Since I read quite a few books over my vacations I really need to replenish my library. Right now I'm finishing up A Clash of Kings (A Game of Thrones, book 2) and it is AMAZING. And while I would like to plunge right into Book 3 (A Storm of Swords), I want to make this series last...and to be honest, I need a bit of a brain break between these books.
SO, I've scoured the internet for my next reads and here's my latest library list.
It's no lie: Chelsea Handler loves to smoke out "dumbassness," the condition people suffer from that allows them to fall prey to her brand of complete and utter nonsense. Friends, family, co-workers--they've all been tricked by Chelsea into believing stories of total foolishness and into behaving like total fools. Luckily, they've lived to tell the tales and, for the very first time, write about them.
I've written about this book before and have just now gotten it from the library. I really enjoyed the last book I read by Handler (My Horizontal Life) and was really tickled over it...so I expect a similar reaction for this book.
Kelly's debut book reveals the thankless job of a tireless retailer in a very personal way, after becoming one of the legions of low-wage workers persuading customers to buy marked-up goods. She worked for two years and three months as a retail sales associate for North Face, an upscale outdoor wear maker, after leaving her chaotic journalist career when "unwanted drama" as a reporter at the Daily News convinced her to seek solace in a mindless retail job. At age 50 and adrift careerwise, Kelly thought the retail position would be a cinch, until it became a punishing tangle of long hours, erratic shifts, rude customers, excessive workloads, and insensitive bosses.
I added this to my library list a while back and to be honest, I'm not as jazzed to read it as I initially was. But I'll give it a fair chance and see how it goes. But given my track record lately, I am certainly not afraid to put down a bad book that I'm only halfway through.
Sometimes the biggest ripples come from the smallest events. Like the day that Emma Guthrie walks into world-famous movie star Garrett Walker’s trailer. When she steps through the door, she’s a novice PA who’s just dropped out of college after losing her scholarship. When she walks out, she’s on her way to becoming Mrs. Emma Walker—wife of an A-list actor.
Soon, Emma has made the transition from nobody to red-carpet royalty, trading jeans and flip-flops for closets full of Chanel and Birkin bags, swishing past velvet ropes to attend every lavish party and charity gala on both coasts. With her husband’s encouragement, Emma pens a screenplay based on her life, Fame Tax,which becomes a blockbuster sensation. Through it all, Garrett is her ally and her mentor . . . until their relationship is thrown into question by an incriminating text message that Emma discovers on Garrett’s phone the night of the Met Costume Institute Gala.
Devastated by her husband’s infidelity and hounded mercilessly by the paparazzi, Emma must flee New York City to get away from it all and clear her head. Her destination? A sleepy coastal town in Mexico where no one recognizes her and there is nothing but unspoiled beaches for miles. Here, she meets Ben, a gorgeous, California-born surf instructor, who teaches her about the healing powers of surfing, shows her the joys of the simple life, and ultimately opens her up to the possibility of love.
I'm really excited to read this...it's written by Katie Lee (who used to be married to Billy Joel). And this book is supposedly based off of Katie and Billy's relationship. I love a good book that mirrors a celebrity scandal, so I expect good things out of this book.
Meredith Martin Delinn just lost everything: her friends, her homes, her social standing - because her husband Freddy cheated rich investors out of billions of dollars.
Desperate and facing homelessness, Meredith receives a call from her old best friend, Constance Flute. Connie's had recent worries of her own, and the two depart for a summer on Nantucket in an attempt to heal. But the island can't offer complete escape, and they're plagued by new and old troubles alike. When Connie's brother Toby - Meredith's high school boyfriend - arrives, Meredith must reconcile the differences between the life she is leading and the life she could have had.
Set against the backdrop of a Nantucket summer, Elin Hilderbrand delivers a suspenseful story of the power of friendship, the pull of love, and the beauty of forgiveness.
This is set in a similar vein as the book I mentioned before this...it's a story that mirrors the experience of Ruth Madoff. Obviously this seems a much happier version because I think Ruth Madoff's story is still on the downswing, but no matter to me! I've noticed this book on a lot of the book blogs that I haunt...I haven't read any compelling "it's great!" or "it sucks!" reviews, but it seems like a fun, middle of the road, summer book that I need right now.
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