We’ll Always Have Summer

We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
Published by Simon and Schuster on April 24, 2012
Genres: Young Adult, Family, Siblings, Love & Romance, Social Themes, Friendship, Dating & Relationships, Young Adult Fiction, Girls & Women, Romance, Contemporary, Dating & Sex
Pages: 291
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Can Belly make a final choice between Jeremiah and Conrad? Find out in the conclusion of the New York Times bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy from the author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!).
Belly has only ever been in love with two boys, both with the last name Fisher. And after being with Jeremiah for the last two years, she’s almost positive he is her soul mate. Almost. While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go, Jeremiah has always known that Belly is the girl for him. So when Belly and Jeremiah decide to make things forever, Conrad realizes that it’s now or never—tell Belly he loves her, or lose her for good.
Belly will have to confront her feelings for Jeremiah and Conrad and face the inevitable: She will have to break one of their hearts.
This paperback edition features bonus content, including Conrad’s letters to Belly and an excerpt of Burn for Burn, the upcoming new book from Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian!

Hey!
I’m back with yet another book review. I’m proud that lately I have found a few fluffy summer reads that I can read quickly in order to catch up on my reading goal for the year. I’m embarrassingly super behind, but I did set a super high reading goal for this year, 100 books, even though I didn’t reach my reading goal last year. It was 2020, so let’s just keep with the high hopes for 2021 as we are nearly halfway through the year!

Let’s get back to the reason you are here. I recently finished the last book in Jenny Han’s Summer series We’ll Always Have Summer, which in case you are just finding this read my reviews on the other two books in the series here and here. I enjoyed the ending of this book and the realities in which Belly decides to get married and not get married. SPOILER!!!! I appreciated that Belly and Conrad ended up reconnecting while she was studying abroad in Spain and continued to keep in touch and properly develop their relationship into something where they could get married. I think Susannah’s letter to Belly on her wedding day was spot on and very reflective of the life that she wanted Belly to have.

I’m glad that Jenny Han did this series, it was a cute fun series and such a different vibe as compared to To All the Boys I’ve loved Before. I would still recommend both series and I can’t wait to read more from Jenny Han as an author and see what other things that she writes because I am loving her teenage girl romances. Let me know if you have read this series and what you thought of it. I hope to see you soon in another post!

It’s not summer without you

5 / 17 / 215 / 16 / 21

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
Published by Simon and Schuster on April 5, 2011
Genres: Young Adult, Family, General, Social Themes, Friendship, Dating & Relationships, Young Adult Fiction, Girls & Women, Romance, Contemporary, Dating & Sex
Pages: 275
Format: Paperback
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Belly finds out what comes after falling in love in this follow-up to The Summer I Turned Pretty from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.
It used to be that Belly counted the days until summer, until she was back at Cousins Beach with Conrad and Jeremiah. But not this year. Not after Susannah got sick again and Conrad stopped caring. Everything that was right and good has fallen apart, leaving Belly wishing summer would never come. But when Jeremiah calls saying Conrad has disappeared, Belly knows what she must do to make things right again. And it can only happen back at the beach house, the three of them together, the way things used to be. If this summer really and truly is the last summer, it should end the way it started—at Cousins Beach.

Hello Everyone!
I’m back with yet another review. I’m so excited to be jumping back into the world of Jenny Han again. I read the first book a couple of months back and you can read that review here. I was excited to try an older series from Jenny Han just to see if I loved it as much as To all the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Spoiler alert I actually do really enjoy this series, even though it’s super ugly cry worthy.

In the second book of the series, we find ourselves in the months after Susannah’s death dealing with the overwhelming grief between everyone we have met in the first book, not to mention the complicatedness that Conrad and Belly once had a relationship that might have been too complicated for him to stand at this point in his life. In this book we also get to see bits of Jeremiah’s perspective which is new and a refreshing thought to see his love for Belly and his relationship with his brother and how it has changed over the years.

I’m excited to dive into the third book soon and to see how the story shapes up. I actually don’t have a brother I’m rooting for yet because I know that both kinds of love Belly is experiencing is complicated and overwhelming. Let me know if you have read this book or this series. I would love to know which side you are on. I hope to see you in another post soon!

