelve years ago in a freak accident. 

Fi Doyle was not. 

Everything That Makes You is two stories about one girl. 

Moriah McStay dares us to ask, is it personal choices, fate or some twisted destiny that defines who we are and who we are meant to become?

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When I read the synopsis for this book I instantly thought of Cat Patrick's book "Just Like Fate". It has the same basic idea of how one event can cause a fork in the road and leave you with two alternate realities. 

I loved "Just Like Fate" so I definitely had high hopes for this book going into it. 

While it wasn't my favorite it did have some parts I really enjoyed. 

The first half of this book held my attention and mesmerized me, I couldn't put it down and when I did I couldn't stop thinking about it. 

I had an idea as to where the story was going and I'm sure I'm not the only one who figured it out early on, there is a small, for lack of a better word, plot twist half way through the book that I really liked and its the reason I gave this book 3 stars. 

However after it happened it seemed like the book just stalled out. I lost interest pretty quickly and the almost gave up finishing it 2-3 times. 

It was hard for me to relate to Fiona/Fi which I find so strange because I was given my choice of two main characters and I didn't like either one of them. 

Her mother (in both realities) drove me CRAZY! I just wanted to reach into the book and slap her. She claims to want what's best for her daughter but all she ever does is berate her and make her feel bad about herself. 

I did like that there were two different love interests in each reality. At first I was against it and I kept hoping that both versions of Fiona would end up with the same guy but it became clear that that was not a possibility. 

All in all it was an okay book but not one of my favorites and if you're looking for an alternate reality/duel perspective, 'what if' kind of book I think that there are a couple books out there that I would recommend above this one.   

Until next time, 

Ginger

In compliance with FTC guidelines I am disclosing that this book was given to me for free to review. 

My review is my honest opinion.

Review of "Love, Rosie"

Love, Rosie By Cecelia Ahern  

Stars: 3 

Source: Purchased 

Rosie and Alex are best friends, have been for years, they can't quite pinpoint the moment their friendship developed into something more but it did and this is their story. 

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*This is NOT a spoiler free review* 

You have been warned. 

First off you need to be EXTREMELY patient in order to read this book and not throw it across the room- multiple times. 

I thought it was going to be a sweet, romantic, love story. Instead it was irritating and slow as hell. 

If you're a Gilmore Girls fan you'll remember the conversation that Lorelei had with Sookie, about dating and not wanting to get with Luke when she's 80+ years old and only have an ending. She wants a beginning and a middle and an ending. 

Rosie and Alex had an ending. 

It was so infuriating to read a 500 page book and like most if not all of it and then have the ending slap you in the face. 

I wanted them to end up together so badly and yes in the end (the very, very, very end) they did but what's the point of having just an ending? 

Love, Rosie is told in emails, letters and notes, while that did make me fly through the book faster than I would have had it been written in story form I have to say it didn't help with my love/hate relationship towards it. 

It almost felt like each chapter was an episode guide synopsis, it had a short overview for that week or month or even year but the details were lacking and thus the feelings and emotions were subpar at the most. 

I felt no real connection with the characters, let alone what was happening to them or around them. 

I feel like this would have been an amazing book had it not been spread out over so many years. 

I specifically read this before I rented to movie and I only pray that the movie (for once) is better than the book. 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

Mini Review of "The Brilliant Light Of Amber Sunrise"

The Brilliant Light Of Amber Sunrise 

By Matthew Crow 

Source: Edelweiss 

Stars:3 

Release Date: March 10th 2015 

Francis Wootton has just been diagnosed with cancer, while in the hospital receiving treatment he meets Amber, Amber is everything he wants to be, vivacious, sarcastic, lively. But she is also sick. Add in Francis's wise older brother, his slightly over protective mother and his cranky grandmother and you've got yourself somewhat of a story. 

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I gave this book three stars because I did finish it but truthfully I feel like three is a little high. 

As much as I was looking forward to reading this book I found it to be a rather large let down. 

The characters were all so flat and one dimensional and the story dragged on and on for chapters at a time without anything really happening. 

