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Amanda Reads - May 2017

I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date! Or something, haha. I’ve been traveling SO MUCH this month already, and I haven’t had the chance to sit down and write about all the books I read in May until now. But now I’m here! And I’m about to get started, because there were some GEMS last month! And a couple of DNFs too.

A reminder of the rating scale:

0 dogs petted: DNF. I couldn't get through the book. It's not a good day.

1 dog petted: It was an okay day. I mean, I got to pet a dog. But it could have been better.

2 dogs petted: A solid effort. May recommend.

3 dogs petted: A really good day, tbh. Would recommend willingly to friends and family.

4 or more dogs petted: Best day. Will be recommending to all the people. Pet all the dogs.

Let’s go!

Tobacco Sun by Lorna Hollifield

Today is Tobacco Sun’s launch day! Hurray, and welcome to the world, little book!

This is southern fiction like I’ve never experienced it before, although I should probably admit that I have very little experience with southern fiction. It’s rooted in the relationship between two sisters, but there is also a wonderful relationship between two best friends who have always loved each other. I don’t want to spoil it, but trust me—it’s good stuff. Check it out, and happy book birthday, Lorna!

Rating: 4 dogs petted. It’s not my first choice in genre, but it really delivers in the end.

Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough

Ugh. I couldn’t get through this book. I just couldn’t. The premise of the story didn’t make sense to me, and it was too much for me to get past.

So it’s about this high school girl (Delilah) who is running her dad’s diner while he’s away on vacation in Mongolia or something. She’s underwater, but she just keeps it going. Her one best friend doesn’t understand her (in part because Delilah is a lesbian, which is why I thought I’d love this book) and they’re drifting apart, and it’s in large part because she has a new best friend named Charlie. Charlie is the worst. I couldn’t stand him from the very first page. I finally gave up when he stalked this much older woman that he thinks he’s in love with to her parents’ house, and then when her father doesn’t let him in, Charlie punches him in the face.

I  C A N ‘ T.

Rating: 0 dogs petted. DNF at 24%.

River by Shayne Ford

Rock star romance! What a wonderful palate cleanse after the last one.

River is the lead singer of a rock band. He also sleeps with any girl who is willing, basically. But something changes when his childhood friend (whom he believed was gay – she’d been dating a woman for many years) professes her love to him. They have a weekend together before she runs to make up with her girlfriend, and then River is lost. Sort of. He’d already met Layla, an innocent photographer. After having his heart broken, Layla is exactly what he needs.

Okay, so this is just a fun romp. You’re not going to learn rocket science or anything reading it, but I enjoyed the quick distraction. I’ll eventually get around to writing a full review, but things have been a little hectic lately – apologies to the author!

Rating: 2 dogs petted. The story wasn’t bad, but the manuscript could have used a good edit. Errors kept taking me out of the story.

How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake

THIS BOOK LEFT ME PUDDLED ON THE FLOOR.

Grace is in the summer before her senior year of high school, and all she wants is to get away from her tiny coastal town. When she returns from piano camp, she realizes her mother has moved in with another guy, except this time, it’s her ex-boyfriend’s dad. The ex who humiliated her in front of the entire school by sharing their sexts online. She thinks her summer is going to be miserable. That is, until she meets Eva, who was forced to move to her town after her single mother died. Eva is living with Grace’s best friend Luca, whose mother was Eva’s mother’s best friend. Things with Eva heat up fast—and Grace admits her bisexuality, and Eva has been out for years. It’s a love story like none I’ve ever read, intensified by Eva’s grief and the many issues Grace has with her unstable mother. There were so many things to love that I can’t even name them all. Eva is biracial, and Luca is such a great best friend, and Luca’s mother is just the best. This book was wonderful. Is wonderful. I’ll be reading it again.

Rating: 4+ dogs petted. SO GOOD.

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring

It could have been that my expectations were too high when I started this book. I wanted something game-changing about a girl who wants to play football despite what everyone says or thinks. That’s… not what this is.

