A very interesting read about a Phone Company that suddenly comes into a small town and gives everyone new cell phones that begin to control everyone's lives. These phones have apps that seem to be designed specifically for that one person, no one else can get the same apps. These people also have the ability to control and do certain things anonymously through their phone that they otherwise would not do. There is only one person in town that refuses to use his new phone which means he is the only person that notices the changes in everyone around him. Can he save the small town and everyone in it before it's too late?  

After inexperienced Oriana's shitty relationship with arsehole Paul ends, she runs into the dicks of five other men.. at the same time. This whole book had me asking "why???"  Why does it go back and forth between first and last names? Who the hell is this guy again? Oh, that's right. Him. Did that grown man actually just boop this grown woman on the nose? What's the big attraction with this whiny brat? How did I finish this book? Ugh. So stupid and unrealistic.

I decided to read these essays because Appel definitely is a talented writer, but I found this torture to get through. A few essays were okay, but there wasn't one in there that made me think 'hey, I'm glad I read this book'.

The Forever Bridge? More like The Forever Book. This book went on and on about nothing, really. Here is one story: Sylvie and her family, what happened that night on the bridge that would change their lives forever. Here is another story: Nessa, a young tramp who teaches Sylvie how to live again. This is my first T. Greenwood book. I didn't care for it at all.

This is a collection of eight well-written short stories. Hue and Cry - A convicted sex offender lives down the road from thirteen-year-old Lizzie. While her best friend wants to break into his house and explore, her dying father wants to take her and her sister over to welcome him to the neighbourhood. La Tristesse Des Herissons - A couple's pet hedgehog begins feeling depressed. Adeline devotes herself to the well-being of this hedgehog while Josh reluctantly does the same. Strings - A Rabbi's former lover shows up out of the blue asking for her help in setting up a performance of four hundred cellos. Limerence - A beautiful, rebellious, popular girl who has grown up too fast steals the heart of the young boy across the street. Einstein's Beach House - A man's plan to make some quick cash goes awry and the family is left to find another place to live. The Rod of Asclepius - A little girl accompanies her widowed father on trips to the hospital and decides she wants to

A well-written collection of eight short stories. Choose Your Own Genetics - A smart teenager finds out about her family after she does a science experiment (several times). Creve Coeur - A man who runs a lighting store gets a surprise when his ex-fiancée's stepdaughter shows up telling him that her stepmother wants a chandelier put in. Scouting for the Reaper - A father takes his "Girl Scout" daughter door-to-door selling tombstones. Ad Valorem - Greta's husband has just passed away. For decades he has been going to the same accountant, even after they moved. Greta decides to go to him as well even though there is an H&R within walking distance from her house. One of the things she learns about the accountant is that his wife has also just passed away. Rods and Cones - Empty nester Roberta's pet rabbit has gone blind. She does whatever she can to find out what can be done for him. The Extinction of Fairy Tales - When Edie bought the house she "inherited&