Wishlist Thursday[65]: Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore

Just Like the Movies by Kelly Fiore

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Walker Books

Release Date: July 22, 2014

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Goodreads Synopsis:

Pretty and popular track star Marijke Monti is confident about almost everything – she’s got great friends, a great family, and she’s on her way to the State Track Championship. In fact, the only thing Marijke isn’t confident about is her relationship with Tommy Lawson.

Lily Spencer has spent her entire high school career preparing for the future – she’s participated in every extracurricular activity and volunteer committee she could. But, at home, she watches her mother go on date after date with dud-dudes, still searching for “the one.” Lily realizes that she’s about to graduate and still hasn’t even had a boyfriend.

While they live on each other’s periphery at school, Lily and Marijke never seemed to have much in common; but, after a coincidental meeting at the movie theater, Lily gets an idea – why can’t life be like a movie? Why can’t they set up their perfect romantic situations, just in time for their senior prom, using movie techniques?

Once the girls come up with the perfect plans, they commit themselves to being secret cohorts and, just like in the movies, drama ensues.

Why?:

This just sounds like a cute story to me. It looks and sounds like a good, chick-lit-y, romantic book. The idea of setting things up like the movies, trying to make perfect moments like in the movies, sounds really cute, funny, and adorable to me.

What are you looking forward to reading?

Wishlist Thursday[25]: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) by Simone Elkeles

Wild Cards (Wild Cards, #1) by Simone Elkeles

Genre: YA Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Walker Books

Publish Date: October 1^st, 2013

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Goodreads Synopsis:

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama.

Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. A football scholarship would finally give her the chance to leave. So she pours everything into winning a state championship, until her boyfriend and star quarterback betrays them all by joining their rival team. Ashtyn needs a new game plan, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and win it all?

Why?:

I’ve read most of Elkeles’ books at this point, and even while they have their problems, I’m a rather big fun, unabashedly. They’re drama and romantic goodness, even a bit steamy. My kind of book, really. So I got really excited when I heard she was starting a new series, this one featuring sports, which got me intrigued. I’m really looking forward to reading this one, and am sure that I’ll love it.