First of all, Tessa and Caleb are about to start high school. That means that they’re what? Fourteen? The premise of the book is that Tessa wants to play football, but also wants to date Caleb, and he doesn’t think she should play football. I wanted her to learn to be strong and fierce and to do what she wants, no matter what any boy tells her. But hindsight tells me that a) these characters are too young for that type of story, and b) this just wasn’t the book for me.

Rating: 0 dogs petted. DNF at 17%.

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

After the last one, I knew I needed another gem, so I picked up a book that everyone has been talking about—and I was not disappointed.

Jordan Sun is at a fancy arts boarding school in upstate New York, and she’s specializing in theater. Only she’s never been cast in anything, because her voice is too deep for the girl parts. Her Chinese immigrant parents don’t think she should be doing arts stuff in the first place, so she know she has to figure out a way to be successful at her school. So what does she do? She takes her too-deep voice and auditions for an all-boy a capella group… dressed as a boy she named Julian Zhang. And that’s where things start to get complicated.

Rating: 3 dogs petted. This book was so good, and I loved the characters of the guys in the a capella group SO MUCH. My only quibble is in the marketing—they were saying this book was about a person who is gender queer or nonbinary, but that is not at all what Jordan is. She was cross-dressing, plain and simple. So. The book itself was wonderful, but the way it’s being advertised is incredibly misleading and potentially hurtful.

March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

March: Book Two by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

I’m putting these two together for ease.

Did I know that a graphic novel trilogy was what I needed to read over Memorial Day weekend? No. But it was. It was exactly what I needed. These books need no introduction. They document the life and tale of John Lewis, one of the most well-known Civil Rights activists in his day, and one of the few who is still alive. The first book starts with his early life on a farm in Alabama and goes through the passing of the Voting Rights Act, detailing all of the terrible and tragic happenings in between. It is so well-told, and the art is out of this world. I didn’t know a lot of it—my education failed me. I learned. I cried. And I felt the need to get out of my chair and DO something.

I felt the need to march.

Rating: 4+ dogs petted. Everyone should be reading these. (I finished the third one in the first few days of June, so that will be coming next month.)

There was May for you! I didn’t get as much read as I intended, but I think I did okay. What was your favorite book that you read in May?

Happy reading!

-A.

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Team Statistics: Caleb McCleary. QB. Following in his brother’s “baller status” footsteps. Tessa Dooley. Any position that needs filling. Her motto: “Be afraid.” The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a relationship…and their playful sports days are coming to an end. Caleb is getting ready to try out for the football team, and Tessa is training for cross-country. But all their structured plans derail in the final flag game when they lose. Tessa doesn’t want to end her career as a loser. She really enjoys playing, and if she’s being honest, she likes it even more than running. So what if she decided to play football instead? What would happen between her and Caleb? Or between Tessa and her two best friends, who are counting on her to try out for cross-country with them? And will her parents be upset that she’s decided to take her hobby to the next level? This summer, Caleb and Tessa figure out just what it means to be a boyfriend, girlfriend, teammate, best friend, and someone worth cheering for.

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Are you in the mood for YA novels and graphic novels about characters who play sports? Check out our latest SPORTS FICTION display, featuring:

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring 

Winger by Andrew Smith 

Check Please! Book 1: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu

Slam! Volume 1 by Pamela Ribon 

Black Top: Toni by L.J. Alonge

Forced Out by Gene Fehler 

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Here’s a masterpost of YA books (and a few crossover MG titles) to be released in April 2017. Check out this month’s new releases below. Feel free to use this as a guide to this month’s releases, but please do not repost it in its entirety elsewhere. If you found this masterpost helpful, a like, reblog, or link back to Paperback’d would be much appreciated!

