Waiting on Wednesday - Legacy by Molly Cochran

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly memo that is hosted by Breaking the Spine Blog.

This week I am featuring Legacy by Molly Cochran

So more about the book….

Expected Release Date: 20th December 2011


When her widowed father dumps 16-year-old Katy Jessevar in a boarding school in Whitfield, Massachusetts, she has no idea that fate has just opened the door to both her future and her past. Nearly everyone in Whitfield is a witch, as is Katy herself, although she has struggled all her life to hide her unusual talents. Stuck at a boarding school where her fellow studens seem to despise her, Katy soon discovers that Whitfield is the place where her mother commited suicide under mysterious circumstances when Katy was just a small child. With dark forces converging on Whitfield, it’s up to Katy to unravel her family’s many secrets to save the boy she loves and the town itself from destruction.



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Debs :-)

My November Books Read Wrap Up

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Book Review - Radiate by Marley Gibson

Hayley Matthews has one dream: to make it onto the varsity cheerleading team her senior year of high school. Odds are against her, but she doesn't let that stop her from trying. So she works hard for months, perfecting her gymnastics and dancing moves. And despite the odds, she makes the squad.

In an instant, Hayley's life changes. Now she's part of the popular crowd at school, dating a football player, and going to parties. And she's working hard to be as perfect on the squad as her captain expects them all to be.

But then one day Hayley notices a lump on her left leg and the steady throb she's been feeling has gotten much worse. She can barely walk. When Hayley goes with her mom to get it checked out, the diagnosis is cancer. The doctor can't say how bad it is or what the prognosis will be. At the minimum, she'll have to have surgery. At the most it could mean loss of her leg or even her life. 

Once again Hayley's life changes in an instant. Now she must face the odds again and show everyone, including herself, just how strong she is. And through it all--three surgeries, chemo, radiation, rehab, and just getting back to a normal life--it's cheerleading that keeps Hayley focused and positive. 

All she wants to do is cheer, and nothing, including cancer, is going to stop her. 

Expected Release Date:   3rd April 2012

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My Review:   100000000000000000000000 out of 10.....

An absolutely amazing book that completely blew me away...  From just the cover, I had thought that this book would be a light easy read, a bit like a young adult chick lit type of story.  Boy, was I wrong.  This book was so emotional with plenty of twists and turns along the way.

In this story, Hayley is such a strong character that before the cancer she had a clear plan of how she wanted her life to be and then all of a sudden was told that what she had planned may not happen.  She certainly took the bull by the horns, got on with what she had to go with a clear focus on the fact that she wanted to be a cheerleader and not even the cancer was going to stop her achieving her dreams.

Absolutely fantastic story with a great combination of friendship, love, family and a few twists and turns along the way.

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Debs :-)

Book Review - How to Eat A Cupcake by Meg Donohue

Funny, free-spirited Annie Quintana and sophisticated, ambitious Julia St. Clair come from two different worlds. Yet, as the daughter of the St. Clair’s housekeeper, Annie grew up in Julia’s San Francisco mansion and they forged a bond that only two little girls who know nothing of class differences and scholarships could—until a life-altering betrayal destroyed their friendship.

A decade later, Annie is now a talented, if underpaid, pastry chef who bakes to fill the void left in her heart by her mother’s death. Julia, a successful businesswoman, is tormented by a painful secret that could jeopardize her engagement to the man she loves. When a chance reunion prompts the unlikely duo to open a cupcakery, they must overcome past hurts and a mysterious saboteur or risk losing their fledgling business and any chance of healing their fractured friendship.

Expected Release Date : 13th March 2012

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My Review:  10 out of 10 

Oh my goodness, this was such a great chick lit book, I could not put it down!  I really fancy a cupcake and I wonder why!!! lol!

This story centres on Annie who we see quite a number of years after her mother has passed and she had moved away to be a pasty chef far away from where she grew up.  We see Annie return to her childhood and is reunited with her friend Julia St Clair, who is the daughter of the St Clair dynasty.  Something had happened between childhood and the present day which had torn the friendship between Annie and Julia apart and this story follows these two characters as they are brought together in a very unexpected way.  Annie carries a lot of worries and hurt on her shoulders and it was very interesting to find out what happens next.

We also follow the story of Julia St Clair in this book and find out more about her story, her engagement to Wes and a secret that she has been hiding from everyone.

This story does also have an element of mystery to it as we see Annie and Julia come together to form a cupcakery business but there is someone out there who does not want them to suceed and turns to sabotaging their business....   

An absolutely amazing chick lit book that I would strongly recommend to all you chick lit lovers out there...

Best wishes

Debs :-)