AN APPLE BEST BOOK OF FEBRUARY
"It is almost impossible to find the words for a truly original novel such as Bad Habits, a primal scream of a book that could be written only by this author at this time. Amy Gentry is in utter control of this anaconda of a story as it twists, squeezes and lashes out at the reader. And all the reader can do is stare helplessly back, mesmerized. In case it’s not clear, I loved it.” ...

All’s fair in love and prank wars. For barista and café owner Sari Tomas, Christmas means parols, family and no-holds-barred karaoke contests. This year, though, a new neighbor is throwing a wrench in all her best-laid plans. The baker next door—“some fancy boy from Manila”—might have cute buns, but when he tries to poach her customers with cheap coffee and cheaper tactics, the competition is officially on. And Baker Boy better be ready,...

From the award-winning author of The Slap comes a powerfully moving story of forgiveness and a young man's struggle towards maturity. His whole life, Danny Kelly has wanted just one thing: to win Olympic gold. Everything he's ever done--every thought, every dream, every action--has taken him closer to that moment of glory, of vindication, when the world would see him for what he is: the fastest, the strongest and the best. His life has been a preparation...

Select teenaged girls are invited to join the exclusive and futuristic Alpha Academy, where they must compete feverishly to establish and maintain their status among their extremely competitive peers.

A dark comedy that focusses on Del Hanks, a forty-year-old woman, and an exploration of the female experience in academia.

Aza Wu knows that casting magic is dangerous, it killed her sister. But she is desperate to pay off Saint Willow and save her family's teahouse. She secretly enters an underground magic casting tournament.

Emmett accepts an interstellar space contract but learns en route that to win the promised fortune he and nine other recruits face a brutal competition, putting their very humanity at risk.

Lucy Hutton hates her co-worker Joshua Templeman. But when they end up stuck together working 40-60 hour weeks, they end up becoming entrenched in an addictive, ridiculous never-ending game of one-upmanship. So why is Lucy suddenly having steamy dreams about Joshua? In 'The Hating Game', debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy allabout that thin, fine line between hate and love.

"Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show."--