I can’t believe that I haven’t done a September wish list. The month is almost finished and I haven’t touched this post yet. Ugh, my bad. Here are the books that I was looking forward to reading and the books that I’m still anxious for.
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1. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins.
In this companion novel to Anna and the French Kiss, two teens discover that true love may be closer than they think.
For budding costume designer Lola Nolan, the more outrageous, the outfit – more sparkly, more fun, more wild – the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins move back into the house next door.
When the family returns and Cricket – a gifted inventor and engineer – steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.
I think this is the book that I’m most looking for to coming out this year. I absolutely freaking loved Anna and the French Kiss and there have been nothing but rave reviews for this book so that’s made me even more anxious. And woot, this book comes out on Tuesday- YAY!
An Impossible Romance.
Bitter Rivalries.
Deadly Choices.To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.
Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family’s. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride’s heir apparent who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on—that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?
In bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.
This is one of those books that I’ve read already and enjoyed it enough that I want everyone to rush out and buy this book because I know that you’ll enjoy it. I reviewed it for my other book blog, Book Binge so you can check out my review here.
3. The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle.
Anyone who’s had something truly crappy happen to them will tell you: It’s all about Before and After. What I’m talking about here is the ka-pow, shake-you-to-your-core-and-turn-your-bones-to-plastic kind of crappy.
Sixteen-year-old Laurel’s world changes instantly when her parents and brother are killed in a terrible car accident. Behind the wheel is the father of her bad-boy neighbor, David Kaufman, whose mother is also killed. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Laurel navigates a new reality in which she and her best friend grow apart, boys may or may not be approaching her out of pity, overpowering memories lurk everywhere, and Mr. Kaufman is comatose but still very much alive. Through it all there is David, who swoops in and out of Laurel’s life and to whom she finds herself attracted against her better judgment. She will forever be connected to him by their mutual loss—a connection that will change them both in unexpected ways.
Jennifer Castle’s debut novel is a heart-wrenching, surprisingly witty testament to how drastically life can change in the span of a single moment.
This is another book that I’ve read and enjoyed and am sharing it because I want my lovely readers to enjoy this book as much as I did. It was a little on the dark side in the sense that the main character is suffering the loss of her family but it’s still a really good book. You can read my review here.
4. Burn Out by Adrienne Maria Vrettos.
On the day after Halloween, Nan wakes up in a subway car. She is not dreaming. She doesn’t know where she’s been or what she’s done. She’s missing a whole day from her life. And she’s wearing skeleton makeup and a too-small Halloween costume that she doesn’t remember putting on.
Nan is not supposed to wake up in places like this anymore. She’s different now, so far from that dangerously drunk girl who hit bottom in the Nanapocalypse. She needs to find out what happened to her, and fast. As she tries to put together the pieces of the last twenty-four hours, she flashes back to memories of her previous life. But she would never go back to her old friends and her old ways. Would she?
The deeper Nan digs, the more disturbing things get. This time, she may have gone one step too far. This time, she may be a walking ghost.
Wow, this book sounds like it would be such a good book. I’ll admit that I’m mighty curious to see how Nan’s story comes together. I want this book.
5. Every You, Every Me by David Levithan.
In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs—some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him . . . messing with him . . . threatening him. Worse, ever since his best friend Ariel has been gone, he’s been unable to sleep, spending night after night torturing himself for his role in her absence. And as crazy as it sounds, Evan’s starting to believe it’s Ariel that’s behind all of this, punishing him. But the more Evan starts to unravel the mystery, the more his paranoia and insomnia amplify, and the more he starts to unravel himself. Creatively told with black-and-white photos interspersed between the text so the reader can see the photos that are so unnerving to Evan, Every You, Every Me is a one-of-a-kind departure from a one-of-a-kind author.
This book sounds like it’d be one crazy emotional roller coaster and really, I’m in. I totally want to read this book!
6. As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott.
Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There’s only one problem: Ava can’t remember any of them – and can’t shake the eerie feeling that she’s not who they say she is.
Ava struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted. Ava doesn’t know what to make of these visions, or of the boy who is at the center of them all, until he reappears in her life and offers answers . . . but only in exchange for her trust.
I’m not usually very big on amnesiac stories but this one sounds like it’ll be a good one and I’ve enjoyed the other books by Elizabeth Scott so I’m looking forward to reading this one. I so want this one.
7. My Beating Teenage Heart by C. K. Kelly Martin.
Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she’s plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn’t remember dying, and she has no memories of the life she left behind. All she knows is that she’s trapped in a consciousness without a body and she’s spending every moment watching a stranger.
Breckon Cody’s on the edge. He’s being ripped apart by grief so intense it literally hurts to breathe. On the surface, Breckon is trying to hold it together for his family and his girlfriend, but underneath he’s barely hanging on.
Even though she didn’t know him in life, Ashlyn sees Breckon’s pain, and she’s determined to find a way help him. As her own distressing memories emerge from the darkness, she struggles to communicate with the boy who can’t see her, but whose life is suddenly intertwined with hers. In alternating voices of the main characters, My Beating Teenage Heart paints a devastatingly vivid picture of both the heartbreak and the promise of teenage life—a life Ashlyn would do anything to recover and Breckon seems desperate to destroy—and will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen, John Green, and David Levithan.
I’ve been wanting to read this book for quite some time now and my desire to read this book hasn’t dimmed one bit, I’m so freaking anxious to read this book. I so want this book!
And there you have it, my wish list for September 2011. There are other books that I’m looking forward to reading this month but these are the ones that immediately came to mind when I was working on this post. I can’t wait!
..and that’s your scoop!
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Lola is the one calling to me loudest out of these!
Cool list!I hadn’t heard of Every You, Every Me, it looks cool.
I read the Beginning of After, it was okay, I thought. I hope you like it better.
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@Marg: Oh yeah, I totally know what you mean. Lola has been calling to me strongly since I finished Anna. Can’t wait to read it!
@Alex: Doesn’t it? I want to try that book. I havent read anything by David Levithan but I want to.
I read the Beginning of After and because I read it not too long after my Mom died, I connected with the main character a lot more than I think I would have otherwise. I enjoyed it.