Showing posts with label Chick-Lit. Show all posts
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Landline by Rainbow Rowell


Title: Landline
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Length: 308 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Classification: Adult, Contemporary, Chick-Lit
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Source: ARC (Won from GoodReads First-Reads. Thank you St. Martin's Press and GoodReads!)
Read: May 2014
Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems besides the point now. Maybe that was always besides the point. Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her. When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything. That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . . Is that what she’s supposed to do? Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?

***I received an ARC of this book from a giveaway that was part of GoodReads First-Reads. This does not change the way I view this book.***

Friday, June 13, 2014

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Attachments
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Length: 336 pages
Publisher: PenguinGroup-Plume
Classification: Adult, Chick-Lit, Contemporary, Romance
Release Date: April 2011
Source: e-galley from NetGalley (It was a Read Now Title. Thank you NetGalley and PenguinGroup-Plume!)
Read: May 2014
"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . " Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories. By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say . . . ? 

**I received an e-galley of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**