Summer TBR

Hey everyone over the next two weeks I will be posting my Top 14 of 2014 for both YA and NA/Adult as well as a two part posts of my most anticipated for 2015! Today to kick all this off is my Summer TBR!

A few of these books came out earlier this year in Australia's winter and I just couldn't read them because it wasn't summer and these to me are summer books.


1. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
Every single time I see this title I start singing:
Since you been gone,
I can breathe for first time,
So moving on yeah yeah
It also makes me want to watch Pitch Perfect. But anyways this book like all of Matson's books just have summer written all over them!

2. Paper Towns by John Green
I bought this earlier in the year, before they announced that it was being made into a movie but I just never got around to reading it. Since it is a road trip book I felt like it had to be read in summer.


3. The Year It All Ended by Kirsty Murray
This is an Aussie YA which I received for review a month or two ago, I didn't get a chance to read then because of uni games and exams, but now I look forward to reading it this summer!

4. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I received this book about a month and a half ago to review and have put it off because it releases in January. This book likes quite interesting and I cannot wait to get into it the next few weeks!

5. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart 
I read We Were Liars earlier this year and loved it, so I am looking forward to reading this one which also comes out in January and I have a review copy of as well.

6. All Fall Down by Ally Carter
This book is released mid/late January and I cannot bloody wait for this book to be released, I need my Ally Carter fix okay? I don't know what it is about Ally Carter's books but I just love reading them in summer!

So what is on your Summer TBR let me know down below in the comments!

Keely xx

What you might like if you enjoyed... #2

Hey everyone, I am back with another recommendation post and this time I am focusing on Australian YA! Now on twitter many of you might have seen #OzYaChat hosted by Shaheen @Speculatef and Mands @BookManicurist have been holding fortnightly chats about Aussie books & authors. Seeing as I have great timing of missing these chats because of uni going ons, I thought I'd share some of my favourite Australian YA authors & books!

If you liked The Fault in Our Stars by John Green you might like:

Everything Left Unsaid by Jessica Davidson. I read this before I even knew what TFiOS so I choose to read TFiOS after loving this story. Juliet and Tai are in year 12 and taking on their HSC when Tai is diagnosed with cancer and their story just goes on from there. I cried a lot during this story and I read this in 2012 when I was in the midst of doing my HSC, planning the same things that they were planning so it hit me at a time when I was going through the same things (expect my best friend didn't have cancer). It is a brilliant Aussie YA Contemporary that I do recommend for everyone!

If you liked The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak you might like:

Once trilogy by Morris Gleitzmann and Hitler's Daugher by Jackie French. Both of these I read before The Book Thief and me loving history especially WWII loved both of these middle grade/YA books. I actually read both of these for English class in year 8 and I just absolutely adored them. Both are by fantastic Aussie authors whose other books I also have enjoyed.

Now some straight up recs:

Steal my Sunshine by Emily Gale- read about how much I loved in my review here.

Wildfire by Fiona Wood- also read about how much I loved it in my review here.

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley- a lot of people have read and loved this book, I am no different. However, this wasn't my first book by Cath Crowley I loved her Gracie Faltrain series before Graffiti Moon. All her books are just fantastic Aussie YA books.

Losing It by Julia Lawrinson- is another book that I read during my HSC and also has the main characters doing her HSC and going on schoolies (see the trend here?) If you couldn't guess by the title it is about 4 friends trying to lose their virginity before they go on schoolies and it was a light & kind of hilarious read. Lawrinson has loads of other books out that I haven't read yet by this one I just loved!

I'll Tell You Mine by Pip Harry- Once again another book I read HSC year but the main character is in year 10. There is a big secret, girl at boarding school & other mysteries at part here and in general just a great Aussie YA Contemporary story.

So that is all the Aussie rec's that I have found going through my goodreads shelves and I am sure that there is many more but this procrastination from my studying for my anatomy exam and assignment that are taking place next week should stop.

So comment down below if you have read any of these books and what other Aussie book that you have to recommend!

Keely xx