Livvy's Book Blog

Title: Getting Personal
Author: Chris Manby
ISBN No.: 9780340837269
No. of pages: 448
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Why is it that your best friend always seems to end up with men who treat her badly? Why is that your best male friend seems intent on dating the kind of girl who thinks that Nietzche is an STD? Why is it that your own little black book looks more and more like the non-celeb client list of the Priory? Why can't any of you find someone quite right? Ruby, Martin and Lou are three old friends who have spent too much time talking about the ones that got away. Facing another summer without love, they decide to approach the dating dilemma in the way they approached finding flatmates. They're going to place personal ads, for one another.

Title: Kissed By An Angel
Author: Elizabeth Chandler
ISBN No.: 9781416978831
No. of pages: 704 pages
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: When her boyfriend, Tristan dies, Ivy thought she'd lost everything, even her faith in angels. But now, she's discovered that he's her guardian angel-his presence so strong that she can feel the touch of his hand, the beat of his heart. Ivy needs Tristan now more than ever because he knows she's in terrible danger. Only Ivy's guardian angel can save her, npw that his killer is after her.

But if Tristan rescues Ivy, his mission on earth will be finished, and he must leave her behind forever. Will saving Ivy mean losing her just when he's finally reached her again?

Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
ISBN No.: 9780099546184
No. of pages: 624
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of this force they can neither prevent nor control, Henry and Clare's struggle to lead normal lives is both intensely moving an entirely unforgettable.

Title: The Secret Shopper's Revenge
Author: Kate Harrison
ISBN No.: 9780752893884
No. of pages: 389
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: New mum Emily wants revenge on the stick-thin assistants who laugh at her post-baby tummy and post-baby budget. But frumpiness has its advantages when you're wielding a secret camera - and sending the damning footage straight to head office. Store manager Sandie has a lifelong love of the world of retail - the glitz, the glamour, the stockroom. Then she's fitted up by an ambitious assistant and secret shopping is the only way to keep her one passion alive. Glamorous widow Grazia can't leave behind the high life, despite her chronically low bank balance. The more she's buying - and spying - the less time she has to mourn her husband or her fair-weather friends who've dumped her. They're Charlie's Shopping Angels, controlled by a mysterious figure who sends them assignments. But when they're sent to stitch up a doomed shop owned by Will, the angels begin to feel divided loyalties ...

Title: She's Got The Beat
Author: Nancy Krulik
ISBN No.: 9781416900207
No. of pages: 272
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Miranda was the quiet type. . . until she moved to Austin. Home of the hippest college rock bands, Austin, Texas, is a scene. And Miranda is dying to break out of her small-town shell. So she decides to do something totally un-Miranda: learn to play the drums.

When crashing the cymbals, the girl's a wild child! Plus, there's a perk to her new gig: a cute bass player. Unfortunately Mr. Bass Man isn't exactly looking for love. Can this rocker chick change his tune? Or does finding her own rhythm mean sacrificing true love?

Title: The Secret Life of A Teenage Siren
Author: Wendy Toliver
ISBN No.: 9781416950653
No. of pages: 281
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Roxy's about to turn sixteen, but life isn't so sweet. As a band geek, Roxy can barely get the cute guys to notice her, much less go out with her. Then, on her birthday, Roxy is transformed into a Siren: seductively beautiful with the power to control all men. She thought Sirens were an ancient myth, but suddenly Roxy can get any guy she wants with just a few notes on her flute.

There are only two rules: don't tell anyone about being a Siren, and don't fall in love. When she starts dating Zach, the guy everybody's crushing on, Roxy realizes she could get used to this Siren thing. . . but how can she keep herself from falling in love?

Title: Ripped At The Seams
Author: Nancy Krulik
ISBN No.: 9780689867712
No. of pages: 224
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Sami Granger is fresh off the bus from the Midwest when some crazy person in the bus terminal warns her life in New York city won't be what she always dreamed of. But Sami's determined to make it an industry that's notoriously hard to break in to. Nothing she ever learned in her small town can prepare her for her first job working for a hotshot designer; He not only breaks her heart, he steals her designs! Now the only place that will hire Sami is a trashy lingerie store that she's too embarrassed to tell her old-fashioned father about. Will a visit from her father land Sami on the catwalk, or out on the sidewalk?

