Saturday
Jul172010
Awesome Books I've Read Lately
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 09:00AM
What, have you missed me? Well, I've been reading a lot this summer, and not blogging because of it, so whatever.
First, my favorite book so far this summer is Angie Frazier's EVERLASTING. The number one surprise about this book is how HOT a guy named Oscar can be! As someone who has a serious and generations deep love for the sea, this book literally made me want to run off onto a clipper and never come back. It's a gorgeous story about that emotional turning point you have in your teens that turns you from the person your parents want you to be to the person that is authentically you, and it's all done against the backdrop of adventure, intrigue, magic and love. Um, what could be better? Loved it, can't wait for the sequel. Check out the book trailer and more about Angie.
Second, I can't believe how much in love I've fallen (and how quickly I've consumed) the Gallagher Girls series. After following Kristin Nelson for a long time (who, by the way, reps a lot of my favorite books lately), I finally rented ID TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN ID HAVE TO KILL YOU from my library and read it (which, by the way, so epic because it's the longest title ever!). The first book was fluff, but it's fun fluff. The second (read just as quickly) CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY, was still fluffy. The third, however, DONT JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER was where the danger got a little more real in the book, and the series genuinely grabbed me. I got ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG to read on an airplane and I finished it before we touched down (and the flight was only an hour). Ally Carter, you've got me hooked! And this all was after reading (and not entirely liking) HEIST SOCIETY. I cannot wait to read what happens in the next book, and obviously I'm not the only one, because Ally has a very funny afterword in the book that laments how she can't write fast enough. Get on it, Carter!
What else should I be reading, people? Always looking for an awesome new YA!
First, my favorite book so far this summer is Angie Frazier's EVERLASTING. The number one surprise about this book is how HOT a guy named Oscar can be! As someone who has a serious and generations deep love for the sea, this book literally made me want to run off onto a clipper and never come back. It's a gorgeous story about that emotional turning point you have in your teens that turns you from the person your parents want you to be to the person that is authentically you, and it's all done against the backdrop of adventure, intrigue, magic and love. Um, what could be better? Loved it, can't wait for the sequel. Check out the book trailer and more about Angie.
Second, I can't believe how much in love I've fallen (and how quickly I've consumed) the Gallagher Girls series. After following Kristin Nelson for a long time (who, by the way, reps a lot of my favorite books lately), I finally rented ID TELL YOU I LOVE YOU BUT THEN ID HAVE TO KILL YOU from my library and read it (which, by the way, so epic because it's the longest title ever!). The first book was fluff, but it's fun fluff. The second (read just as quickly) CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO SPY, was still fluffy. The third, however, DONT JUDGE A GIRL BY HER COVER was where the danger got a little more real in the book, and the series genuinely grabbed me. I got ONLY THE GOOD SPY YOUNG to read on an airplane and I finished it before we touched down (and the flight was only an hour). Ally Carter, you've got me hooked! And this all was after reading (and not entirely liking) HEIST SOCIETY. I cannot wait to read what happens in the next book, and obviously I'm not the only one, because Ally has a very funny afterword in the book that laments how she can't write fast enough. Get on it, Carter!
What else should I be reading, people? Always looking for an awesome new YA!
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