Just One Wish by Janette Rallison, released in 2009 Description: Seventeen-year-old Annika Truman knows about the power of positive thinking. With a little brother who has cancer, it's all she ever hears about. And in order to help Jeremy, she will go to the ends of the earth (or at least as far as Hollywood) … Continue reading Chooseday Tuesday: Janette Rallison “Just One Wish”
Tag: humour
Chooseday Tuesday: Paul Rudnick “Gorgeous”
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick, released in 2013 Description: When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle’s mother dies, she’s summoned from her Missouri trailer park to meet Tom Kelly, the world’s top designer. He makes her an impossible offer: He’ll create three dresses to transform Becky from a nothing special girl into the most beautiful woman who ever lived. … Continue reading Chooseday Tuesday: Paul Rudnick “Gorgeous”
Chooseday Tuesday: Rainbow Rowell “Attachments”
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell, released in 2011 Description: "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 … Continue reading Chooseday Tuesday: Rainbow Rowell “Attachments”
Chooseday Tuesday: Meg Cabot “Boy Meets Girl”
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot, released in 2004 Description: Meet Kate Mackenzie. She: - works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal) - is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit … Continue reading Chooseday Tuesday: Meg Cabot “Boy Meets Girl”
Chooseday Tuesday: Introduction + First Round
Today I was walking to Lush after my last class of the day. You can imagine my excitement, freed from a hella boring lecture and the stiff wooden chairs that accompany them with the fresh scent of cruelty-free, organic Lush products on my mind. Of course, like a fool, I forgot about the cruel Canadian … Continue reading Chooseday Tuesday: Introduction + First Round