Title: Winging It
Author: Annie Dalton
ISBN No.: 9780007204717
No. of pages: 144
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: One Minute I'm crossing the road, working out the clothes I'm going to buy with my birthday money, then - BANG! - I'm a student in some posh Angel School, learning about halos. At least the uniforms are cool. . .

Title: Calling The Shots
Author: Annie Dalton
ISBN No.: 9780007204748
No. of pages: 176
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Feisty Mel the trainee time-traveling angel is back for her fourth adventure! And this time, it's1920s Hollywood that needs her special touch! New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Mel gets the Call -- a strange out-of-body experience which tells Angel Academy students that they are ready for their first guardian angel module. At first, it seems like a suitably fluffy assignment -- the America of the 1920s, full of flappers and limos, jazz and silent movies. But Mel's got her hands full when she has to look after Honesty Bloomfield, a sullen, withdrawn girl who is traveling across America with her family. They are bound for Hollywood -- the city of dreams, or nightmares?




Title: Budding Star
Author: Annie Dalton
ISBN No.: 9780007204786
No. of pages: 208
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Mel Beeby's eighth adventure takes her to medieval Japan, searching for a lost soul. New-look cover for an angelic series rebirth! Mel and Reuben have been studying Soul Retrieval, running through all manner of challenging scenarios in virtual reality, in order to learn the specialized skills necessary to rescue human souls. The two angels are sent to Japan, to try and re-unite a young girl's soul with her body, as she lies in a coma. It isn't her time to die. In their quest for the soul, Mel and Reuben have to enter a realm that's magical and exquisite, like an idealised Japanese fairy-tale dream. Feudal lords, fabulous magical castles, ninjas, wandering monks, waterfalls, demons and shape-shifters. But like all dreams, it has its dark side, and the Japanese afterlife has some extremely scary aspects. Mel and Reuben must stick together! and at the end, there is even a little hint of romance for our two angel buddies!

Title: The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
Author: Lauren Barnholdt
ISBN No.: 9781416935032
No. of pages: 224
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Mom says karma always comes around to get you, and I guess it's true. Because last summer, I was a total liar, and now, right in the middle of Mr. Pritchard's third-period math class, my whole world is about to come crashing down. That's because while Devon was living with her grandmother for the summer, she accidentally told her "summer friend" Lexi, that she was really popular back home and dating Jared Bentley, only the most popular guy at school. Harmless lies, right? Wrong. Not when Lexi is standing at the front of Devon's class, having just moved to Devon's town. Uh-Oh.

Title: Class Favorite
Author: Taylor Morris
ISBN No.: 9781416935988
No. of pages: 295
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: It all started three days after I officially became a woman: The message of mass destruction arrived. It was February 14, to be exact. Happy Valentine's Day. Sara Thurman has never considered herself part of the popular crowd. She's got her best friend, Arlene, and that seems like enough. But when Sara's mom sends a special Valentine's Day delivery to her class, all of a sudden Sara is very popular-only for a horribly embarrassing reason! It seems that everyone at Bowie Junior High now knows something about Sara.

Title: The Vampire Diaries, The Awakening
Author: L.J. Smith
ISBN No.: 9780061963865
No. of pages: 253
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: A deadly love triangle.
Elena: Beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any boy she wants.

Stefan: Brooding and Mysterious, desperately trying to resist his desire for Elena . . . for her own good.

Damon: Sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him.

Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers. . . Who will she choose?

Title: 13 Little Blue Envelopes
Author: Maureen Johnson
ISBN No.: 9780060541439
No. of pages: 320
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Everything about Ginny will change this summer, and it's all because of 13 little blue envelopes! Ginny, aged 17, is left 13 little blue envelopes by her free-spirited young Aunt Peg. Little does she know just how much they will change her life...

Inside envelope No. 1 is money and instructions to buy a plane ticket.

Inside envelope No. 2 are directions to a specific London flat

Inside envelope No. 3 a note to Ginny says: Find a starving artist.

And because of envelope No. 4 Ginny and a man called Keith go to Scotland together, with somewhat disastrous -- though utterly romantic -- results. But will she ever see him again?

Title: Forever In Blue
Author: Ann Brashares
ISBN No.: 9780385729369
No. of pages: 384
Type of Cover: Hardback
Description: With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one glorious summer.

