Waiting on Wednesday [12]: Chose the Wrong Guy, Give Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison

 Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming books we are looking forward to being released.

This week pick is:

Chose the Wrong Guy, Give Him the Wrong Finger

by Beth Harbison

Expected Pub. Date: July 9th, 2013

St. Martin's Press

Women's Fiction Chick Lit

Premise:

From Beth Harbison, the New York Times bestselling author of When in Doubt, Add Butter and Shoe Addicts Anonymous, comes Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong, a delightful new novel that will make you look at second chances in a whole new way.

Ten years ago, Quinn Barton was on her way to the altar to marry Burke Morrison, her high school sweetheart, when something derailed her. Rather, someone derailed her—the Best Man who at the last minute begged her to reconsider the marriage. He told her that Burke had been cheating on her. For a long time. Quinn, stunned, hurt, and confused, struggled with the obligation of fulfilling her guests’ expectations—providing a wedding—and running for her life.

She chose running. With the Best Man. Who happened to be Burke’s brother, Frank.

That relationship didn’t work either. How could it, when Quinn had been engaged to, in love with, Frank’s brother? Quinn opted for neither, and, instead, spends the next seventeen years working in her family’s Middleburg, Virginia, bridal shop, Talk of the Gown, where she subconsciously does penance for the disservice she did to marriage.

But when the two men return to town for another wedding, old anger, hurt, and passion resurface. Just because you’ve traded the good guy for the bad guy for no guy doesn’t mean you have to stay away from love for the rest of your life, does it? Told with Beth Harbison's flair for humor and heart, Chose the Wrong Guy will keep you guessing and make you believe in the possibilities of love. 

Why am I waiting?

Actually I'm not waiting for this book to come out as much as I'm waiting for the right time to read it. I got this title approved on NetGalley like a month ago and I still haven't find the time to go through it. I really want to get to it, because it sounds hilarious and I'm really looking forward to read it.

What do you think about this one?

I'd love to read your thoughts.

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Top Ten Tuesday [5]

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and Bookish.

 Top Ten Books I Thought I'd Like MORE Than I Did

1. One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt. This one was such a dissapointment, I swear! I even picked it up when I was in a good mood. But its characters were so shallow and annoying that I couldn't enjoy it.

2. The Society of S by Susan Hubbard. This book has such a simple but beautiful cover! It was such a shame that it was so freaking slow... I got bored with all the description and details that didn't even make sense. 

3. I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan. This book had an interesting premise but it was completely misleading. I was really dissapointed by how everything turned out to be so silly in the end and how the characters were so moody and made the worst decisions ever.

4. Fallen by Kate Lauren. This one was actually a surprise. Everyone was making so much fuss about it and I though, well I have to give it a try. But it was painfully slow and confusing and I don't even know how I managed to finish it.

5. Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. This book is another of the popular ones. I picked it up with high expectations but it was just average. While I was reading it, I though "Well, nothing new over here", and that was it, because I felt like I'd already read that story before.

6. Mercy by Rebecca Lim. The premise of this one was really good and the cover is just gorgeous, so I went for it when I saw it on my local bookstore. I don't really know what was it with this one, I just felt really confused the whole time I was reading it and well, I though I would like it more than I actually did.

 

7. My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking. This one was painful. I had read the Trylle series by the same author before and I was completely in love with her writting. But this book -which is the first in another series- was so much like Twilight and the protagonist was so dumb and annoying that I was shocked knowing that both series were from the same author.

8. Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick. This book was actually good. It has a lot of mystery and twists and it sure can keep you hooked. But it was really depresing... I felt hopeless the whole time and I know bad things happens but come on! You gotta let a girl hope!

9. Limitless by Alan Glynn. This one is actually an Adul Sci-Fi book, but it had clear content and the premise was really captivating so I picked it up. The story per se was okay, but I grew bored soon, because it was a little repetitive and the main character wasn't that interesting.

10. Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Okay. Don't kill me. I know many of you loved this book so much and to be fair I haven't finished it yet, but it definitely wasn't what I was expecting... I think it is too weird to me, lol. Too much fantasy, I think I'm starting to grow up -finally!- and my imagination is getting smaller. 

What do you think of those books?

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[Review] One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt

Title: One Night That Changes Everything

Author: Lauren Barnholdt

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Published: July 6th, 2010

Source: I purchased a copy from a local bookstore.

Blurb from Goodreads: Eliza is in a full-blown panic. Her notebook has been stolen—the one that lists everything she wants but is afraid to go after. And the absolute worst person in the world has it: her ex-boyfriend, Cooper.
Like it’s not enough Cooper was lying to Eliza for their entire relationship, now he and his friends are blackmailing her. They’re giving her just one night to complete the most humiliating tasks on her list or they’ll post her secrets online—including the ones that aren’t just about her.
Eliza’s sure of only one thing: she isn’t going down without a fight. Cooper may have what’s left of her dignity, but she’s not the only one with something to hide …
A hilarious and sweet teen novel by Lauren Barnholdt, the author of Two-Way Street.