The Summer I turned Pretty

12 / 28 / 2012 / 21 / 20

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Published by Simon and Schuster on December 21, 2010
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Dating & Sex, Romance, Contemporary, Girls & Women
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (now a major motion picture!), Jenny Han.
Some summers are just destined to be pretty.
Belly measures her life in summers. Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August. Winters are simply a time to count the weeks until the next summer, a place away from the beach house, away from Susannah, and most importantly, away from Jeremiah and Conrad. They are the boys that Belly has known since her very first summer—they have been her brother figures, her crushes, and everything in between. But one summer, one wonderful and terrible summer, the more everything changes, the more it all ends up just the way it should have been all along.

Hey!
We’re down to the final days of 2020 and that’s finally a relief after the crazy year that it has been. In an upcoming posts I will talk about my new resolutions, hopes and goals for the coming year as well as sharing several other things.

Right now though, let’s get back to the review that you are here for. If you have been following the blog for a while you know that I read Jenny Han’s To all the Boys I ever loved series back in 2018. I was on such a reading high back then. I recently found the first book in Jenny Han’s other series The Summer I turned pretty.

I love reading YA books because you can dive back into highschool and relive all those emotions all over again. I especially loved that this book is portrayed through a summer with flash backs from other summers. I loved that you really got to feel the summer and the enjoyment of a beach town and all that comes with it.

Let me know if you have read this book or if you have read any other books in Jenny Han’s repertoire. I can’t wait to tell you all about my goals and dreams for the upcoming year and other new things that maybe coming to the blog in the future. I can’t wait to really get back to blogging again. I hope that you’ll come back again to read more posts and see more things to come here in the future.

My True Love Gave to Me

12 / 10 / 1912 / 8 / 19

My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins, Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White, Jim Tierney
on October 14, 2014
Pages: 321
Goodreads
four-half-stars

If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you’re going to fall in love with My True Love Gave To Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice or New Year's there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. You have twelve reasons this season to stay indoors and fall in love.

Hey!
I’m back with yet another book review. Yes, I know I should post more real life things, but at least I am catching up on my reading goals. This past week I was reading for the #Tistheseasonathon Reading Challenge, which I love and find it so fun to read holiday books during this time of year. This is actually the second book I finished for the week, but since the first book will actually come with a movie review that will come later. I loved this book for the most part. There were a few stories that I couldn’t get into, but I couldn’t stop turning pages and wanting to read more. An anthology like this is so great because it gives me a chance to try out new authors and find books that I might want to read in the future.

This is also the second book edited by Stephanie Perkins for the holidays the first one is Summer Days, and Summer Nights and you can read my review here. I kind of wish that there were more anthology books out there. Let me know if you have read this book or the other anthology edited by Stephanie Perkins and what you thought. I hope to see you soon in another post.

Always and Forever Lara Jean

7 / 10 / 182 / 1 / 20

Always and Forever Lara Jean Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3) by Jenny Han
on April 10, 2018
Pages: 336
Goodreads
four-stars

“Sweetly funny.” —Entertainment Weekly
New York Times bestselling author
Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this surprise follow-up to the bestselling To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You.
Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad’s finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot’s coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding.
But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father’s wedding, she can’t ignore the big life decisions she has to make. Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean’s the one who’ll be graduating high school and leaving for college and leaving her family—and possibly the boy she loves—behind.
When your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?

Hey!

I’m back again with yet another book review. I know that I am unintentionally turning this into a book blog, but at least you have consistent posts from me for a little bit right?!? What’s worse hearing about the tons of books I’m reading or not hearing from me.

Let’s get back to the topic at hand. This book review in case you haven’t noticed is about the book Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han, the final book in the To All the Boys I’ve loved before trilogy. If you haven’t read my reviews of the previous two books you can read them here and here.

I will try and keep my promise to not spoil the ending of the book too much, but there was so much about this ending that was felt unfinished. I loved the second book in the trilogy most because I felt that it let you believe that Peter and Lara Jean would make it and be in love forever. This book the ending just left you with too many possibilities and too much despair even though it was closing the door on one chapter of life. I love reading YA because of the fact that you can dive into this world with literally no hesitation and feel like you are diving back into high school. I loved the sass in this book and the personality of the Asian American family shined through. If you haven’t read this book or any book in the series I recommend that you should especially since there’s a Netflix special coming out soon.

Let me know if you have read this book and what you thought. I also read this for the Paper & Glam bookclub , so if you aren’t participating in that you should and can do so here. If you have any recommendations for books I should read this year, let me know 🙂 I have so many more books to read, so hopefully they’ll all end up as book reviews on here. If you would like to read some reviews on some of the e-books I’ve read let me know 🙂 Otherwise those mini reviews are always on my Goodreads. I’ll see you soon with another post.