This week it's all about our summer TBRs!
I decided to make the first half books I still need to get and the second half books that are already sitting on my shelf.
1. Ten Things we did and probably Shouldn't Have by Sarah Mlynowski
I've heard amazing things about this one, I love, love, love contemporary novels AND it's coming out in paperback in July so yes, I need to get it!
2. Frio by Laurie Halse Anderson
Not that I have read Wintergirls yet. It's just that I'm so smart and wise that I know I will like it and preorder the sequel weeks before it'd be necessary.
3. Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard
I feel like Sara Shepard has the fourth book in this series coming out a year after the first. Which is weird. How fast can that woman type??? Whatever, I think she should keep up with the speed - I love her series!
4. 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
This sounds like the perfect book to read during my lunch breaks at work when all I see is the beautiful weather outside and all I get to do is stare at a computer screen calculating prices for products I don't even know!
5. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Oh, well. I am that girl buying a book just for its cover, realizing way too late that it's a sequel and then going out again, head down, picking up book no.1. Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading Impulse and Perfect because everyone seems to love them and I've never read a book in verse and I hear Ellen Hopkins is amazing :D
6. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
This, my lovely readers, is part of a little special I'm planning for Summer Reading in July!
7. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
I'm having a huge debate with myself over this one. The problem? It looks like a fall book, but I want to read it now - right now!! But seriously guys? Those colors? Totally fall.
8. How To Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Oh, awesome right? Footprints in the snow. How summer-y. But whatever. I wanted this so badly and then I got it for my birthday and all those people out there love it so why wait until winter? Like...honestly!
9. Belles by Jen Calonita
Wanted this despite all the mixed reviews I heard. Might regret it, might not. Fact is, my life would never feel complete without my trying this book.
10. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
You need an explanation? Read the synopsis.
I loved Born Wicked. It is such a captivating read. I have Ten Things... and I started reading it a while ago but it's been a slow read for me. I'll have to just finish it one of these days because I'm sure if I actually devote some time to it I'll end up loving it.
ReplyDeleteI am so freaking excited for Born Wicked! Sounds like the kind of book I'd devour!
DeleteI really want to read 52 Reasons, too! I enjoyed Brody's previous book.
ReplyDeleteI've slacked off on the Lying Games books. I wasn't a fan of the show and that has delayed me picking up the last two. I'm silly like that...lol!
No, I didn't like the show, either, but I love the atmosphere in both The Lying Game and Pretty Little Liars - so creepy, yet girly!
DeleteI read TEN THINGS WE DID AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE and loved it!
ReplyDeleteMost of these books are on my TBR list.
Great selection!
-Marybeth P.
Thanks! I feel like almost everyone loved Ten Things and I'm a sucker for contemps :)
DeleteI really enjoyed Born Wicked :) Hope you do, too! I've also thought about Ten Things, but I just haven't picked it up yet. Hope you find some great reads!!
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I'm sure I'll love Born Wicked - it sounds so amazing!
DeleteA great list of Summer reads! I want to read Belles as well I think you should only ever judge a book for yourself, though, and not by what others say! Ten Things is FANTASTIC! I loved it - I'm sure you will too!
ReplyDeleteSo true! I really want to make up my own opinion on Belles!
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ReplyDeleteI read "Impulse" (loved it), "Ten Things We Did" (Meh). I have Born Wicked on my priority TBR list. I wish my library would get "Belles"- I went to request it on their website, but that feature is disabled.
That's a bummer! I got Belles for my birthday and I was soo excited - I've been staring on it on amazon for months now :)
DeleteThe first one has a title that is perfect for these! And I hate to say it but I agree with you! Born Wicked was great - and a great fall book!
ReplyDeleteI might actually wait till fall to read it - then again there's gonna be tons of new fall books I'll want to read then :D
DeleteFrom your list I've read 10 Things We Did... and also The Catastrophic History of You and Me. Both are excellent, in different ways! Hope you enjoy them. Born Wicked is on my shelf too, to get to one of these days...
ReplyDelete10 Things and TCHOYAM sound so much like great contemporaries for summer - can't wait to dig into them :)
Delete10 Things is so getting read this summer. It keeps hiding on my nook. Come out, come out where ever you are.
ReplyDeleteGreat list & thanks for stopping by.
Great resolution :) If you read it first, tell me what you think of it!
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ReplyDeleteSuch a great list ! OMG you really need to read Born Wicked !!! I loved it it's my favorite 2012 debut novel :). But I totally agree with you the cover looks like a fall book.
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DeleteI haven't heard of all of those books but quite a few of them are on my TR list too (: Really want to read Born Wicked and Belles, but Ten Things We Did and Probably Shouldn't have sounds like an awesome summer read :D
ReplyDeleteIt does! Sound like a great summer read, i mean - its one of the books I really want to buy and read this summer!
DeleteAhh, all the contemps on your list are ones that I've been dying to read! Especially Ten Things We Did, because I've heard that it's incredibly funny haha! And I also really want to read Belles even though it's had mixed reviews. I think I'm just drawn to the cover, because well, it's just so freaking pretty! Thanks for stopping by :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right - the cover is amazing! Also, I loooove contempemps but I especially love them for summer!
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