Review

Thoughts in general: I don't know how I managed to finish this thing... 
This book was really infuriating. I really wanted it to be good because I've had it on my shelf for a long time now and I was just waiting for the right opportunity to read it, and this was definitely it... I mean, it was a hot day of summer and I had nothing better to do than enjoying a light and funny read.
I loved the description from the very beginning. I though it was genius this thing with the secret notebook in which you have written all your deepest fears and then have it stolen by a creepy group of boys that are pissed at you and willing to make your life a living hell by posting the whole thing online if you don't follow their instructions and do the very things you listed on that notebook as your fears. And on top of that, your ex-boyfriend is the one who got you involved in this whole mess to begin with, so that makes things pretty interesting... at least that's what I though.
No such luck. 

Overall, this was a huge disappointment and I wasn't even trying hard to pick a book with great content! I just wanted a good light novel... and got this mess. I'm really sorry because I've read some of the other books of the author and I did like them quite a lot and that was the reason I buy this book.

Characters: Lets see... The protagonist, Eliza, is the most annoying, self-centered, whinny, bipolar and stupid girl you could ever find. From the very beginning she complains because her such-called friends don't pay her enough attention because, guess what? They have problems too, who would have thought that the world doesn't revolve around Eliza? Then she won't quit whinnying because her (ex)boyfriend screwed up but at the same time she keeps remembering how awesome he is and dying to be with him again. On top of that she'll keep yelling at him that everything is his fault and even when it is crystal clear that he's trying to explain himself she won't hear him out. She'll just keep complaining at him about some girl who someone told her was his new girlfriend... even when he's telling her that's not true... even when he doesn't have to explain himself to her since they are no longer dating... But she'll act all jealous anyway because she can. Besides she keeps judging left and right and she isn't better than anyone since she hook up with her sister's boyfriend, even when her sister is supposed to be like her best friend and everything. 

Her friends are no better. First we have Marissa, who is stupid and selfish too, because she keeps following a guy around (literally) even when it is oh-so-obvious that he just want her as a backup plan and just to hook up occasionally. But in her mind, they're dating so that makes it ok if he just called her whenever he feels like it and then leave her waiting for him and when he finally calls she's supposed to leave everything, including her friends, to go after him, what she does actually more than just once.

Then there is Clarice, who is kind of a teaser. I don't know if she's really stupid or a real slut. I mean she's naive, ok I got that. But you have to be stupid to think that a guy you picked up in a club and invited you at his apartment wants to "just talk" and then feel offended when start acting weird when he realizes that you're not gonna sleep with him (if that was never in your plans you shouldn't have gone with him to his apartment, Jeesh! He's a stranger! And unless you are looking for a one-night stand... well you should know better!). Beside when most needed she just left her best friend with her ex and takes the car with her! 

With that kind of friends who would even need enemies!

The guy, Cooper, the ex-boyfriend involved with this group is frustrating too. Because he clearly screwed up and then he's trying to make things right but doesn't realize that the only thing he needs to do is break up with this scary group of jerks! And just keep trying to help Eliza with the task that the idiotic Tyler (president of this group) set up for her and telling her he misses her while he tries to hide because he doesn't want them to know he's talking to her or see them together. 


Plot: Well, the plot is supposed to revolve around this famous notebook... I had all my faith put in that thing and that was the reason I kept reading, but I should've known that if the author of the notebook was such a pain in the ass, the notebook couldn't be that interesting. And it wasn't. The list of thing that were written in there were just silly and super simple. I though we'll have the protagonist doing something really extreme like I don't know... jumping off a bridge or doing some of this extreme sports of some sort. Or at least something funny like I don't know trying to win an argument with a total stranger or make them laugh or something! But again, no such luck... I  also liked the idea of this group of mean boys, the 318, but there was so little about them. I think the author could have done great things with this idea, it would have injected the mystery factor to the novel, but it wasn't treated the right way. 

Writing: Aggh... The protagonist is so annoying and since the story is narrated from her point of view, you just have to suck it up and keep reading her stupid thoughts. I feel like the author tried too hard to sound like a teenager and it felt more like I was reading the point of view of a four years old. Besides, the writing in general was really poor, it was repetitive and pretty basic. 
Besides I noticed that the title of the book didn't really fit the story, because "that" night didn't change much of anything, not really.

I would recommend it for: If I'm being honest I wouldn't recommend this book. If you want to give it a try, be aware of the many flaws it has.

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