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The Last Little Blue Envelope
by Maureen Johnson
finished 12/31/2015
293 pages
Rating: ****
Goal:
Read a book with stationery on the cover
Other tidbits:
characters: Virginia "Ginny", Oliver, Keith and Ellis
#2 in the Little Blue Envelopes series
takes place in England, with parts set in Paris, Amsterdam and Wales
features an artist
My Soul to Save
by Rachel Vincent
Finished 12/31/15
Pages: most popular version: 279 pages, listened to audiobook
Rating: 3 stars
No goals
Unbroken
Melody Grace
finished 1/1/2016
260 pages
fits no current goal
other tidbits:
Characters Juliet "Jules" McKenzie, Emerson Ray, Daniel,
Girl returns to her summer vacation home to pack up her family's belongings, 4 years after their last visit.
Alcoholic parents (his mom, her dad)
Second chance romance with 'the one that broke her heart'
secrets revealed - family pressures were the reason behind the fast and furious 'breakup' 4 years ago
12/30/15
224 pages
Goal for book published the 26th.
finished 1/1/16
980 pages
goal for snowflake on the cover
Playing For Love
by Dana Burkey
finished 1/1/2016
300 pages
No current goals:
characters: Fiona Mealing, Jordan Peterson, Ross Mealing, Skyler
soccer player high school sophomore with a crush on her senior brother's best friend. In the past he's only dated girls who are on the soccer team, so Fi puts together a plan to try out for the JV team and make him fall in love with her
something round on cover
Published 11/1/2015
Date read: 2/1/2016
Pages: 292
Rating: ****
Goal: None
Winning the Highlander's Heart by Terry Spear
Completed 1/2/16
3.5 stars
Pages - 325
Goal - Castle on the cover
Pushing the Limits
Kate McGarry
finished 1/2/2016
397 pages
fits no current goal
but:
award winning book (and several other nominations)
book 1 of a series
published 5/1/2013
characters: Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchinson
foster children, repressed memory after a traumatic event,
Echo's stepmother used to be her babysitter when she was little
Breaking the Rules
Katie McGarry
finished 1/3/2016
304 pages
fits no current goals
book 1.5 of the Pushing The Limits series
published 12/8/2014
isbn 1460341430 (ISBN13: 9781460341438)
characters: Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchinson
road trip to Colorado, camping in state parks, taking risks, Skyping with their counselor who's back in Kentucky,
Finished sex drugs and Cocoa Puffs for 2006 on 1st page goal
Remember When by Nora Roberts
Completed 1/3/16
4.5 Stars
420 Pages
No Goal
This book is two novellas that have been combined to form one book. Part II is a continuation of Part I and takes place approximately 50 years later.
Book 17.5 In Death Series
Book:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
Finished: 1/4/16
Pages: 294
Rating: 5 stars
Goal: Book without chapter names or numbers
Date read: 4/1/2016
Pages: 131
Rating: ****
Goal: None
Date read: 4/1/2016
Pages: 109
Rating: ****
Goal: None
Book:
Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
by Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Date read: 1/5/16
Pages: 251
Rating 4 stars
Goal: Title stars with Letter Y for Australia Day Spell Out Mini Challenge
The One for Me
by Rachel Hanna
finished 1/5/2016
162 pages
Goal - Title starts with O for January Mini challenge (if we need it)
other tidbits:
Book 1 in the series
published: 3/22/2013
characters: Jenna Watson, Kyle Parker
set in Georgia
single (well, divorced) mom
second chance romance between high school sweethearts
her dad has early onset Alzheimers
Dare You To
Katie McGarrie
finished 1/8/2016
480 pages
goal: No current goal
published 5/28/2013
book 2 of Pushing the Limits series
set in Grovetown, Kentucky
Characters: Ryan Stone and Elisabeth "Beth" Risk
deals a high school baseball pitcher with dreams of playing pro, a gay brother, a homophobic father who is running for mayor, and a change of dreams from baseball player to writer
also deals with a mother dealing with addiction (turns out to be a heroin addiction), the mother's abusive boyfriend. Beth takes the heat and is arrested for destruction of property just to keep her mom out of jail. Her Uncle Scott, (former Yankees baseball player) takes over guardianship of Beth with the hopes to give her a second chance at a better life.