Lena: Immerses herself in her painting and an intoxicating summer fling, fearing that the moment she forgets about Kostas will be the moment she sees him again.

Carmen: Falls under the spell of a sophisticated college friend for whom a theatrical role means everything and the heritage of the Pants means nothing.

Bridget: Joins a dig for an ancient city on the coast of Turkey and discovers that her archaeology professor is available in every way except one.

Tibby: Leaves behind someone she loves, wrongly believing he will stay where she has left him.

Title: Girls In Pants
Author: Ann Brashares
ISBN No.: 9780553375930
No. of pages: 338
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: It's the summer before the sisterhood departs for college . . . their last real summer together before they head off to their grown up lives. It's the time when they need their pants most.

Tibby: Learns that the Pants have always known what she hasn't about Brian, and clings to them tightly-while others around her leap headfirst.

Carmen: Need all the Pants magic possible, now that she's agreed to watch Lena's cranky Greek grandmother for the entire summer. Not to mention that she's pretending to be someone she's not-to someone who could really matter.

Lena: Wishes the Pants could tell her whether going to art school is the dream she should follow, even if it means her family won't support her.

Bridget: Is especially glad to have the Pants at soccer camp when she finds out who her fellow coach is.

Title: Just Friends
Author: Robyn Sisman
ISBN No.: 0140280952
No. of pages: 528
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Freya and Jack are just friends - which is fine until she moves temporarily into his New York apartment. Jack is a spoilt Southern playboy sporting an unfinished novel and a girlfriend with a tongue-stud; Freya is a tall English blonde with attitude and a knack for choosing the wrong man. The strain of living together threatens to end their friendship, but then Jack escorts Freya to Cornwall for the wedding of her younger sister. Could intimacy breed romance? Or do they know each other far too well to fall in love? Title: Perfect Strangers
Author: Robyn Sisman
ISBN No.: 9780140274400
No. of pages: 464
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: When Suze and Lloyd swap jobs and flats for the summer, there seems no reason for them to ever have more than the most cursory of conversations together. Until Suze uncovers a plot to oust Lloyd from the firm.

Title: A Place Called Here
Author: Cecelia Ahern
ISBN No.: 9780007258871
No. of pages: 496
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Ever since the day her classmate Jenny-May Butler vanished, Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something -- or someone -- disappears. Finding has become her goal. Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother Donal who vanished into thin air a year ago. So then he spots an ad for Sandy's missing persons agency, he's certain that she will answer his prayers and find his missing brother. But then Sandy disappears too, stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known. Now all she wants, more than anything, is to find her way home.

Title: Ex-Girlfriends United
Author: Matt Dunn
ISBN No.: 9781847390684
No. of pages: 401
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Despite his new-found fame on ITV 5's latest soap, womaniser Dan Davis is failing to score with the ladies. Every time. And he can't understand why. All is revealed when Dan and his friend Ed Middleton come across a mysterious website - slateyourdate.com - where women rate their experiences of their exes, and where Dan is shocked to learn that long after he's given them one, his ex-girlfriends are giving him one - one out of ten, that is. Faced with the prospect of a lifetime of singledom, Dan needs to crack the code of a website that's strictly women only to find out where he's been going wrong. Then he must track down his many exes in order to put things right. Along the way, Dan discovers he has much to learn about himself. Particularly when he meets up again with Polly - and realizes he wants her back. Can Dan convince his former love he's changed? Can Ed convince Dan he needs to change in the first place? Can the two friends use their new-found knowledge to help other men in the same boat?

Title: Wedded Blitz
Author: Tina Reily
ISBN No.: 0751538450
No. of pages: 407
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Warring spouses, embarrassing parents and the battle of the hairdressing salons ...When Dublin girl Jane married local boy Jim, she thought it was for ever. But now there are cracks in their marriage that they just can't seem to fix. When Jim announces he's moving out, Jane is left to pick up the pieces of their family life. And then her mother decides to visit...Determined to remain upbeat, Jane plans to make a real success of her work, only to discover that Cutting Edge, the hairdressing empire, is opening a shop yards away from her own humble salon. With her staff in uproar and customers deserting them in droves, Jane decides to play Cutting Edge at their own game. Then life deals Jane and Jim one dreadful blow, past hurts rush to the surface, and they are forced to confront what drove them apart in the first place.

