New York Books Challenge

Hi all,

I have decided to enter Chicklish's New York Book Challenge!
The challenge entails that I read 6 books or more that are set in the Big Apple itself, NY, NY!

The challenge runs for 6 months, from June the 1st until December 31st. I am very excited and think you should do it too! (even if you don't have a blog, or tumblr or typepad etc.)

Part of entering is linking back to the source of this vunderbar challenge - so, without further ado, here it is!

And, now, for the most exciting part, the books I am going to (some I already have) read!...

Drumroll please...

1. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
2. The Luxe Series by Anna Godbersen
3. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
4. Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson
5. Jessie ♥ NYC
6. The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot


Will fill you in on more details as the challenge progresses,


Isme

5 Witty Romantic Comedies

A New feature of the Book Slooth, 5 Books. 

5 Books will be selected around a central theme of the books. Reviews will be linked to each book...

Enjoy this week's: 5 Witty Romantic Comedies.

1.     Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison

       Join Georgia Nicolson, and the Fabbity-Fab Ace Gang as the chase boys, act in school plays,    boy-stalk and stop in the name of pants at the sight of Georgia's crush- the Sex God, Robbie.      But can Georgia win over Robbie when Wet Lindsay the hall monitor already has control?

        Find out in the escapades of Georgia Nicolson...

2.     Kisses for lula by Samantha Mackintosh

Lula Bird is about to turn 16, never been kissed, all because she's jinxed... (Well... Apparently)
 It's five days until Lula turns 16, and she is determined to be kissed. But trouble is brewing all around her.


The Possibility of a stalker, going on a dream date, a horrible crime that leaves the town angry and the fact that her dad is sneaking out of the house late at night, with a woman's handbag to meet a mystery woman named Freya doesn't help either.
With a list of candidates, can Lula lift the curse and stop the crime?

3.     Girls to total goddesses by Sue Limb 

Zoe and Chloe are back!
But this time, they have taken on a project... Turn themselves into goddesses in 7 Days* - * Weather Permitting.

4.     Dash & lily’s book of dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

When Dash finds a red notebook in the aisle of his favourite bookstore, he's curious. Opening the notebook, he finds a list of dares, along with a message:

“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” 
As Dash takes up Lily's book of challenges, he finds himself  slowly learning about the Lily who left the book. Will Lily & Dash finally meet, or will they always wonder what each other are like?

      5.     The serious kiss by Mary Hogan
Libby Madrigal's life is falling into place. The guy she crushes on actually knows she exists, and she is getting closer to that long awaited Serious Kiss. 
But then, out of the blue, her parents tell her and her brothers to pack up their things, in two days, the whole family is moving to the middle of the desert. 
Libby is crushed, all hopes of a Serious Kiss go out the window, she doesn't even get to say goodbye to her friends. 
Can Libby deal with her embarrassing mother, alcoholic father and the sweltering heat of the dessert and still get her a Serious Kiss?

REVIEW: Dash & Lily's book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

A refreshing new novel by the authors of Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist, Dash & Lily's book of dares is an original story that will keep you absorbed in it until the last page turns.

 When Dash finds a red notebook in the aisle of his favourite bookstore, he's curious. Opening the notebook, he finds a list of dares, along with a message:

“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.” 

As Dash takes up Lily's book of challenges, he finds himself  slowly learning about the Lily who left the book. Will Lily & Dash finally meet, or will they always wonder what each other are like?

Dash & Lily's was a refreshing novel, the plot unlike any other, the characters witty and the twists and turns original. 

I found myself laughing out loud at the characters, the situations that they got in and the overall hilarity that ensues when  David Levithan and Rachel Cohn write a book together.

If you are looking for a great book to read in  a weekend, then this movie-like book is perfect for you. 

I recommend it for girls 13 - 17.

Valentines Day Reads

As today is Valentines Day, enjoy reading some romance novels (or not), here is a recap of some great romantic / possibly comedy books that have been reviewed and some that have reviews coming soon...

Already Reviewed Awesome Books 

Kisses for Lula by Samantha Mckintosh
 
Matched by Ally Condie

The Serious Kiss by Mary Hogan

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

The Kiss series by Luisa Plaja

Lament by Maggie Stievfater

The Other Countess by Eve Edwards

Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

The Mediator series by Meg Cabot

Tremendous reviews coming soon!

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone-one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship-tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Claire: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.
As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near-misses end with the French kiss Anna—and readers—have long awaited?

Dash & Lily's book of Dares Rachel Cohn & David Leviathian

“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”

So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?