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Waitlisted by Laurel Gans
Laurel Gans is on tour with CLP Blog Tours. I was really curious to read Waitlisted, because the main character is a college student. I was a college student not too many years ago, and my MC in the book I published is the same age, so I thought it would be fun to see her mindset. Kacey Barlow has her well-planned life turned upside down when her college tells her they booted her from the grad school roster. Kacey thought her slot was already confirmed, but with too many students, UI was forced to make some cuts, and Kacey is on that receiving end. Not wanting to disappoint her parents or be embarrassed in front of her friends, Kacey decides she will just have to get into grad school on her own. Problem – she has trouble concentrating on the work she needs to do. Problem – the test she has to take is really hard. And problem – TV shows just keep getting in the way of her studying! Will Kacey be able to make into grad school, or will she be the disappointment of her family?
I was a little on the fence about the book. I enjoyed all the dental talk and could understand Kacey was worried about letting down her family. Gans has a fun and fast way of writing that kept me pulled into the story, even when I wasn’t a huge fan of the main character. That I think speaks highly of the author. My problem with Kacey was that she seemed very lazy and sometimes I wondered if she was compulsive liar. I actually identified with her roommate, Natalie, much more. But even though I didn’t always see eye to eye with Kacey, I wanted to read her story. I wanted her to get into grad school. I was rooting for her – seriously. And I have to say that all rests with the author. I really salute Gans and Waitlisted, and will happily read more of her books. I hope one comes out about Natalie – I really loved her character and would love to read more about her!
[Rating: 3.5]
On Tour: Waitlisted by Laurel Gans
Laurel will be on tour January 30-February 20 with her novel Waitlisted Kacey Barlow had no idea it would be this hard to get into…
Future Tour: Waitlisted by Laurel Gans
Laurel will be on tour January 30- February 20 with her novel Waitlisted Kacey Barlow had no idea it would be this hard to get…
In My Mailbox: Week of December 4
In My Mailbox: Week of December 4
Title: Your Eight O’Clock is Dead
Author: Kat Jorgensen
Received: Via CLP Blog Tours
Synopsis: Becca Reynolds is having a bad day. Her grandfather’s lecture (#405: Eat a Healthy Diet or Die Not Trying) makes her late for her job at Daley and Palmer, the psychiatrists’ office where she works as the office manager–her title, not theirs. Then her sausage and egg breakfast biscuit creates an oil slick that takes out half her desk, along with that day’s patient files. But she knows the day has taken a really bad turn when she discovers the firm’s eight o’clock patient dead with Dr. Dick Daley’s letter opener opening the patient instead of the mail.
With the fledgling firm in danger of an early demise, Becca appoints herself the unofficial investigator since the police seem to be looking in all the wrong places and doing a half-assed job of solving the crime. She begins a journey to find the killer, keep the practice afloat and with it, her job. In the course of her interfere–er, investigation–she finds a virtual cast of characters who could have done it, including the fancy side piece of the murder victim, his wife, his business partner, and even his psychiatrist.
The case takes Becca from the sordid depths of the Russian mob, to the upscale West End of Richmond, Virginia (known locally as River City), and even to her own backyard. In the course of the story she finds herself in hot water, hot danger, and with dreams of hot men.
Title: Waitlisted
Author: Laurel Gans
Received: Via CLP Blog Tours
Synopsis: Kacey Barlow had no idea it would be this hard to get into grad school. Her well-to-do family has been attending UI for generations, and admissions had been recruiting her since high school! She was a shoo-in—that is, until they gave her the boot.
She can’t tell her parents, and can’t stand the thought of her friends going off to grad school without her. Her grades are slipping. Her professors can’t remember her name, and her tutor, Taylor, won’t stop hitting on her when they’re supposed to be studying.
Okay, maybe that last one isn’t so bad. But it’s not going to help get her a seat in another school…and applications are due in two weeks…
Title: Blank Slate Kate
Author: Heather Wardell
Received: Via CLP Blog Tours
Synopsis: Waking up with a strange man is scary. Realizing you lost fifteen years of your life overnight? That’s terrifying. With her memories from seventeen to thirty-two gone, Kate has no idea who she is and where she belongs. As she begins to fall for the man who found her, she wonders if she forgot those years for a reason. Should she keep trying to retrieve her original self, or start a new life?
Blog Tour Sign Up: Waitlisted by Laurel Gans
Laurel will be on tour in January/February with her chick lit novel Waitlisted. Please note this will be an eBook only tour. If you would…