Title: Ella Enchanted
Author: Gail Carson Levine
ISBN No.: 0007171684
No. of pages: 239
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.'

Ella can't wait to be free of Lucinda's gift and feel that she can be herself. But it just isn't that easy when she knows that at any time, anyone can order her to hop on one foot, cut off her hand, betray her kingdom, marry a prince. . .

Title: Vintage
Author: Olivia Darling
ISBN No.: 9780340953204
No. of pages: 560
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: They were three women who dared to make it in a man's world. Madeleine Arsenault has prepared for this moment all her life. Grief for her father is second only to her determination to rescue the beloved family Chateau, and prove to her sworn childhood enemy Axel Delaflote that she's got what it takes to run the most successful champagne house in France. Former supermodel Christina Morgan knows she hasn't got what it takes. But she's sure as hell not going to show it. And with the help of her assistant Sam, she'll turn her ex-husband's hobby Californian vineyard into a major player. Kelly Elson would rather drink vodka and coke than champagne. Then she inherits a vineyard and suddenly she's not a chambermaid any more.Swept into a world of feuds, back-stabbing, sabotage and seduction, have they got what it takes to survive? There's more than their reputations at stake ...

Title: This Charming Man
Author: Marian Keyes
ISBN No.: 9780141040608
No. of pages: 884
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Lola has just found out that her boyfriend - charismatic politician Paddy de Courcy - is getting married. To someone else. Heartbroken, Lola flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lola's retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes? Journalist Grace wants the inside story on Paddy de Courcy's engagement and thinks Lola holds the key to it. Grace knew Paddy a long time ago. But why can't she forget him? Grace's sister, Marnie, might have the answer but she also has issues with the past. Her loving loving husband and beautiful daughters are wonderful, but they can't take away memories of her first love: a certain Paddy de Courcy. What will it take for Marnie to be able to move on? Alicia Thornton is Paddy's wife-to-be. Determined to be the perfect wife, Alicia would do anything for her fiance. But does she know the real Paddy? Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all.

Title: If You Could See Me Now
Author: Cecelia Ahern
ISBN No.: 9780007260812
No. of pages: 400
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: What if love was right there in front of you -- you just couldn't see it? Elizabeth Egan is too busy for friends. As a reluctant mother to her sister Saoirse's young son Luke and with her own business to run, every precious moment is made to count. But with Saoirse crashing in and out of their lives, leaving both her sister and her son reeling, Luke and Elizabeth are desperately in need of some magic. Enter Ivan. Wild, spontaneous and always looking for adventure, in no time at all Ivan has changed Elizabeth in ways she could never have imagined. But is Ivan too good to be true? Has Elizabeth opened her heart only to risk it being broken again? As for Ivan, he thought he was there to help Luke not Elizabeth -- or himself!

Title: Thanks for The Memories
Author: Cecelia Ahern
ISBN No.: 9780007233694
No. of pages: 512
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Joyce Conway remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, which she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair. Justin Hitchcock is divorced, lonely and restless. He arrives in Dublin to give a lecture on art and meets an attractive doctor, who persuades him to donate blood. It's the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. When Joyce leaves hospital after a terrible accident, with her life and her marriage in pieces, she moves back in with her elderly father. All the while, a strong sense of deja vu is overwhelming her and she can't figure out why..

Title: It Had To Be You
Author: Cecily von Ziegesar
ISBN No.: 9780316008273
No. of pages: 401
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live in luxe Fifth Avenue apartment and attend Manhattan's most exclusive private schools. We're smart , we've inherited classic good looks, we wear fantastic clothes, and we know how to party. We can't help it-we were born this way.

Our story begins with three inseparable, completely gorgeous fifteen-year-olds, Serena van der Woodsen, Blair Waldorf, and Nate Archibald. Blair has loved Nate and his glittering green eyes since she was in Bonpoint onesies. Too bad Nate wishes Blair's beautiful best friend, Serena, was the one with the crush. And Serena has a secret she's keeping from them both. Hmmm, something tells me these best friends might not be as close as we thought. . . .

How do I know all this? Because I know everything-and lucky for you, I can't keep a secret. So sit back while I untangle this messy little tale and tell you how it all began.

