I literally read Better than the Movies in one sitting, staying up all night because I couldn't put it down. I needed to know what would happen with our two main characters, Wes and Liz. This YA novel earned a rare 5 out of 5 stars from me.

Long story short, if you want a romance with well-thought-out characters (or even semi-thought-out), Same Time Next Year probably isn't for you. If you're just after the smut, well, I think you'll find better smut elsewhere.

In Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, all of the odds are against Kimberly and her mother after their move to the United States, yet they make it through by having faith that things will get better and being resourceful when necessary.

Jean Kwok's writing style draws you right in. In a world where there are too many books and too little time, there are fewer and fewer books I read past the first chapter. I need to be hooked immediately and the Prologue for The Leftover Woman did that. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down.