Here’s this week’s new releases, I’m really excited about. I’m starting to jot down books that I want to read this summer. I will share with you once, I have it completed, however it probably will not be until close to the end of spring. I hope that posting these each week helps you figure out what to read next and/or helps you create your own Summer Reading List.
Helpful Tip: When I create my list of books to read for the summer, I always consider the fact that I’m a moody reader (meaning sometimes I’m just not in the mood for a particular genre) so, I don’t put just one type of book on my list. I read Teen/Young Adult books but there are so many categories I truly enjoy reading like mysteries, chick-lits, biographies, graphic novels and more. If I just choose one type of book or not wide variety I sometimes get into a reading slump and I HATE when that happens. So, please consider this when creating your list. Mix it up!Ā
Two years after rock-song-worthy heartbreak, Virginia Miller is looking forward to a fun, carefree summer. Her friends just landed a spot on a battling bands reality show, and Vee is joining them for her dream internship on tour. Three months with future rockstars seems like an epic summer plan. Until she learns sheāll also be sharing the bus with Cam. Her first love, and her first heartbreak. Now Vee has more than just cameras to dodge, and Camās determination to win her forgiveness is causing TMZ-worthy problems for both of them. With cameras rolling, sheāll have to decide if her favorite breakup anthem deserves a new ending. And if sheās brave enough to expose her own secrets to keep Camās under wraps.
Breaking Veeās heart was never Camās plan. All he wanted senior year was a new life, in a new town, uninterrupted by the tragedy he left behind. Then Vee swept him into a whirlwind of friendship, musical adventure, and a love he didnāt expect or want. Now, he has a second chance to make it right. But things get complicated when ratings-crazy producers, cameramen, and fans are involved. Can he rewrite their love song with the whole world watching?
Sometimes the last note is just the beginning. Love Songs & Other Lies is the debut romance from Jessica Pennington that Katie McGarry calls “fun and full of heart with a hero who stole my heart!ā
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Cora: Dating Perfect Boyfriend Jamie. Has NO IDEA how to break up with him…
Paisley: Anti-prom. Somehow nominated her anxiety-ridden best friend for prom king…
Henry: Hates social situations. Invited to prom by the most popular girl in school. SEND HELP!
Otis: Half of one of the cutest couples in his class. Not quite ready for a post-prom hotel room…
Lizzie: Shy. Excited to go to prom. With a boy. Whose name she doesn’t know.
Cameron: Loner. Over high school. Just wants to meet the mysterious girl who’s been leaving him notes…
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Summer in Sand Lake isnāt complete without a trip to Meade Creameryāthe local ice cream stand founded in 1944 by Molly Meade who started making ice cream to cheer up her lovesick girlfriends while all the boys were away at war. Since then, the stand has been owned and managed exclusively by local girls, who inevitably become the best for friends. Seventeen-year-old Amelia and her best friend Cate have worked at the stand every summer for the past three years, and Amelia is āHead Girlā at the stand this summer. When Molly passes away before Amelia even has her first day in charge, Amelia isnāt sure that stand can go on. That is, until Mollyās grandnephew Grady arrives and asks Amelia to stay on to help continue the businessā¦but Gradyās got some changes in mindā¦
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Every cure has a cost.
Tatum Masterson learned this after years of being monitored by The Program. She witnessed it when her boyfriend, Wes, came back changed, erased. And now, even the newest ācureā has a heavy costāone she and Wes paid.
The Adjustment came into Tatumās life just when she thought she needed it most, a promise for Wes to get back his forgotten memories. But when the procedure went wrong, a revelation shattered everything Tatum thought she knew.
Now, with no one left to trust, Tatum must find out what really happened last summer. And with the help of the boyfriend she lost, Tatum will have to dig into the past and future of The Program and its handlers.
And discover the true cost of a cure.
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When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually on beatābut real life isnāt always so rhythmic.
Sheās an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom, and her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows sheās bisexual, she hasnāt mustered the courage to tell her friendsānot even her openly gay BFF, Simon.
So Leah really doesnāt know what to do when her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways. With prom and college on the horizon, tensions are running high.
Itās hard for Leah to strike the right note while the people she loves are fightingāespecially when she realizes she might love one of them more than she ever intended.
This is a sequel. Here’s the first book:Ā Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaĀ
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Digby and Zoe have been skirting around each other for so long that you might think they’d lose their magic if they ever actually hooked up. But never fear–there’s all the acerbic wit, steamy chemistry, and sarcastic banter you could possibly hope for.
Now that Digby’s back in town he’s plunged Zoe (and their Scooby Gang of wealthy frenemy Sloane, nerd-tastic genius Felix, and aw-shucks-handsome Henry) back into the deep end on the hunt for his kidnapped sister. He’s got a lead, but it involves breaking into a secret government research facility, paying a drug dealer off with a Bentley, and possibly committing treason. The schemes might be over-the-top but this Breakfast Club cast is irresistibly real as they cope with regular high school stuff from social media shaming to dating your best friend, all with a twist no one will see coming.
This is the conclusionĀ Trouble Is a Friend of Mine trilogy.
Here’s the first books in the trilogy:
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~Happy Reading!Ā