Yours Completely: A Cinderella Love Story
by Krista Lakes
finished 1/9/2016
no current goals
published: 12/21/2015
Book 1 in Billionaires and Brides series
2 stories in one book
Story #1 characters: Jace Connors and Elle McDaniels
(a Cinderella -like story
Story #2 - Sunrise Kisses characters Ava Fairchild and Sebastian "Bastian" Belrose
he's a billionaire, she's an appraiser for her family's auction company. He hires her family's business to appraise and auction off the furniture and artwork in a house in the Caribbean.
So much for reading more...
Pages: 457
Read: 08/01/16
No goals
Finished:Audiobook To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han on 5 January 2016
Most popular edition: Kindle: 288 pages
and:
Audiobook Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill on 10 January 2016
Most popular edition: Hardcover: 402 pages
Norah
by Debbie Macomber
finished 1/10/2016
188 pages
Goal: Read a book where the first word of the text is This
First line: This cowboy was too young to die.
Lone Star Lovin'
by Debbie Macomber
finished 1/10/16
192 pages
Goal: NONE
tidbits:
Published: 5/13/2013 (this edition) originally published in June 1993
Characters: Sherry Waterman, Cody Bailman, Heather Bailman
doctor's assistant/midwife, rancher, single dad,
set in Pepper, Texas
instant-love romance with a HEA
Debbie (Doc) wrote: "
by Terry SpearHeart of the Wolf
Completed 1/9/16
3 stars
384 Pages
Goal - Wolf on the cover"
Hello Debbie. Can you please add this to your tower team shelf? its not showing
Book:
The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes
by Carolyn Keene
Date read: 1/11/16
Pages: 177
Rating: 3 stars
GOAL: Wind instrument on cover
Rock Star: The Song
Kate Ward
finished 1/11/2016
165 pages
Goal: Read a book with a song in it
Meghan (coffee shop owner) and Chase (country rock star) write a song together while he's in town
Loving Cara
Kristen Proby
finished 1/12/2016
384 pages
No current goal
Set in Montana
published 1/21/2014
characters: Carolina "Cara" Donovan, Josh King, Zach King, Ty, Jill, Seth
Cara is a schoolteacher and summer tutor for Seth,
Josh owns a large ranch
book 1 in Love Under the Big Sky series
Book:
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War
by Denise Chong
Date read: 1/12/16
Rating: 4 stars
Pages: 400
GOAL: Name of country in the title
Finding Home
Megan Nugen Isbell
finished 1/13/2016
278 pages
Will add it to my tower team shelf in a minute if my phone lets me
Goal. #5 book in the Home series
Finished audiobook The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly on 13 January 2016 for Thriller Goal.Most popular edition: Hardcover: 389 pages
Date read: 7/1/2016
Pages: 264
Rating: 4 stars
Goal: None
Date read: 14/1/2016
Pages: 320
Rating: 5 stars
Goal: None
Sharing You
finished 1/16/2016
by Molly McAdams
336 pages
Goal: doesn't fit any current goals
Characters: Kamryn "KC" Cunningham, Brody Saco, Olivia, Kinlee, Jace and Aidan
published: 7/1/2014
23 year old girl runs away from her wealthy overbearing family and opens a bakery thousands of miles away from home. She meets her best friend's brother in law and the connection between them in instantaneous and he feels the same way. Only problem is, he's married.
Finished the audiobook It Had to Be You on 16 January 2016.Most popular edition: paperback: 376 pages
First published: 1 January 1994, my edition published: 17 April 2007
ISBN: 1415940681 (ISBN13: 9781415940686)
No current goals
Future goals: about a football team, first in series, pages add up to 16, blue cover, love triangle, orphans
Characters: Phoebe Somerville, Dan Calebow, Bobby Tom Denton, Molly Somerville
Set in: Chicago
Cage's Misconduct
by Nikki Worrell
finished 1/16/16
308 pages
fits no current goals
characters: Dalton "Cage" Booker, Karen LaGrange
published: 9/28/15
book 3 in NHL Scorpions series
Cage is a NHL goalie for the San Diego Scorpions, Karen is a temporarily unemployed special-needs teacher on extended vacation in San Diego visiting her over-protective (and former Scorpions player) Jody LaGrange
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Date read: 31/12/2015
Pages: 485
Rating: *****
Goal: None