Now’s your chance to start your summer road trip (even if it’s just by being submerged in a hot summer read) — and win great prizes.  Join our 2013 Summer Reading Challenge!  Are you up for the challenge?  Make this your summer reading list, read each book, share your reviews, get to know the authors and enter to win weekly prizes.  The challenge kicks off today and will go through mid-August. Join the event on Facebook for more information!

Keep an eye out during the challenge for bonus picks to earn more points towards the prizes. The more you read and the more you share, the more you win. Happy reading!

Without further adieu, here is stop #12 in the Summer Reading Challenge, All My Restless Life to Live by Dee DeTarsio!

Setting: San Diego

Plot: Life is a soap opera in All My Restless Life to Live, especially for Elle Miller, who writes for one. (Ellen dropped the “n” in her name in hopes of finding a better ending for herself.) When her laptop crashed, she borrowed her dead dad’s computer and got more than she bargained for. As Elle comes to terms with her father’s death, she’s busy unraveling mysterious communications from his computer. From dealing with her mom, who has decided to give Internet dating a try, to saving her career at I’d Rather Be Loved, with a storyline featuring a trip through Atlantis, to a trip to the Emmys, Elle also finds herself in the middle of a romance between a real doctor and a hunk who just plays one on TV. Friends, family, and clues from “the other side” all help Elle figure out the difference between living the good life and living a good life. Hint: The universe always gives us clues.

 

Here’s what people are saying about All My Restless Life to Live:

• “All My Restless Life to Live is a great chic-lit book.  There are some tough subjects, but Dee DeTarsio handled them all perfectly and made this a book I wanted to keep reading.” – A Novel Review
• “The tale weaves seamlessly between Elle’s real-life struggle to find love and closure, while peeking inside the addictive plot of her Emmy-nominated soap. You all know I worship classic chicklit – and this delivers.”  -Chick Lit & Wine