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Waiting on Wednesday: Last Year’s Mistake

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Happy Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme we participate in hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week I’m going to talk about a book I found through NetGalley. This book is called Glitch.

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme started by Jill at Breaking the Spine that details our top anticipations in this bookish world. This year, the book we’re obsessing over is Last Year’s Mistake by Gina Ciocca. Have you seen this cover though? Beautiful.

Summary-

Before:
Kelsey and
David became best friends the summer before freshman year and were
inseparable ever after. Until the night a misunderstanding turned Kelsey
into the school joke, and everything around her crumbled—including her
friendship with David. So when Kelsey’s parents decided to move away,
she couldn’t wait to start over and leave the past behind. Except, David
wasn’t ready to let her go…

After:
Now it’s senior year and
Kelsey has a new group of friends, genuine popularity, and a hot
boyfriend. Her life is perfect. That is, until David’s family moves to
town and he shakes up everything. Soon old feelings bubble to the
surface and threaten to destroy Kelsey’s second chance at happiness. The
more time she spends with David, the more she realizes she never truly
let him go. And maybe she never wants to.

Told in alternating sections, LAST YEAR’S MISTAKE is a charming and romantic debut about loving, leaving, and letting go.

Happy Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme we participate in hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week I’m going to talk about a book I found through NetGalley. This book is called Glitch.

– See more at: /search/label/waiting%20on%20wednesday#sthash.4LRQxg0Z.dpuf

Happy Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme we participate in hosted by Breaking the Spine. This week I’m going to talk about a book I found through NetGalley. This book is called Glitch.

– See more at: /search/label/waiting%20on%20wednesday#sthash.4LRQxg0Z.dpuf

Return of the O: Wallbanger Review

1:41 PM

Title: Wallbanger

Author: Alice Clayton

Summary-

The first night after Caroline moves into her fantastic new San Francisco apartment, she realizes she’s gaining an intimate knowledge of her new neighbor’s nocturnal adventures. Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy’s athletic prowess, she can hear not just his bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems (as loud night after loud night goes by) like an endless parade of women. And since Caroline is currently on a self-imposed dating hiatus, and her neighbor is clearly lethally attractive to women, she finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise. So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts Simon Parker, her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. The tension between them is as thick as the walls are thin, and the results just as mixed. Suddenly, Caroline is finding she may have discovered a whole new definition of neighborly…

“The girl next door was meowing. What in the world was my neighbor packing to make that happen?” – Caroline

Before I even touch the amazing-ness that is Wallbanger, let’s address the massive elephant in the room. It’s true. Wallbanger’s not quite a YA novel but, we’re experimenting with new genres. And Wallbanger? It’s an entirely unique genre, all on its own. Wallbanger incorporates the character innocence of a YA novel, the character discovery of a New Adult novel, and the giggle-worthy sex of a Adult romance novel. If you plan on reading Wallbanger, expect a novel that equal parts hilarious, adorable, and hot. Please don’t ask me how Alice Clayton accomplishes it. Wizardry maybe?

I could drone on and on about the quality of the writing and the immense layering of Clayton’s characters. You might even enjoy reading all that I have to say about this masterpiece. However, I think I might just let the novel do all the talking. More like, let Simon, Wallbanger, and Caroline, also known as Pink Nightie Girl, do the talking. So, here is ten reasons why you should read Wallbanger.

Quote 1:

“And Caroline? Speaking fo thin walls?” he said, as he opened his door and looked back at me. He leaned in his own doorway, thumping his fist on the wall.

“Yes?” I asked a little too dreamily for my own good.

His smirk reappeared and he said, “Sweet dreams”.

He thumped the wall one more time, winked, and went inside. Huh.

Sweet dreams and thin walls.

Sweet dreams and thin walls…Mother of pearl.

He’d heard me…”

Quote 2:

“I wouldn’t say I know him, but I’m familiar with his work.”

Quote 3:

“Meow! Oh, God. Me -Yow!”

The girl next door was meowing.

What in the world was my neighbor packing to make that happen?
Clive, at this point, went utterly bonkers and launched himself at the wall.

He was literally climbing it, trying to get where the noise was coming from, and adding his own meows to the chorus.
“Oooh yes, just like that, Simon…Mmmm….Meow, meow, Meow!”
Sweet Lord, there were out-of-control pussies on both sides of this wall tonight.”

Quote 4:

“Simon does commando. God bless America.”

Quote 5:

“Hi, pot. It’s me, kettle,” Sophia snapped back.

“Hi kettle, you have about thirty seconds before this pot kicks your ass.”

Quote 6:

“Have you seen this guy yet?”

“Nope. My peephole is getting a workout, though.”

“Glad to hear at least one hole is getting some action around here.”

Quote 7:

“No way, buddy. I’m not machuuing your pichu now. Huh-uh”

Quote 8:

“Was I seriously awake at, let’s see, one sixteen a.m. and attempting to discern the national origin of the woman getting plowed next door?”

Quote 9:

“Prepare yourself, I’m taking bread out of the oven.”
“Don’t tease me, woman… zucchini?”
“Cranberry orange. Mmmm…”

“No woman has ever done breakfast bread foreplay the way you do.”

Quote 10:

“You gonna bang my walls, Simon?” I laughed.
“You have no idea,” he promised.”

Did you enjoy those? I certainly had a good time picking them out. Before I turn you lose to read your heart’s desire, a few important things. Don’t let the hilarity fool you. Wallbanger is beautifully layered to provide you with the best reading experience. Even the most minor characters, such as Wallbanger’s Harem of women, are well-rounded girls with back stories. You’ll also find the writing form to be entertaining. There’s mostly first person but also, text message logs, inside thoughts of minor characters, and even a hearty little chapter by Caroline’s cat, Clive.

The song to me that represents this novel is Live It Up by, Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull. It’s fun, has a slight Spanish flare (which you’ll understand when you read the book), and portrays the flirty, friendly nature between Wallbanger and Pink Nightie Girl.

This novel obviously deserves nothing less than our five stars, Matt Bomer. First, for being so hilarious, I had to put my Nook down to compose myself. Second, for playing my heart strings in the process. Lastly, for pulling me from my non-reading slump. Hat’s off to you, Alice Clayton.

See you guys for the next review! Now that my slum is officially over!

Wild Cards!?! Let’s talk about it.

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Waiting on Wednesday: Obession

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