The six books I want to
For Sure Get To This Month:
Taylor Edwards’ family might not be the closest-knit — everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled — but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor’s dad gets devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend one last summer all together at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains.
Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven’t actually gone anywhere. Her former best friend is still around, as is her first boyfriend…and he’s much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve.
As the summer progresses and the Edwards become more of a family, they’re more aware than ever that they’re battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance—with family, with friends, and with love.
I'm currently reading this one and I'm liking it but at the same time it's sort of hard to read because I feel like it's going to get very sad, very soon. The things that are going on are hitting a little too close to home. I was recommended this one by my friend Eve, because she knows how much I adore Sarah Dessen and she says that I would like Morgan Matson too. So far, I can totally see the comparison between the two authors. They have a very similar writing style. So yay!
Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.
Emaline's mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he's convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?
Emaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she's going?
Sarah Dessen's devoted fans will welcome this story of romance, yearning, and, finally, empowerment. It could only happen in the summer.
This is the last of Dessen's books that I have to read before the new release next week. It's bittersweet. On the one hand, I want to read all of her books but then on the other hand, then I won't have any more Sarah Dessen books to read. Luckily, they are all highly rereadable though!
Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her latest, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story that has everything—humor, romance, and an ending both happy and imperfect, just like life itself.
I preordered a signed copy from Target and I literally cannot wait to get it. I've gotten signed books before but never from any of my favorite authors so this will be a book that I'll cherish even if it's rubbish. (It totally won't be though. How could it? It's a Dessen!)
Told in alternating points of view, #famous captures the out-of-control thrill ride of falling for someone in front of everyone.
This is inspired from the internet meme of Alex from Target, if you remember that from a few years back. I used to work at Target, so this sounded like a cute little contemporary. Also, the girl on the front cover sorta kinda looks exactly like me. It's meant to be, obviously.
Black Beauty By Anna SewellFirst published November 24th 1877 Goodreads Rating: 3.94 Paperback, 245 pages Synopsis: A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. |
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse.
Throughout, Sewell rails - in a gentle, 19th-century way - against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all.
I 100% remember owning this book as a kid. Possibly more than once! I also 100% remember never actually reading it. That's got to change. From what I remember from the movie, this is a sad book, told from the POV of a horse who is being mistreated. Break my heart, Anna Sewell. My body is ready.
On Hexwood Estate, Ann watches the mysterious comings and goings with interest. She knows something deadly is going on – or is Hexwood simply altering her too?
I love me some Diana Wynne Jones. Howell's Moving Castle is still my favorite of hers but who knows? I may end up loving this one just as much! I didn't end up with a cool cover for this book, but there is one that has a hobbity-looking character on it that was just speaking to me. Also, for fans of Neil Gaiman, this book is actually dedicated to him!
It's possible that I might just be outgrowing YA and it may be time to start reading more adult books. If only I owned more of those (and if only they weren't so expensive!!)
So what's on your TBR for June?
Let me know in the comments below.