BOOK ONE: A
Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Series: /
My rating: ★★★★★
Description:
Every April,
when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon
Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had
already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love.
Certainly the last person in town he thought he'd fall for was Jamie Sullivan,
the daughter of the town's Baptist minister.
A quiet girl
who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in
a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father,
rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever
asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it.
Then a twist
of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter's
life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the
human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him
irrevocably on the road to manhood...
BOOK TWO: Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell
Series: /
My rating: ★★★★★
Description:
Cath is a
Simon Snow fan.
Okay, the
whole world is a Simon Snow fan...
But for Cath,
being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister,
Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids;
it’s what got them through their mother leaving.
Reading.
Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction,
dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere.
Cath’s sister
has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to.
Now that
they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates.
Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly
roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor
who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate
who only wants to talk about words... And she can’t stop worrying about her
dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone.
For Cath, the
question is: Can she do this?
Can she make
it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life?
Writing her own stories?
And does she
even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?
BOOK THREE: Since
You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Series: /
My rating: ★★★★★
Description:
The Pre-Sloane
Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything
crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one
who yanks you out of your shell.
But right
before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note.
No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it,
thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try…
unless they could lead back to her best friend.
Apple Picking
at Night? Okay, easy enough.
Dance until
Dawn? Sure. Why not?
Kiss a
Stranger? Wait… what?
Getting
through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole
unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally
unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?
Go Skinny
Dipping? Um…
BOOK FOUR: The
Selection by Kiera Cass
Series: The
Selection #1 (trilogy with a few short stories)
My rating: ★★★★★
Description:
In a world of
glittering gowns and priceless jewels the Selection is the chance of a
lifetime: to compete for gorgeous Prince Maxon's ear. But for America Singer it
means turning her back on her secret love, and leaving home for a prize she
doesn't want.
Then America
meets Maxon and all her plans start to crumble. Can the life she's always
dreamed of compare to a future she never imagined?
BOOK FIVE: Before
I Die by Jenny Downham
Series: /
My rating: ★★★★★
Description:
Tessa has just
a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests,
drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do
Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of
'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her
failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her
father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend,
all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time
finally runs out. "Before I Die" is a brilliantly-crafted novel,
heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very
edge.
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