Admit it, you're already falling for me.
You know you love me,

gossip girl

Title: Gossip Girl, The Carlyles
Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar
ISBN No.: 9780316020640
No. of pages: 243
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Get out your Montblanc pens, Chloe satchels, and cashmere cardigans: It's a brand-new season on the Upper East Side, and the irresistable Carlyle triplets are taking Manhattan by storm. You know it's going to be another wild and wicked year, and I'll be here to whisper all the juicy secrets...

You know you love me,
Gossip Girl

Title: Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak
Author: Julie Cohen
ISBN No.: 9780755334810
No. of pages: 276
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Rosie Fox is a liar. A really, really good liar. But when you’re a stage psychic who’s not actually psychic, you have to be.

Then one night, while pretending to commune with the dead relatives and pets of her audience, Rosie makes a startling prediction – which tragically comes true. Suddenly she’s trapped in a media frenzy, spearheaded by the impossibly handsome journalist Harry Blake, a man intent on kick-starting his stalled career by exposing Rosie as a fraud. Yet when his interest in her goes from professional to personal, she thinks she can trust him not to blow her cover – but maybe she’s making a huge mistake. A hilarious romantic comedy that only goes to show that the course of true love is never, ever predictable.

Title: Simply Irresistable (SOLD)
Author: Rachel Gibson
ISBN No.: 9780755337422
No. of pages: 313
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: When Georgeanne Howard runs away from her ageing-but-loaded fiancé, she’s rescued by a knight in a shining red Corvette – hell-raising hockey star John Kowalsky. She can’t help falling for him , but after a passionate fling John splits, leaving Georgeanne broken-hearted.

Seven years later, John’s thinking about settling down when he bumps into Georgeanne – now catering queen of Seattle and single mum to a little girl. His little girl. John wants in on their life but Georgeanne’s not convinced. Should she risk her heart again?

Title: Pick Me Up
Author: Zoe Rice
ISBN No.: 9780755339525
No. of pages: 312
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Charming, well-mannered art dealer Avery wins over the scruffy, moody artist Grady any time. But then she discovers that Avery seems to have more than a few dark secrets – secrets that only Grady knows the answers to...


Title: One Night Stand (SOLD)
Author: Julie Cohen
ISBN No.: 9780755334834
No. of pages: 308
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Eleanor Connor may have written seventeen steamy novels, but her own life is more mundane. In fact the nearest she comes to sex is having to listen through the thin walls of her house as her friend and neighbour, Hugh, makes love to an ever-changing stream of female conquests. But then one night she makes a one-night-only conquest of her own, only to wake up alone, a bit repentant, and as she later realises, very pregnant. Desperate to find her missing lover, if only to tell him he’s going to be a father, she enlists the help of Hugh to help her search – but begins to realise that the perfect partner could have been right under her nose all this time…

Title: Falling Out Of Fashion
Author: Karen Yampolsky
ISBN No.: 9780755339549
No. of pages: 309
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Jill is a magazine that’s a cut above the rest – cool, cutting-edge and just the thing to be seen reading in glamorous Manhattan. And that’s just the way its founder, Jill White, wants it to stay. But Jill’s new boss, the blonde, bland, ruthless Ellen Cutter, wants to fill the magazine with ads, fluffy interviews and super-skinny models. And if Jill refuses to sell her soul, Ellen will make sure she falls right out of fashion and straight into the dole queue…

Title: The Gift
Author: Cecelia Ahern
ISBN No.: 9780007326334
No. of pages: 305
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description: Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller! If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two places to be at the same time. He always had two things to do at once. When asleep he dreamed. In between dreams, he ran through the events of the day while making plans for the next. When at home with his wife and family, his mind was always someplace else. On his way into work one early winter morning, Lou meets Gabe, a homeless man sitting outside the office building. Intrigued by him and on discovering that he could also be very useful to have around, Lou gets Gabe a job in the post room. But soon Lou begins to regret helping Gabe. His very presence unsettles Lou and how does Gabe appear to be in two places at the same time? As Christmas draws closer, Lou starts to understand the value of time. He sees what is truly important in life yet at the same time he learns the harshest lesson of all. This is a story about people who not unlike parcels, hide secrets.They cover themselves in layers until the right person unwraps them and discovers what's inside. Sometimes you have to be unravelled in order to find out who you really are. For Lou Suffern, that took time.

Title: The Host
Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN No.: 9780316056427
No. of pages: 809
Type of Cover: Paperback
Description:Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love

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