April 1st

All the Forever Things by Jolene Perry ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Alone in Paris by Ashley Earley ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Draekora (The Medoran Chronicles #3) by Lynette Noni ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Killswitch (The Seven Signs #4) by Michael Adams ✤ Goodreads

Pointe, Claw by Amber J. Keyser ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 3rd

The Castaways by Jessika Fleck ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Night Swimming by Steph Bowe ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 4th

Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Blacklist (Beautiful Idols #2) by Alyson Noël ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

But Then I Came Back by Estelle Laure ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Cage of Darkness (Reign of Secrets #2) by Jennifer Anne Davis ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Defy the Stars (Defy the Stars #1) by Claudia Gray ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The End of Our Story by Meg Haston ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Geekerella by Ashley Poston ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Gem & Dixie by Sara Zarr ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Give Me a K-I-L-L by R.L. Stine ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Inconceivable Life of Quinn by Marianna Baer ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Keeping the Beat by Marie Powell & Jeff Norton ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Last Thing You Said by Sara Biren ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Last to Die by Kelly Garrett ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Mars One by Jonathan Maberry ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Other Breakable Things by Kelley York & Rowan Altwood ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Perfect (Flawed #2) by Cecelia Ahern ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Pretty Fierce by Kieran Scott ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Royce Rolls by Margaret Stohl ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Shadowcaster (Shattered Realms #2) by Cinda Williams Chima ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Speak of Me As I Am by Sonia Belasco ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Stranger Things Have Happened by Jeff Strand ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Toward a Secret Sky by Heather Maclean ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

True North (True Born #2) by L.E. Stirling ✤ Amazon

Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 6th

And Then We Ran by Katy Cannon ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Stargazing for Beginners by Jenny McLachlan ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The State of Grace by Rachael Lucas ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Straight Outta Crongton (South Crongton Trilogy #3) by Alex Wheatle ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 10th

Don't Kiss the Messenger (Edgelake High School #1) by Katie Ray ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 11th

Alex & Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Blacksouls (Blackhearts #2) by Nicole Castroman ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Cheesus Was Here by J.C. Davis ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Duels and Deception by Cindy Anstey ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Fireworks by Katie Cotugno ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Given to the Sea by Mindy McGinnis ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Literally by Lucy Keating ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Out of the Shadows (Shadowlands #1) by Ashlee Nicole Bye ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Run the Risk by Allison van Diepen ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Spindle Fire (Spindle Fire #1) by Lexa Hillyer ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Takedown by Corrie Wang ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Unearthly Things by Michelle Gagnon ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 18th

The Adjustment (The Program #3) by Suzanne Young ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Bang by Barry Lyga ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Edge of the Abyss (The Abyss Surrounds Us #2) by Emily Skrutskie ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Grendel's Guide to Love and War by A.E. Kaplan ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Meg & Linus by Hanna Nowinski ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Missing by Kelley Armstrong ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Sky Throne by Chris Ledbetter ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 24th

Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOZYa Anthology by Danielle Binks ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

April 25th

Between Two Skies by Joanne O'Sullivan ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Legion (Talon #4) by Julie Kagawa ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Looking for Group by Roy Harrison ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Lucky Girl by Amanda Maciel ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

The Wonder of Us by Kim Culbertson ✤ Goodreads | Amazon

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The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring (@theldring) #fiction #sports #romance #football #friendship @DelacortePress

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring. April  4, 2017. Delacorte Press, 208 p. ISBN: 9780385741835.  Int Lvl: YA; Rdg Lvl: YA; Lexile: 540. Team Statistics: Caleb McCleary. QB. Following in his brother’s “baller status” footsteps. Tessa Dooley. Any position that needs filling. Her motto: “Be afraid.” The summer before Caleb and Tessa enter high school, friendship has blossomed into a…

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April 2017 Book Releases

Hello, all you April fools! 

Did any one play any really good tricks this year?  Did anyone have any wicked tricks played on them?  I live alone, which means I don’t have anyone to play tricks on, but it also means I don’t have to suffer getting tricked. 

I’m not really a fan of surprises.

