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This is one of the titles we’re discussing at YA Book Club tonight, so if you haven’t read it yet, chances are you won’t be done in time. You should go ahead and head out and buy it, anyway. I know that this got a lot of recognition when it first came out and I’m totally catching on late, but I adored it. I sat down to read a little and just never stopped. It’s cyborg Cinderella, and you just can’t beat that. Look forward to the YA Book Club reenactment.
-Anna
I do not even know how to describe this book without totally spoiling it. I really want you to read it. Yes, all of you. First of all, I met Matt Bell at a convention in Kansas City, and he’s just a dear, so I’d really like everyone to support him. Second, this book is literary and incredible and unlike anything you’ve read. I promise. It’s a great choice for book clubs, or for reading all alone in your house on a creepy stormy night. It’s beautiful and weird. If you like The House of Leaves, this one’s perfect for you.
-Anna
This week’s big new release is The Heist by Janet Evanovich. We know you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for her next book, and it’s here! She teams up with Lee Goldberg for this first in a new series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man and a fearless con artist who lives for the chase.
FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare is known for her fierce dedication and discipline on the job, chasing down the world’s most wanted criminals and putting them behind bars. Her boss thinks she is tenacious and ambitious; her friends think she is tough, stubborn, and maybe even a bit obsessed. And while Kate has made quite a name for herself for the past five years the only name she’s cared about is Nicolas Fox—an international crook she wants in more ways than one.
Audacious, handsome, and dangerously charming, Nicolas Fox is a natural con man, notorious for running elaborate scams on very high-profile people. At first he did it for the money. Now he does it for the thrill. He knows that the FBI has been hot on his trail—particularly Kate O’Hare, who has been watching his every move. For Nick, there’s no greater rush than being pursued by a beautiful woman … even one who aims to lock him up. But just when it seems that Nicolas Fox has been captured for good, he pulls off his greatest con of all: He convinces the FBI to offer him a job, working side by side with Special Agent Kate O’Hare.
Problem is, teaming up to stop a corrupt investment banker who’s hiding on a private island in Indonesia is going to test O’Hare’s patience and Fox’s skill. Not to mention the skills of their ragtag team made up of flamboyant actors, wanted wheelmen, and Kate’s dad. High-speed chases, pirates, and Toblerone bars are all in a day’s work … if O’Hare and Fox don’t kill each other first.
Well done Sylvia! What an awesome continuation of Gideon and Eva. I think i may have read it too damn fast..ugh! You’ve taken me on another roller coaster ride and I can’t wait to see where it stops. Hot, hot, hot! Is all I can say for now. Looking forward to books 4&5
Thank you for sharing Gideon and Eva’s world with us. It’s a world one will never forget <3
-Nadja
If you’re not going on a country-wide road trip this summer, take a literary road trip. Here goes:
Omg! Can I just say I didn’t wanna ever put this book down..but I have a family and a job, so I had too..but when I had the time, I snatched it up! Just when I thought this book couldn’t get any better..it did! Gina.you.are.amazing! Jax and V…hot stuff! Really loved how they bought out so many emotions in each other, that no one else could. Love the 7 rules on both sides..very smart of both of them. Who would of thought a 3 day fling would turn into sooo much more? Both with pasts they were afraid to share, they finally met their match in each other. Loved it Gina! Can’t wait for more..well I can, but it’ll be torture! Thanks for sharing their story. <3
-Nadja
To all you dads out there, thank you for doing one of the hardest yet most gratifying jobs there is: parenting. To everyone else, if you haven’t bought your dad a gift yet, you’d better hurry.
Such a sweet and romantic love story. I’ve read a lot of romance novels, but there’s just something about this one, that makes you weak in the knees and gives you chills. Reid and Lucie…opposites do attract and it’s not always a bad thing. Here’s to your Happily Ever After! Thank you Gina for this goose-bump raising book ;) on to Rules of Entanglement!
-Nadja
Step 7: Education
No mental vacation is complete without picking up random facts about the country you’re visiting. Here are some varied nonfiction books to educate you about aspects of Italy:
