Author: Chloe Seagar
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 0702307203
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Maya is down in the dumps ... quite literally. She's just been pied off by her boyfriend before what was supposed to be their last romantic summer before heading off to Uni. Luckily help is at hand in the form of her friends, determined to hook her up with a fun summer romance, no strings attached. And with a summer job working at fancy new beach resort in town, how can she fail to meet the guy of her dreams? Hot weather, hot guys, hot summer romance... it's a dead cert. But with three perfect-on-paper guys to choose from, not to mention her snakey ex re-entering the picture, how will she know which guy to go for?
My Type on Paper
Author: Chloe Seagar
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 0702307203
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Maya is down in the dumps ... quite literally. She's just been pied off by her boyfriend before what was supposed to be their last romantic summer before heading off to Uni. Luckily help is at hand in the form of her friends, determined to hook her up with a fun summer romance, no strings attached. And with a summer job working at fancy new beach resort in town, how can she fail to meet the guy of her dreams? Hot weather, hot guys, hot summer romance... it's a dead cert. But with three perfect-on-paper guys to choose from, not to mention her snakey ex re-entering the picture, how will she know which guy to go for?
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 0702307203
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Maya is down in the dumps ... quite literally. She's just been pied off by her boyfriend before what was supposed to be their last romantic summer before heading off to Uni. Luckily help is at hand in the form of her friends, determined to hook her up with a fun summer romance, no strings attached. And with a summer job working at fancy new beach resort in town, how can she fail to meet the guy of her dreams? Hot weather, hot guys, hot summer romance... it's a dead cert. But with three perfect-on-paper guys to choose from, not to mention her snakey ex re-entering the picture, how will she know which guy to go for?
Just My Type
Author: Hannah Doyle
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 1472260074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
'I am officially a fan-girl' LUCY VINE The new bestselling novel from Hannah Doyle, author of the hit rom-com THE YEAR OF SAYING YES, perfect for fans of Love Island, Lucy Vine's What Fresh Hell and Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love. Picked by Closer as a Must Read! He's my type on paper . . . but IRL? Meet Jasmine: - The quirky/cool photographer to a superstar blogger - She's going on a date with a SUPER hot guy on the London Eye tonight - Best friend Mila is her wifey for life - This millennial is #LivingHerBestLife But fast-forward a few hours, and the reality isn't quite so picture perfect. Jasmine hates her stuck-up blogger boss. She can barely afford rent in her stupid London flat. Her best friend seems to have all her sh*t together. Oh, and that date she was so excited about? She got dumped. On the London Eye. In the middle of a thunderstorm. With a bunch of tourists watching... Best friend Mila decides that Jasmine needs a new 'type on paper', because Jasmine's current criteria is so off that her dating history is one long line-up of fools. So Mila challenges Jasmine to look once, if not twice, at the guys who wouldn't normally fit her 'type'. With nothing to lose, Jasmine accepts. Maybe, just maybe, she'll surprise herself. ______________________________ Readers love Hannah Doyle! 'A hilarious read' BELLA 'Ultimate beach read' REVEAL 'Move over Bridget Jones there's a new girl in town!' GOODREADS REVIEWER ON THE YEAR OF SAYING YES 'Omg there is a new Bridget Jones in town!' CLAIRE LOVES TO READ 'Loved it' LISA DICKENSON
Publisher: Review
ISBN: 1472260074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
'I am officially a fan-girl' LUCY VINE The new bestselling novel from Hannah Doyle, author of the hit rom-com THE YEAR OF SAYING YES, perfect for fans of Love Island, Lucy Vine's What Fresh Hell and Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love. Picked by Closer as a Must Read! He's my type on paper . . . but IRL? Meet Jasmine: - The quirky/cool photographer to a superstar blogger - She's going on a date with a SUPER hot guy on the London Eye tonight - Best friend Mila is her wifey for life - This millennial is #LivingHerBestLife But fast-forward a few hours, and the reality isn't quite so picture perfect. Jasmine hates her stuck-up blogger boss. She can barely afford rent in her stupid London flat. Her best friend seems to have all her sh*t together. Oh, and that date she was so excited about? She got dumped. On the London Eye. In the middle of a thunderstorm. With a bunch of tourists watching... Best friend Mila decides that Jasmine needs a new 'type on paper', because Jasmine's current criteria is so off that her dating history is one long line-up of fools. So Mila challenges Jasmine to look once, if not twice, at the guys who wouldn't normally fit her 'type'. With nothing to lose, Jasmine accepts. Maybe, just maybe, she'll surprise herself. ______________________________ Readers love Hannah Doyle! 'A hilarious read' BELLA 'Ultimate beach read' REVEAL 'Move over Bridget Jones there's a new girl in town!' GOODREADS REVIEWER ON THE YEAR OF SAYING YES 'Omg there is a new Bridget Jones in town!' CLAIRE LOVES TO READ 'Loved it' LISA DICKENSON
Stylistic Approaches to Pop Culture
Author: Christoph Schubert
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000619214
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This collection showcases the unique potential of stylistic approaches for better understanding the multifaceted nature of pop culture discourse. As its point of departure, the book takes the notion of pop culture as a phenomenon characterized by the interaction of linguistic signs with other modes such as imagery and music to examine a diverse range of genres through the lens of stylistics. Each section is grouped around thematic lines, looking at literary fiction, telecinematic discourse, music and lyrics, as well as cartoons and video games. The 12 chapters analyze different forms of media through five central strands of stylistics, from sociolinguistic, pragmatic, cognitive, multimodal, to corpus-based approaches. In drawing on these various stylistic frameworks and applying them across genres and modes, the contributions offer readers deeper insights into the role of scripted and performed language in social representation and identity construction, thereby highlighting the affordances of stylistics research in studying pop cultural texts. This volume is of particular interest to students and researchers in stylistics, linguistics, literary studies, media studies, and cultural studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000619214
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This collection showcases the unique potential of stylistic approaches for better understanding the multifaceted nature of pop culture discourse. As its point of departure, the book takes the notion of pop culture as a phenomenon characterized by the interaction of linguistic signs with other modes such as imagery and music to examine a diverse range of genres through the lens of stylistics. Each section is grouped around thematic lines, looking at literary fiction, telecinematic discourse, music and lyrics, as well as cartoons and video games. The 12 chapters analyze different forms of media through five central strands of stylistics, from sociolinguistic, pragmatic, cognitive, multimodal, to corpus-based approaches. In drawing on these various stylistic frameworks and applying them across genres and modes, the contributions offer readers deeper insights into the role of scripted and performed language in social representation and identity construction, thereby highlighting the affordances of stylistics research in studying pop cultural texts. This volume is of particular interest to students and researchers in stylistics, linguistics, literary studies, media studies, and cultural studies.
Background Music
Author: J.R. Rogue
Publisher: Rogue Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
You're more than background music for someone else's life. Katarina Roberts wants to move on--and for the men of her past to let her. So, the shop owner keeps to herself, staying busy with the day-to-day tasks of keeping her store afloat in the heart of the Ozarks. But the sound of a knock on her bedroom window changes everything. You never truly know how you will react to the demons in your life until you are face to face with them. Answering that knock leads to Reese Taylor: the man who spends his nights as the lead singer of the band New Leaf, while wanting to turn over one of his own. Take me home and take me without hesitation. Like I'm a song. Like I've never been a regret. What started as an encounter becomes more of an entanglement when a sense of safety disrupts their solitude. As their relationship deepens, echoes from a violent past threaten to break down everything they've rebuilt. Background Music is Book 2 of the Muse & Music Series. It can be read as a standalone.
Publisher: Rogue Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
You're more than background music for someone else's life. Katarina Roberts wants to move on--and for the men of her past to let her. So, the shop owner keeps to herself, staying busy with the day-to-day tasks of keeping her store afloat in the heart of the Ozarks. But the sound of a knock on her bedroom window changes everything. You never truly know how you will react to the demons in your life until you are face to face with them. Answering that knock leads to Reese Taylor: the man who spends his nights as the lead singer of the band New Leaf, while wanting to turn over one of his own. Take me home and take me without hesitation. Like I'm a song. Like I've never been a regret. What started as an encounter becomes more of an entanglement when a sense of safety disrupts their solitude. As their relationship deepens, echoes from a violent past threaten to break down everything they've rebuilt. Background Music is Book 2 of the Muse & Music Series. It can be read as a standalone.
A Moment in Snowdrop
Author: Ellis Brennan
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
ISBN: 1786454726
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Ellis had always dreamed of being a mother. This story tells of her journey to motherhood and experiences of being a mum to her daughter, Paige, before Paige died at seven weeks old on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. No parent can prepare for the worst, but A Moment in Snowdrop shares an insight into the realities of loss and exposes the experiences, heartache and grief that come when a baby dies. Highlighting Ellis’s desperation for some way to ‘feel better’, to find her identity, and how she thought she would never smile again, A Moment in Snowdrop is a book of immense love, despair and longing with hope for happier days to come.
Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing
ISBN: 1786454726
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Ellis had always dreamed of being a mother. This story tells of her journey to motherhood and experiences of being a mum to her daughter, Paige, before Paige died at seven weeks old on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. No parent can prepare for the worst, but A Moment in Snowdrop shares an insight into the realities of loss and exposes the experiences, heartache and grief that come when a baby dies. Highlighting Ellis’s desperation for some way to ‘feel better’, to find her identity, and how she thought she would never smile again, A Moment in Snowdrop is a book of immense love, despair and longing with hope for happier days to come.
Me vs. Brain
Author: Hayley Morris
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454953837
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In her warm and witty debut about living with intrusive thoughts and anxiety, bestselling author Hayley Morris shows—with her signature sparkling humor and unflinching honesty—that being an overthinker is both a blessing and a curse. She confronts the funny (if painful) moments that arise when your brain and body refuse to cooperate and your inner voice won’t shut up. No subject is too taboo for Hayley, whether that’s forgetting how to walk when people are watching or the frustrations of dating. Me vs. Brain is for any reader hoping to befriend their brain, even when it’s “scatty, annoying, and wrong about basically everything.”
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
ISBN: 1454953837
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In her warm and witty debut about living with intrusive thoughts and anxiety, bestselling author Hayley Morris shows—with her signature sparkling humor and unflinching honesty—that being an overthinker is both a blessing and a curse. She confronts the funny (if painful) moments that arise when your brain and body refuse to cooperate and your inner voice won’t shut up. No subject is too taboo for Hayley, whether that’s forgetting how to walk when people are watching or the frustrations of dating. Me vs. Brain is for any reader hoping to befriend their brain, even when it’s “scatty, annoying, and wrong about basically everything.”
#Blessed
Author: Pete Durant
Publisher: Pete Durant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Student Freddie Abbott is living his best life. Popular, healthy, smart, going places. So when he takes his own life, his family want to know why. Was his death simply a tragic consequence of the pressures of modern life, or was something more sinister at work? Freddie's uncle Ben, a recent divorcee and journalist, sets out into the unfamiliar digital world of another generation to find out. Following his only lead, a card that directs him to a new AI life coach app called #Blessed, Ben begins to live Freddie's life, dropped head first into a world of social media obsession, digital overexposure, torrid romance and a possible government conspiracy. Will #Blessed lead him to Freddie's truth? Or is Ben's new perfect digital life just one more dangerous lie?
Publisher: Pete Durant
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Student Freddie Abbott is living his best life. Popular, healthy, smart, going places. So when he takes his own life, his family want to know why. Was his death simply a tragic consequence of the pressures of modern life, or was something more sinister at work? Freddie's uncle Ben, a recent divorcee and journalist, sets out into the unfamiliar digital world of another generation to find out. Following his only lead, a card that directs him to a new AI life coach app called #Blessed, Ben begins to live Freddie's life, dropped head first into a world of social media obsession, digital overexposure, torrid romance and a possible government conspiracy. Will #Blessed lead him to Freddie's truth? Or is Ben's new perfect digital life just one more dangerous lie?
The Faking Game
Author: Portia MacIntosh
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1804266787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A laugh-out-loud fake dating romantic comedy from MILLION-COPY bestseller Portia MacIntosh! Cara and Millsy have broken up... sort of. After years of being everyone's favourite couple, always up for a party and having fun wherever they go, things have fizzled out. But when they realise they have a whole calendar of events and celebrations with friends and family coming up, Cara and Millsy can't face letting them down. So they decide to make a pact: just convince everyone they're as madly in love as ever and get through the festivities without causing suspicion, and then deal with the break up in the new year. How hard can it be...? Swept up in the festive spirit, will Cara and Millsy fake it til they make it? Or will they realise they are meant to be after all...? Join MILLION-COPY bestseller Portia MacIntosh for the ultimate fake relationship romantic comedy. If you loved The Plus One Pact, you can't miss this! Praise for Portia MacIntosh: 'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low 'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin ‘This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.' Mandy Baggot 'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker on Your Place or Mine? 'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove on Your Place or Mine? 'Fun and witty. Pure escapism!' Laura Carter on Fake It Or Leave It 'A hilarious, roaringly fun, feel good, sexy read. I LOVED it!' Holly Martin on Honeymoon For One 'A heartwarming, fun story, perfect for several hours of pure escapism.' Jessica Redland on Honeymoon for One 'A feel good, funny and well written book. I read it in 2 days and enjoyed every second!' A.L. Michael on Honeymoon for One 'Super-romantic and full of festive spirit. I loved it!' Mandy Baggot on Stuck On You
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1804266787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A laugh-out-loud fake dating romantic comedy from MILLION-COPY bestseller Portia MacIntosh! Cara and Millsy have broken up... sort of. After years of being everyone's favourite couple, always up for a party and having fun wherever they go, things have fizzled out. But when they realise they have a whole calendar of events and celebrations with friends and family coming up, Cara and Millsy can't face letting them down. So they decide to make a pact: just convince everyone they're as madly in love as ever and get through the festivities without causing suspicion, and then deal with the break up in the new year. How hard can it be...? Swept up in the festive spirit, will Cara and Millsy fake it til they make it? Or will they realise they are meant to be after all...? Join MILLION-COPY bestseller Portia MacIntosh for the ultimate fake relationship romantic comedy. If you loved The Plus One Pact, you can't miss this! Praise for Portia MacIntosh: 'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low 'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin ‘This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.' Mandy Baggot 'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker on Your Place or Mine? 'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove on Your Place or Mine? 'Fun and witty. Pure escapism!' Laura Carter on Fake It Or Leave It 'A hilarious, roaringly fun, feel good, sexy read. I LOVED it!' Holly Martin on Honeymoon For One 'A heartwarming, fun story, perfect for several hours of pure escapism.' Jessica Redland on Honeymoon for One 'A feel good, funny and well written book. I read it in 2 days and enjoyed every second!' A.L. Michael on Honeymoon for One 'Super-romantic and full of festive spirit. I loved it!' Mandy Baggot on Stuck On You
The Next Girl
Author: Pip Drysdale
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 166802148X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For fans of The Perfect Girlfriend, The Flight Attendant, and Promising Young Woman, a compulsively readable suspense novel about a woman who will stop at nothing to expose the dark secrets of a powerful man—with shocking results. A bad day at work. A drunken night. A rogue Instagram follow. That’s all it takes to ruin a life...but whose life will be ruined? When Billie wakes up in a strange guy’s bed, her first thought is: What happened last night? She can’t even remember meeting him. And how the hell did she get to Coney Island? Then reality bites and the memories flood in—the reason she was in that bar drinking to start with was because today she’s going to get fired. Yesterday, her law firm lost a high-profile assault case: Samuel Grange v Jane Delaney. And it looked like it was her fault. It wasn’t. Yet now Samuel Grange is free to drive off into the sunset in his Porsche and do it all again to another woman. And all Billie can think is: What about the next girl? And the one after that? But there is nothing she can do to stop him. Unless…She could expose the truth about him on her own. Then everyone would see what he is really like. She could make sure he’ll never be able to do it again. The problem is, the only way to protect the next girl is to become the next girl. And, well, that could be a little risky...even deadly.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 166802148X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
For fans of The Perfect Girlfriend, The Flight Attendant, and Promising Young Woman, a compulsively readable suspense novel about a woman who will stop at nothing to expose the dark secrets of a powerful man—with shocking results. A bad day at work. A drunken night. A rogue Instagram follow. That’s all it takes to ruin a life...but whose life will be ruined? When Billie wakes up in a strange guy’s bed, her first thought is: What happened last night? She can’t even remember meeting him. And how the hell did she get to Coney Island? Then reality bites and the memories flood in—the reason she was in that bar drinking to start with was because today she’s going to get fired. Yesterday, her law firm lost a high-profile assault case: Samuel Grange v Jane Delaney. And it looked like it was her fault. It wasn’t. Yet now Samuel Grange is free to drive off into the sunset in his Porsche and do it all again to another woman. And all Billie can think is: What about the next girl? And the one after that? But there is nothing she can do to stop him. Unless…She could expose the truth about him on her own. Then everyone would see what he is really like. She could make sure he’ll never be able to do it again. The problem is, the only way to protect the next girl is to become the next girl. And, well, that could be a little risky...even deadly.
