Waiting on Wednesday ~ Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly event hosted by 
Jill at Breaking the Spine 
that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!



 After breaking up with her bad-news boyfriend, Reagan O’Neill is ready to leave her rebellious ways behind. . . and her best friend, country superstar Lilah Montgomery, is nursing a broken heart of her own. Fortunately, Lilah’s 24-city tour is about to kick off, offering a perfect opportunity for a girls-only summer of break-up ballads and healing hearts. But when Matt Finch joins the tour as its opening act, his boy-next-door charm proves difficult for Reagan to resist, despite her vow to live a drama-free existence. This summer, Reagan and Lilah will navigate the ups and downs of fame and friendship as they come to see that giving your heart to the right person is always a risk worth taking. A fresh new voice in contemporary romance, Emery Lord’s gorgeous writing hits all the right notes.

The release date for Open Road Summer is
April 15, 2014

 This book has a lot of elements that I love in a contemporary romance, travel, best friends, and especially music.  I'm super excited to get this one!





What books are you waiting on this week? 

Top Ten Tuesday ~ Popular Authors I Have Never Read

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly event hosted by 

The Broke and the Bookish. 

This weeks topic:

Popular authors I have never read

These are in order of how I feel like people are going to throw things at me because I haven't read them so now I will dive into my shelter......

10 - Danielle Steel
 

She has so many books that it blows my mind.  I guess I just have never gotten around to checking her out.  

9 - Tom Clancy

I love all of the Jack Ryan movies but this is most definitely not a genre I prefer to read.  My husband devours books like this and I will leave him to it!

8 - E.L. James

 

Never read them and I never plan to.

7 - Janet Evanovich

I can't count the number of times someone has recommended Janet's books to me but I have yet to read one of them.

6 - Gillian Flynn

I guess this is an author that just hasn't ever struck me as a must read.  I know many people that love Gone Girl in particular but I just haven't had the desire to read it.

 

5 - Colleen Hoover

I know, I know, I KNOW!  I actually own a few of Colleen Hoover's books but I have yet to read one. 

4 - Kira Cass

I just bought this book last week so I will hopefully be remedying the fact I have yet to read this series and with The One coming out it is probably perfect timing  for it!

3 - Rainbow Rowell

This is another recent acquisition along with Fangirl so hopefully Rainbow Rowell will be entering my life in the near future. 

2 - Marissa Meyer

I have wanted to read this book since the first time I saw it but I just haven't been able to get to it.  With the release of Cress, I finally bought it a few weeks ago and now that it is in my possession I plan to read it very soon.

1 - John Green

Yes, that's right, I've never read a book by John Green.  I may someday read something of his, but I know with certainty I will never read The Fault In Our Stars just because I don't voluntarily induce an ugly cry.  



Okay, now everyone wants to freak out on me, you better leave me YOUR links so I can throw a fit over the authors you haven't read yet!  Have a terrific week!
 

Best Kind Of Broken by Chelsea Fine ~ Review

 Pixie and Levi haven't spoken in nearly a year when they find themselves working―and living―at the same inn in the middle of nowhere. Once upon a time, they were childhood friends. But that was before everything went to hell. And now things are... awkward.

All they want to do is avoid each other, and their past, for as long as possible. But now that they're forced to share a bathroom, and therefore a shower, keeping their distance from one another becomes less difficult than keeping their hands off each other. Welcome to the hallway of awkward tension and sexual frustration, folks. Get comfy. It’s going to be a long summer.

I really enjoyed every minute of this book.  It had really great characters that were well developed.  I enjoyed both Pixie and Levi.  They have A LOT of history.  I generally hate flashbacks but the way that Chelsea Fine included them as thoughts and kept them simple it didn't bother me at all. I liked the side characters in the book as well.  They had a great presence without being overwhelming and were essential to the story.  I especially enjoyed Levi's friend Zack and his buddy Marvin.  I would love it if Zack had is own book.  I think he would be great fun to spend some time with.

The pacing of the book was excellent.  I never felt like it was rushed or that there was a bunch of filler holding it back.  The progression between Levi and Pixie dealing with their past together, as well as their current situations, the ones that effected them both together and the ones they had to deal with individually, were well represented and woven together with ease.  

I will be reading more from Chelsea Fine.  Her writing style fit me well and I plan to read more of her books as well as the next book in this series, Perfect Kind of Trouble, due out in June 2014.

This is definitely a New Adult book, and as such I would not recommend it to anyone under the age of 18.   

Flamingo gives 

Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine

8 pink flamingos