Sadly, as August comes to a close I am forced to say that summer has come to a close for me as well. I actually started school two weeks ago, which is crazy! I didn’t do a lot of reading or blogging in August, because it was this super awkward transition month for me. But anyway, August was a pretty good month! BTW if you haven’t listened to Halsey’s new album Badlands you really need to get on it.
Books:
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
Never date your best friend.
Always be original.
Sometimes rules are meant to be broken.
Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids—the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they’d never, ever do in high school.
Some of the rules have been easy to follow, like #5, never dye your hair a color of the rainbow, or #7, never hook up with a teacher. But Dave has a secret: he’s broken rule #8, never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It’s either that or break rule #10, never date your best friend. Dave has loved Julia for as long as he can remember.
Julia is beautiful, wild and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. He even dyes his hair an unfortunate shade of green. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichés, they’ve actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love.
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress
with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family.
Everything Leads to You by Nina Lacour
A wunderkind young set designer, Emi has already started to find her way in the competitive Hollywood film world.
Emi is a film buff and a true romantic, but her real-life relationships are a mess. She has desperately gone back to the same girl too many times to mention. But then a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend leads Emi to Ava. Ava is unlike anyone Emi has ever met. She has a tumultuous, not-so-glamorous past, and lives an unconventional life. She’s enigmatic…. She’s beautiful. And she is about to expand Emi’s understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance.
Blogging and Other Media:
My Posts:
TTT | Books On My Syllabus if I Taught Classic YA
Things I Found Interesting:
Does a Book Have to be Perfect to be 5 Stars | Cait
Book Recs Based on Your Astrological Sign | Epic Reads
Top 5 Bookstagram Obsessions | Grace
Why I Finish All My Books | Grace
All 3 of those books I want to read, they look awesome!
Happy September reading!
Go read them, they were all great. Well, except Never Always Sometimes, but that will be easier to explain in my review! 🙂 Happy Reading