The Suite Life
Author: Portia MacIntosh
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1804267074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Join MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh for a close proximity, friends-to-lovers, summer romantic comedy. Gigi isn't looking for the one. Just someone...! As she gears up for her sister’s destination wedding in Hawaii, the countdown is on for Gigi to find a date. Just someone to prove to her friends and family that she's ok, and to stop the pitying looks would be great! Of course she can’t wait to be bridesmaid for her sister, but it’s just not ideal that the best man is also her ex... especially when he is bringing his hot new reality star girlfriend! But when Gigi arrives at the hotel in Hawaii to find there has been a mix-up with her room, and she’s been upgraded to a suite, things start to look up. Not only is the room bigger than her entire flat, but the staff are waiting on her hand and foot, and she’s being treated like royalty! Something isn’t quite right, but The Suite Life suits Gigi, and why shouldn’t she pamper herself while she mends her broken heart? It may even lead to her finding the perfect date after all... MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh's laugh-out-loud romantic comedies are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Praise for Portia MacIntosh: 'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low 'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin ‘This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.' Mandy Baggot 'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker on Your Place or Mine? 'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove on Your Place or Mine? 'Fun and witty. Pure escapism!' Laura Carter on Fake It Or Leave It 'A hilarious, roaringly fun, feel good, sexy read. I LOVED it!' Holly Martin on Honeymoon For One 'A heartwarming, fun story, perfect for several hours of pure escapism.' Jessica Redland on Honeymoon for One 'A feel good, funny and well written book. I read it in 2 days and enjoyed every second!' A.L. Michael on Honeymoon for One 'Super-romantic and full of festive spirit. I loved it!' Mandy Baggot on Stuck On You
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1804267074
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Join MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh for a close proximity, friends-to-lovers, summer romantic comedy. Gigi isn't looking for the one. Just someone...! As she gears up for her sister’s destination wedding in Hawaii, the countdown is on for Gigi to find a date. Just someone to prove to her friends and family that she's ok, and to stop the pitying looks would be great! Of course she can’t wait to be bridesmaid for her sister, but it’s just not ideal that the best man is also her ex... especially when he is bringing his hot new reality star girlfriend! But when Gigi arrives at the hotel in Hawaii to find there has been a mix-up with her room, and she’s been upgraded to a suite, things start to look up. Not only is the room bigger than her entire flat, but the staff are waiting on her hand and foot, and she’s being treated like royalty! Something isn’t quite right, but The Suite Life suits Gigi, and why shouldn’t she pamper herself while she mends her broken heart? It may even lead to her finding the perfect date after all... MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Portia MacIntosh's laugh-out-loud romantic comedies are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Praise for Portia MacIntosh: 'Smart, funny and always brilliantly entertaining, every book from Portia becomes my new favourite rom com.' Shari Low 'I laughed, I cried - I loved it.’ Holly Martin 'The queen of rom com!' Rebecca Raisin ‘This book made me laugh and kept me turning the pages.' Mandy Baggot 'A fun, fabulous 5 star rom com!' Sandy Barker on Your Place or Mine? 'Loved the book, it's everything you expect from the force that is Portia! A must read' Rachel Dove on Your Place or Mine? 'Fun and witty. Pure escapism!' Laura Carter on Fake It Or Leave It 'A hilarious, roaringly fun, feel good, sexy read. I LOVED it!' Holly Martin on Honeymoon For One 'A heartwarming, fun story, perfect for several hours of pure escapism.' Jessica Redland on Honeymoon for One 'A feel good, funny and well written book. I read it in 2 days and enjoyed every second!' A.L. Michael on Honeymoon for One 'Super-romantic and full of festive spirit. I loved it!' Mandy Baggot on Stuck On You