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5/13/2018

Mothers Day | Moms in YA Books


Happy Mothers Day!

I decided to check my shelves and see what YA books that I've read have good moms. Here are the ones I picked. And their well deserved flowers.


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Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 
 ðŸŒ·To Lina's mom for wanting her daughter's future yo be a happy one even at the end of her life.

Mothership by Martin Leicht & Isla Neal
🌷Points to Elvie in Mothership for surviving a spaceship hijacking while pregnant.

No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista 
🌷To Didi's mom for working hard for the money and being there for her daughter's mental health.

The Ghost and The Goth by Stacey Kade
🌷To Will's mom who trusted and believed her son when it counted.  The Ghost and The Goth.

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The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli 
🌷😚 to the awesome moms in The Upside of Unrequited.

Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
🌷To Simon's mom, who needs epic high fives for being cool and understanding.

Vengrance Road to substitute 
Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman
🌷To Kate. I don't have Retribution Rails. But I loved how awesome Kate was in that.








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4/24/2018

Top Ten Tuesday #2 | Frequently Used Words In YA Titles

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Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

April 24: Frequently Used Words In [Insert Genre/Age Group] Titles

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I did Top Nine instead cause I have a limited amount of time and I'm sick.


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4/10/2018

Top Ten Tuesday #1 | Books I Loved but Will Never Re-Read

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Top Ten Tuesday

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

Books I Loved but Will Never Re-Read (submitted by Brandyn @Goingforgoldilocks)

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I searched trough my goodreads read list to find ones that I loved but wouldn't re-read and found these books.



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4/04/2018

Can't Wait Wednesday #2 - Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

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Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Wishful Endings. 
I've decided to switch to this since Waiting On Wednesday has been over for a long time now. But its basically the same concept. Books that I cant wait to get my hands on or am really interested in that are to be released soon.
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Why I Can't Wait:
I loved reading Love & Gelato so its obvious that I want to read this book so much.



Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch

Addie is visiting Ireland for her aunt’s over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop thinking about the one horrible thing she did that left her miserable and heartbroken—and threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isn’t about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once inseparable siblings. Miserable, Addie can’t wait to visit her friend in Italy and leave her brother—and her problems—behind.

So when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook, Ireland for the Heartbroken, hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, she’s able to finally escape her anxious mind and Ian’s criticism.

And then their travel plans change. Suddenly Addie finds herself on a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle, trapped in the world’s smallest vehicle with Ian and his admittedly cute, Irish-accented friend Rowan. As the trio journeys over breathtaking green hills, past countless castles, and through a number of fairy-tale forests, Addie hopes her guidebook will heal not only her broken heart, but also her shattered relationship with her brother.

That is if they don’t get completely lost along the way.



Published by: Simon Pulse 

The Release Date for the book is:
May 8th 2018



Pre-Order:
Barnes&Noble  |  Amazon US
Or pre-order it from Book Depository using my Affiliate link:
Book Depository

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2/14/2018

Young Adult Contemporary Romance | Valentine's Day 2018






Happy Valentine's Day!

A long time ago I did something like this where I mentioned books that I hadn't read and it didn't make that much sense. So I'm trying this again. This time with some books I've read. I'm also going to divide them by different categories.





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The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by



I loved this book so much. With references to Saga, Doctor Who, and DC and Marvel comics. And I gave it 5 out of 5 stars.












Love & Gelato  by Jenna Evans Welch

Lina is sent to live with a man who may or may not be her father and she had just learned this fact.

With things like gelato, Italy, pastries and cute boys, what's not to like. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars.



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No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista

They must not fall in love. That's rule number one for Caleb and Didi. Because Caleb needs a fake girlfriend and Didi just got fired The day they both met.

This book got 4 out of 5 stars from me.



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Love Fortunes and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius
In a town where love is real will the unfortunate in love Fallon figure out how to change her fortune. Yes she will.
I loved this book so much that I really want to continue the series and read the second book, Love Charms and Other Catastrophes. Wait! I did that.



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How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You by Tara Eglington

Aurora has a secret, she's never been kissed and doesn't want to be unless the right guy comes into her life. But until then she enjoys matchmaking her friends with guys she thinks they would match up with perfectly.

After reading the entire book in one day (minus the first 36 pages which I had read months ago) I can honestly say that this is an awesome book with awesome characters and a great plot. I actually cried reading the last 100 pages. That's how good it is. Totally recommend and gave it 5 out of 5 stars.

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A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody

Ellison has just gotten dumped by her boyfriend along with having the worst Monday ever.  Now she has to relieve the same Monday again and again trying to fix whatever she did wrong.

5/5 stars!!!

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12/21/2017

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch | Book Review #79




Book Review:

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch




Spoilers?
A smidge.
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This is one of the books I read after the passing of Hurricane Maria here in Puerto Rico. With no water, electricity or internet I took to reading my books.

I read this one on October 24. 34 days after.


Title - Love & Gelato 
By - Jenna Evans Welch
Publication - May 3rd 2016 by Simon Pulse
Copy - Hardcover, 389 pages

Genre - Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary

“I made the wrong choice.”

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.

But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.

People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.

The Rating:






My Review:


The Cover:
Although they say never judge a book by it's cover I believe the cover should represent what the book is going to be like or at least some aspect of it.
Love the cover to bits. Its definitely the reason I got it.
 But I do love the UK edition more.
The Story:


Lina's mom dies and leaves her with a question and a problem. She gets sent to Italy to live with a man her mom talked about in her last days who may or may not be her father.



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From the beginning I didn't think she would go anywhere with Thomas because it was so obvious that she was going to end up liking Ren.



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