Bad Blogger!

Ok everyone, I have been a bad blogger recently... I apologise.

I have been really busy as I am coming to the end of my year long internship at The Walt Disney Company, and had essays to write for university so I have been neglecting you. But I have been reading so there is some good news.

For those of you who follow me, may know that I have set myself a challenge to read 200 books in 2013 and raise some money for child abuse at the same time....

So I thought I should give you an update on my progress in my challenge. The last update I wrote was a long time ago and it was to let you know that I had read 50 books and was 25% into my goal... well now it is the 6 July and I should be well past 50% with 100 books down, however, I have not got that far.

I have read 86 books, so I am well past my 75 books milestone, that my couch bought me a little gift to celebrate. I will detail that in a seperate post. :)

If I have any supporters out their, I don't know, but I hope I do... do not fair, I have not given up on my challenge and I am confident that I will be knocking down those books within the next couple of months as I will not have a job or any essays to complete until I return to university in October.

If anyone would like to donate to the NSPCC through my Just Giving page then please do, any support will be greatly appreciated! And it is a great cause.

Review: Lost and Found by Nicole Williams

I have read most, if not all of Nicole Williams books, and I have to say she is one of my favourite authors. As I have so many of her books and have not been disappointed by one yet, I trust a book that has her name on it, and instantly know that I am in for a good read. Lost and Found was no different!

What is this book about?

Rowen Sterling is a girl is a girl that has spent the last five years numbing her pain with boys and alcohol. When she is sent to Willow Springs Ranch in Montana for the summer after she graduates high school. Her mom, who neglected Rowen for most of her teenage years, agrees to pay for Rowen to attend her dream art school, ONLY if Rowen proves she can work hard and stay out of trouble. Cooking breakfast at the crack of dawn for a couple dozen ranch hands and mucking out horse stalls are the last things in the world Rowen wants to spend her summer doing.

Until Jesse Walker saunters into her life wearing a pair of painted-on jeans, a cowboy hat, and a grin that makes something in her chest she’d thought was frozen go boom-boom. Jesse’s like no one else, and certainly nothing like her. He’s the bright and shiny to her dark and jaded.

While at Willow Springs Ranch, Rowen learns the true meaning of love and family, as she builds loving relationships with the whole Walker family. However, when her secrets are exposed to the whole Walker family, Rowen worries whether the relationship that she has forged will be strong enough to withstand the fall out this causes in her own family. 

Review: True Love Story by Williow Aster

All the books that I read, I go on my Amazon recommendations, which could be quite precarious sometimes, however it seems to have directed me to a good one this time. I was a bit apprehensive to download this book at the start due to the title as I thought, that is a big claim to make, but I eventually gave it a read and have kicked myself for not reading it sooner. True Love Story is the first published book by Willow Aster and I have to say CONGRATULATIONS, because I loved the book.

What is it about?

Ian Sterling is a guitar playing god in the music industry. He is hot, talented and charming. How can any woman resist? Sparrow Fisher, a preacher's daughter, finds that resisting Ian Sterling is hard to do, even when he pushes her away. 

I know what you are thinking, good little preacher's daughter, and a bad boy musician, she tames him, blah blah blah. Well that is not what this story is about. Sparrow, in essence is a good girl, but she is not a goodie-two-shoes by any means, she has her own dreams and plans to leave her small town and go to college in New York with her best friend. When Ian and Sparrow first meet, Sparrow has a boyfriend, however this doesn't stop Ian from pursuing Sparrow. 

When her boyfriend, proposes marriage after they have been dating for only 4 months, she decides to end the relationship, as she feels that she is too young to get married and there is the little problem of not being able to get Ian Sterling out of her mind. 

Over the years, Sparrow and Ian meet up and they start a relationship starts to build between the two. As the relationship builds, they become more committed to each other, and they enter and exclusive relationship, or so Sparrow thinks.

Review: Ruined by S. Pratt

Ok so where to start with this book... I read the blurb and thought, "hmmm, that sounds interesting." 

What is this book about?

On the outside you would think that Bailey Micheals had a great life, she was engaged to a handsome and successful man, had a great job and owned a house in a town she loved. However, Bailey gave her heart away many years before, to a man that she cannot have. Despite this, she cannot stay away from Angel and finds any chance she can to spend time with him. 

This the basic outline of the story, the I thought this is quite mysterious, so I gave the book a try. To my dismay, this was a BIG mistake!

What did I not like about this book?

Nothing really happens for most of the book, apart from Bailey and Angel have a very sexual relationship, whenever they are near each other. So it is a book full of sex with not much story behind it. There are times in the book when there are flashbacks to Bailey's adolescence, of her memories of Angel. S. Pratt writes the book in a way that gives the book mystery as you are lead to believe that it her secret lover may be her coach at school. 

I normally try to write a review without spoiling the story for others, however for you to understand why I hated this book, I have to reveal the big mystery behind this book, so if you are going to waste your money and read this book STOP READING NOW!

Review: REAL by Katy Evans

I finished reading Real by Katy Evans earlier this week and from the moment I started to read it, I couldn't put it down. I really liked the book and gave it four stars on Goodreads.

What is the book about?

Brooke is a dedicated athlete, who worked throughout her adolescence to achieve her dream of completing in the Olympics. Unfortunately, during the trails she, her ACL tore and she has say goodbye to the Olympics. Brooke decides to pursue a career in Sports Therapy.   

One evening, her best friend drags her along to an underground boxing match, where she catches the eye of Remington Tate, a champion boxer who is known to be a rule breaker. Brooke finds watching Remy fit in the ring, unbelieveably hot and when she walks away from the ring, Remy runs after her (after KO his opponent in the ring) as he has to know her name. The next time they meet, Remy offers Brooke a job as his Sports Therapist, meaning that Brooke will have to leave her home in Seattle behind, and travel the country with Remy and his team. The only problem... Brooke doesn't believe in sleeping with the "boss", and she struggles with her desires in an attempt to maintain a professional relationship. 

Sneak Peak: Faithful by Kelly Elliot (Wanted Series)

YAY!! I found this sneak peak of the of Faithful (the Third book in the Wanted Series). 

The book is set to be Josh and Heather's story, however, if the other books in the series are anything to go by, then I am sure there be snippets of Ellie/Gunner and Ari/Jefferson's story.  

Faithful is set to be released in August , 2013. 

Below is the Prologue and first chapter to Faithful. Please remember that this has NOT been edited and is subject to change before publishing.