Stuck in Y.A. Books

Title: Beach Read Author: Emily Henry Pages: 361 Publisher: Berkley/Penguin Canada Genre : Fiction/Romance Release Date: May 19, 2020  Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo   *I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley for honest review*  Summary ( Goodreads )  A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summe...

Title: Daisy Jones & The Six Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Pages: 368 Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada/ Ballantine Books Release Date: March 5, 2019 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received an ARC for Review from Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with th...

Title: All We Ever Wanted Author: Emily Giffin Pages: 400 Genre: Fiction/ Contemporary Publisher: Ballantine Books/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: June 26, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo * Received for review by Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) In the riveting new novel from the #1  New York Times bestselling author of  First Comes Love  and  Something Borrowed , three very different people must choose between their family and their values. Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts t...

Title: Without Merit Author: Colleen Hoover Pages: 384 Genre: Fiction/Romance/New Adult Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: October 3, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review from Simon Schuster Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit. Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s compl...

Title: The Perfect Stranger Author: Megan Miranda Pages: 337 Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Publisher: Simon Schuster/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: April 11, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit  All the Missing Girls , a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later. Determined to find Emmy, Leah cooperates with Kyle Donovan, a handsome young police officer on the case. As they in...

Title: First Comes Love Author: Emily Giffin  Pages: 400 Genre: Contemporary  Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House Canada Release Date: June 28, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1  New York Times bestselling author of  Something Borrowed, Where We Belong,  and The One & Only  introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads.   Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond.   Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single—and  this close  to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy, howe...

Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Alison Can Read & Parajunkee  Ten Reasons You Read Your Favorite Genre My favorite genres include: YA, Romance, Fiction  1. I love it! It is never boring  2. Variety of genres  3. The characters go through growth (easier to connect with) 4. They are popular and are now becoming movies 5. Its my go to genre 6. All the authors are so friendly and amazing 7. Lots of my friends love YA as well  8. The writing is addicting  9. Love how the plots are set out  10. Connecting with other bloggers 

Title: Me Before You Author: Jojo Moyes Pages: 369 Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Canada/Viking Release Date: December 31, 2016 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time. Review: I wish I've read this book earlier because this book made me feel happy and ...

Title: Dream of You (Wait for You #4.5) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 131 (kindle edition) Genre: New Adult Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts  Release Date: June 23, 2015 Summary: ( Goodreads ) Abby Erickson isn't looking for a one-night stand, a relationship, or anything that involves any one-on-one time, but when she witnesses a shocking crime, she's thrust into the hands of the sexiest man she's ever seen - Colton Anders. His job is to protect her, but with every look, every touch, and every simmering kiss, she's in danger of not only losing her life but her heart also. Review:  Like many other books by Jennifer L. Armentrout (JLA), her book are a guaranteed read that will get you out of any reading slump. Her writing is addicting and humorous as she incorporates past characters in her Wait for You series/novella. I always get pulled into her books immediately because her writing is flawless and I need more of this series! JLA is ...

Title: Ugly Love Author: Colleen Hoover Pages: 336 Genre: New Adult/Fiction Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: August 5, 2014 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N | SimonSchusterCA Summary: ( Goodreads ) When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn't even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn't want love, she doesn't have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past.  Don't expect a future.   They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can't handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated.  Promise...