BOOKS WE LIKED: THE NOT SO SECRET DIARY OF A CITY GIRL

The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl by Allie Spencer
Publisher: Little Black Dress
ISBN-10: 0755352947
ISBN-13: 978-0755352944
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb:
Can Laura prevent the bank (and her love life) from crashing and burning?

Banking analyst Laura McGregor's electronic diary is full of things which definitely shouldn't be made public: musings on her lacklustre relationship with trader boyfriend Tom, disturbing irregularities in new boss Will's trading accounts, and the small matter of her attraction to gorgeous journalist Alex. So when the diary is accidentally uploaded on to the internet in blog form by clueless younger sister Mel, suddenly not only Laura, but her bank too, is facing meltdown and, even worse, Laura suspects Alex of using it as a scoop. Fighting to convince the world's media to believe her over Alex is one thing, but can Laura win the battle with her heart?

GUEST POST: RENAE LUCAS-HALL

Appeal for Recommendations from a Manga/Anime Novice by Renae Lucas-Hall (Guest Post)

During my first trip to Japan, when I was seventeen years old, I noticed something very different about Japanese university students – they spend a lot of their class time reading manga. I’d always thought comics and animation were for small children but I was forced to rethink this idea when I sat in on a class at Sophia University in Tokyo many years ago.

BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO BE A HEROINE BY SAMANTHA ELLIS

How to be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis

After an argument with her best friend about two of the world's best ever heroines in romance novel history, Samantha Ellis came to the conclusion that there were more famous heroines out there in popular romance novels and finding Out all of their traits would be almost a life's work.

BOOK REVIEW: 100 MUST READ PRIZE-WINNING NOVELS BY NICK RENNISON

 
100 Must Read Prize-Winning Novels by Nick Rennison

If you are the kind of person who hers about a prize-winning novels and wants to get your hands on a copy, this is the book for you.

BOOK REVIEW: 100 MUST READ HISTORICAL NOVELS BY NICK RENNISON

 
100 Must Read Historical Novels by Nick Rennison

Bookseller, editor and freelance writer Nick Rennison has gathered the most read historical novels into one pocket-sized book.

ROMANCE REVIEW: FALLEN IN LOVE: NEW TALES FROM THE FALLEN WORLD BY LAUREN KATE

 
Fallen in Love: New Tales from the Fallen World
Lauren Kate
Publisher:

Blurb: Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story. And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a romantic Valentine's Day in Medieval England. Miles and Shelby find love where they least expect it. Roland learns a painful lesson about finding and losing love. Arianne pays the price for a love so fierce it burns. And for the first – and last – time, Daniel and Luce will spend a night together like none other. Lauren Kate's Fallen in Love is filled with love stories . . . the ones everyone has been waiting for.

True love never says goodbye . . .

TEEN PARANORMAL ROMANCE REVIEW: LOVE IS HELL

 
Love is Hell
Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfield, Justine Larbalestier, Gabriell Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz.
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN: 978-0-00-734174-0
Age: 13+

Blurb: Sure, love is hell. But it’s totally worth it. In these supernatural stories by five of today’s hottest writers including Melissa Marr and Scott Westerfeld, love may be twisted and turned around, but it’s more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all.