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 Sun is also a Star

3 / 1 / 212 / 27 / 21

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Published by Random House Children's Books on November 1, 2016
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Emotions & Feelings, New Experience, Romance, General
Pages: 384
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The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other.
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.
Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.
The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?
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"Beautifully crafted."--People Magazine
"A book that is very much about the many factors that affect falling in love, as much as it is about the very act itself . . . fans of Yoon’s first novel, Everything Everything, will find much to love—if not, more—in what is easily an even stronger follow up." —Entertainment Weekly
"Transcends the limits of YA as a human story about falling in love and seeking out our futures." —POPSUGAR.com

Hello Everyone!
I’m back with yet another book review. I had read Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything last month read the review here in case you haven’t read it. So, I wanted to read the rest of her books that she has out so far, which is this one. I know that this one was also made into a movie, which I will probably watch at some point.

I loved that this book takes place over the course of one day and all the little things that can add up to bigger moments in a person’s life. I also liked the fact that Nicola Yoon used the same back and forth style in this book as she did with her other book. I also especially liked that she added in the perspective/ mini history of smaller characters throughout the story.

If you haven’t read any of Nicola Yoon’s books I highly recommend that you do. I think they are well crafted and will make you fall in love with your characters quickly. If you hate YA novels or romances at least attempt to give one of these books a chance.

Let me know if you have read this or any of other Nicola’s Yoon’s novels. I hear that she has another one coming out soon. I hope to see you again in another post!

Loki: Where Mischief Lies

2 / 15 / 212 / 14 / 21

Loki by Mackenzi Lee
Published by Disney Electronic Content on September 3, 2019
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Royalty, Superheroes, Action & Adventure, General
Pages: 408
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four-stars

An epic tale across the realms. A deadly power that spans millennia. A story of struggle and betrayal, this adventure is told through the patchwork past of Marvel's most misunderstood mischief-maker of all time: Loki: Trickster. God of Asgard. Brother. This is the first of three young adult novels from New York Times best-selling author Mackenzi Lee that explores the untapped potential of popular characters in the Marvel Universe. The novels focus on exploring the duality of heroism in specific character stories from the Marvel Universe.

Hello!
I’m back once again with yet another book review. I’m glad that I’m finally getting a bit closer to my reading goal for the year. This book was living on Matt’s shelf for at least a year before either one of us really picked it up.

The short version of the story is that I liked it. The longer version of it is that as much as I enjoyed the book, there were also parts of it that I found too long and a bit too elongated for enjoyment. I like to see the beginning of SHIELD or the SHARP society in its tiny glory. It was also interesting to see that Loki had a friend and a love interest in Amora even if just for a time.

I would recommend reading this book if you are interested in getting back into the Marvel Universe, looking for a bit more of Loki’s backstory and looking for a fun YA novel. I personally am looking forward to see where Marvel takes the rest of this book series because a new novel from the Marvel Universe for YA is expected out this year. Also I’m looking forward to the Loki series which is expected out in the near future.

Let me know if you have read this book or plan to read this in the future. I hope to be back soon with another post 🙂

Everything, Everything

1 / 26 / 211 / 31 / 21

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Published by Random House Children's Books on September 1, 2015
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, New Experience, Friendship, Romance, Contemporary
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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Risk everything . . . for love with this #1 New York Times bestseller.
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly. Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative, inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more.
And don’t miss Nicola Yoon's The Sun Is Also A Star, the #1 New York Times bestseller in which two teens are brought together just when it seems like the universe is sending them in opposite directions.

Hello!
I’m back with yet another book review. The next post I write will be a life update and what I hope to happen to the blog in the coming year. Let’s get back to the reason you are here.

I recently finished my third book of the year technically. I also finished a self-help book, which I don’t post about on social media because I read those purely for personal reason. I had the opportunity to pick up Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon at a local used bookstore so of course I jumped at the chance. I had heard much hype surrounding the book especially since it was made into a movie in recent years, so I was definitely interested in what the hype was about.

This YA fiction delves into the world ask seen through Madeline Whittier’s eyes. The book serves as a journal exploring her life around her 18th birthday and the year that follows. It is in this year that Madeline meets and falls in love with her next door neighbor Olly as well as discovering the truth about her past.

I won’t spoil the ending for you, while I did love the journal entries throughout Madeline’s year at the end of the book I am left wondering about Madeline’s future. While the book leaves you with a happy ending you are also left wondering what might come next. I did enjoy reading the book and probably could have read it all in one sitting if I had let myself and get lost in the short entries and the brushes with first love I let myself stretch it out a bit, so I could soak it in.

I would recommend reading this book if you are interested in a quick rather lighthearted read.