Elizabeth Scott is one of my favourite authors, so I was delighted that she had two books out in 2011. Between Here and Forever and As I Wake. Being a contemporary girl I was more excited for Between Here and Forever, but As I Wake surprised me. Ava wakes up not knowing where she is, or who she …

The Scorpio Races was far and away the best book I read in 2011. You know how some books just suck you in, and hold you captive, and are just completely magical and perfect? And when you finish, you are so happy because it’s a perfect ending when you didn’t think that was possible five …

Alice is twenty-nine. She is whimsical, optimistic and adores sleep, chocolate, her ramshackle new house and her wonderful husband Nick. What’s more, she’s looking forward to the birth of the ‘Sultana’ – her first baby. But now Alice has slipped and hit her head in her step-aerobics class and everyone’s telling her she’s misplaced the …

Popular and smart, fifteen-year-old Rosie Moon is the quintessential good girl. She also wishes she could be someone else for a while, someone more interesting. Asher Fielding is the mysterious new boy at school who has dreadlocks and a love of Jim Morrison. On the first day of tenth grade, Rosie develops a crush on …

Reading wise this summer has been something of a disappointment. A lot of the books I had saved up expecting to adore didn’t engage me. Luckily my summer reading was saved by the arrival of The Sky Always Hears Me and The Hills Don’t Mind by Kirstin Cronn-Mills, which I won in a competition on Tara …

Keek’s life was totally perfect.   Keek and her boyfriend just had their Worst Fight Ever, her best friend heinously betrayed her, her parents are divorcing, and her mom’s across the country caring for her newborn cousin, who may or may not make it home from the hospital. To top it all off, Keek’s got …