Title: The Hate U Give
Series: N/A
Author: Angie Thomas
Published: February 28, 2017
Genre: YA, contemporary, fiction
Pages: 444
My Rating: ★★★★★
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Nine YA Books with Cute Romances
I don’t know about you, but I’m currently on a To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before high right now. After watching the movie, Peter and Lara Jean are all I can think about.
(I probably won’t stop fangirling about them for a while. Just a warning. Speaking of fangirling about Noah and Lana, I read this Buzzfeed article about them and I honestly can’t handle how cute they are together. Just when you don’t think they could get any cuter they hit you with something like this.)
Anyway, I wanted to suggest some books for those who are looking for some cute book relationships after watching/reading To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Girl (or guy), I get it. I can’t handle the adorable-ness either.
Some of these book/series are mega popular and you’ve probably already read them, but I hope you find some gems in here that you haven’t tried out.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Movie Appreciation Post
I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movie on Netflix blew up when it first came out. Everyone is buzzing about it, and not having Netflix access at the moment, I was devastated that I couldn’t join in on all the conversation and fangirling everyone was doing.
Recently, my friend invited me over to her house and we watched the movie together, and let me tell you, the movie is GLORIOUS. It was so cute that I wanted to combust with gooey happiness.
I was so in love that I decided to dedicate a whole post about how much I love this movie. That being said, there are major spoilers in this post, so if you haven’t watched the movie or read the book and plan on doing so, I highly suggest you skip on reading this and come back later.
Just a warning: There is a lot of shouting and fangirling in this post. Not sorry about it.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han | Book Review
“I suppose in matters of the heart, there’s no predicting how a person will or won’t behave.”
Title: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Series: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, #1
Author: Jenny Han
Published: April 15, 2014
Genre: contemporary, YA, romance
Pages: 355
My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4 / 5)
Goodreads page
This review is spoiler free!
Synopsis
What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once?
Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control.
(This synopsis is from Goodreads.)
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli | Book Review
Title: Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Series: Creekwood, #1
Author: Becky Albertalli
Published: April 7, 2017
Genre: YA, contemporary, romance
Pages: 303
My Rating: ★★★★★
Goodreads page
Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.
With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.
(This synopsis is from Goodreads.)
This review does not contain spoilers.
Best Bookish Feelings
Yesterday’s post was a big cringe-y so I decided to also make a second post about the opposite side of the feeling spectrum, which is the best bookish feelings ever!
Also, on a totally unrelated note, I was at Barnes and Noble yesterday doing some Christmas book shopping for my sister and checking out their annual signed book collection. I couldn’t find one of the books my sister asked for so I asked one of the workers there and while he was looking it up he started talking about how he didn’t like Harry Potter. It’s safe to say I was a little aghast because I can’t understand how someone could not like Harry Potter.
Worst Bookish Feelings
Inspired by the oddly unsatisfying videos all over the internet, I decided to compile a list of bookish feelings that are the absolute worst.
We all know that feeling: the level of deep despair that only a fangirl is capable of reaching.
Of course, to counteract the icky feelings I’m going cause, my next post will be a list of the best bookish feelings.
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