It lacked any real emotion and while I'm all for 'the feels' the only feeling I had while reading this book were total and complete boredom. 

Unfortunately I don't have anything else to say about this book, I obviously didn't love it but I didn't hate it either. To me it was one of those books you read and then a week later can't remember a single detail about it. 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

In compliance with FTC guidelines I am disclosing that this book was given to me for free to review. 

My review is my honest opinion.

Stacking The Shelves (27)

"We are all book lovers and the need to share our enthusiasm is sometimes overwhelming. 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 the physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! 

If you're anything like me, you are probably hoarding books and even though you are excited about your latest book arrival, it might be a while before you get to review it and Stacking The Shelves is a good way to express your undying enthusiasm for those titles."

These are all ARC's that I've been sent this week, I did purchase a couple books at Barnes and Noble but they aren't shown because they are gifts. 

Until next time,
Ginger 

Review of "The DUFF"

The DUFF By Kody Keplinger 

Stars: 5 

Source: Gift and Netgalley 

Bianca Piper isn't peppy, cheery or flirty. She'd rather stay home on a Friday night binge watching old TV shows than being dragged to a crappy club and forced to dance to music that she hates. 

But that is exactly where we find her at the beginning of the book. Sitting alone at the bar, nursing a Cherry Coke and watching the minutes tick by so agonizingly slow that she is almost tempted to go out on the dance floor. Almost. 

Cue Wesley Rush. 

Bianca is less than thrilled when he starts chatting with her, so much so that she doesn't even try to hide her distaste for him, but that doesn't stop Wesley. After all if he talks to her (The DUFF (designated ugly fat friend) of the group) that will make him more appealing in the eyes of her two hot friends. 

After processing what Wesley said and what he called her all Bianca can do it throw her Cherry Coke in his face, find her friends and leave. 

But Bianca can't get that four letter word out of her head, no matter how hard she tries she keeps thinking of herself as the DUFF. 

When her home life gets to be too much and a blast from the past shows up the only thing Bianca can do to distract herself is... Well... Wesley. 

Suddenly she finds herself addicted to him, needing him to keep her mind off of all the drama unfolding in her life. 

It's nothing real, they aren't dating, it's simply a friends with benefits situation, minus the friends part. 

But after a series of rather unfortunate events Bianca realizes that Wesley isn't as bad as she thought he was and that maybe, just maybe she's falling for him. 

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I don't know why I'm so surprised that I loved this book as much as I did. 

I think this is the first time ever that I watched the movie adaptation before reading the book so maybe that has something to do with it but let me just be clear- THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER!

While the movie was all fun and games and centered mostly around the DUFF and what it meant, the book was so much deeper and felt much more real then it's counterpart. 

I instantly felt a connection to Bianca, her snarky comments and constant cynicism spoke to my soul- or the lack there of. 

I've never been a fan of 'insta-love' but after reading The DUFF I can say that I'm a HUGE fan of 'insta-hate'. 

From the beginning Bianca despises Wesley and everything he stands for, he's a man-whore, nothing more. 

But slowly she comes to realize that there is so much more to him than what she previously thought and that you can't judge a book by it's (seriously toned) cover. 

One of my favorite parts is when Wesley tells Bianca "No matter where you go or what you do to distract yourself, reality catches up eventually." 

I instantly had a flash back to Paul Varjack telling Holly Golightly that "No matter where you run you just end up running into yourself." 

Distractions are just that, they don't make the problems go away, they don't make them any smaller or easier to deal with. Whether our problems center around being a DUFF, divorced parents or alcoholism.

 Soon or later we have to face them head on. 

For a man-whore Wesley had some pretty good advice. ;)

Simply put I adored this book. 

I'm a little pissed at myself for having put off reading it for so long and I fully intend on making up for that with quite a few re-reads in the near future. 

Until next time, 

Ginger 

In compliance with FTC guidelines I am disclosing that this book was given to me for free to review. 

My review is my honest opinion.