Anywho, I’m reading all nonfiction books this month, which means I don’t get to enjoy any of the wonderful books finding their way into the wild this month.  Guess I’ll have to rely on y’all to tell me what you think of these new releases:

Week of April 4th:

Alex, Approximately – Jenn Bennett

Geekerella – Ashley Poston

Defy the Stars – Claudia Gray

Letters to the Lost – Brigid Kemmerer

Gem and Dixie – Sara Zarr

Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) – Mark Lawrence

Zenn Diagram – Wendy Brant

The Football Girl – Thatcher Heldring

Week of April 11th:

Blacksouls (Blackhearts #2) – Nicole Castroman

Alex and Eliza: A Love Story – Melissa de la Cruz

Unearthly Things – Michelle Gagnon

The Freemason’s Daughter – Shelley Sackier

Duels and Deceptions – Cindy Anstey

Fireworks – Katie Cotugno

Literally – Lucy Keating

Given to the Sea (Given Duet #1) – Mindy McGinnis

Week of April 18th:

Missing – Kelley Armstrong

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers – Deborah Heiligman

Week of April 25th:

Blade Bound (Chicagoland Vampires #13) – Chloe Neill

Legion (Talon Saga #4) – Julie Kagawa

Champion: The Graphic Novel – Marie Lu

North of Happy – Adi Alsaid

Maud: A Novel Inspired by the Life of L.M. Montgomery – Melanie Fishbane

There you go!  Per usual, if you have any books that I missed this month or if you have any upcoming books you want to make sure get on my radar, let me know. Otherwise, happy reading, and enjoy the start of spring!

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ARC Reviews - DNFs in 2017 (so far)

We're a little more than halfway through the year, and today I want to talk about not finishing books. I've mentioned my DNFs throughout the year in my Amanda Reads posts, but I want to talk about it more generally. What makes me DNF a book? What might make me pick them up again? 

All of these books were provided to me by the respective publishers via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. That did not affect my opinions in any way.

2017 DNFs

Everything Belongs to Us by Yoojin Grace Wuertz

What made me DNF this book?

I was bored.

I was having trouble connecting the beginning of the book, told from the point of view of a man, to the supposed plot of the book, which is about two women. When I DNFed, we hadn't even met one of the women yet - that was at 15%.

I couldn't connect to the voice.

Would I pick it up again?

Yes, I would. I want to read this book. It sounds interesting, and I've heard wonderful things from people who have finished it. I'd love to take more time and get through it.

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

What made me DNF this book?

I kept falling asleep while reading.

I wasn't sure what the story was about. I was at 20% when I DNFed.

The writing was a little bit flowery for what the story was supposed to be. This made it hard for me to follow.

Would I pick it up again?

Definitely. This is one I really want to read, and I've heard it's really good! I just have to get to the good stuff, I guess.

Get It Together, Delilah! by Erin Gough

What made me DNF this book?

It was completely unrealistic.

I hated the characters.

I have no idea what the story was about. I DNFed at 24%.

Would I pick it up again?

No. This wasn't a case of me being bored. This was me not liking the characters. At all. I cannot get behind someone who condones stalking and assault. So yeah, no, I'm going to always pass on this one.

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring

What made me DNF this book?

I was so flipping bored.

I couldn't connect to the voice.

I felt absolutely nothing for the characters. I DNFed at 17%.

Would I pick it up again?

No. If a book with this same concept was rewritten where the characters were sixteen rather than thirteen, and the girl was the badass I wanted her to be, then come find me. I'm about that life. But as this book stands? I'll pass.

There are many reasons I might decide not to finish a book, but there is always a reason. Reading has always been an escape for me, and as soon as it feels like work, I'm not interested. That's what it comes down to with most of these DNFs - I had to work too hard for what I thought the book would be worth in the end. I do plan on returning to some of these in the future, and I'm sure I'll write all about it when that day comes. In the meantime, I might DNF some more books. I guess we'll have to see.

What books have you DNFed? What are your reasons for doing so?

Happy reading!

-A.

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Friday Reads - May 19, 2017

Oh hey. It's me again, not blogging regularly like I always intend to do! Not that you need more excuses from me, but my full-time work (you know, the stuff that pays the bills, yet keeps me from writing) is blowing up right now and likely will be most of the summer. I'm going to have to be more disciplined about writing these early so they post on time! But that's a topic for another blog post. Anyway! I've been trying to read, still. Trying is the key word, I think.

This week in books

This week was a weird one, in terms of books. I read a book for a planned review on Booknista called River: A Rock Star Romance. It was fairly light and sort of fun and I hated the girl-on-girl hate. But it wasn't bad. That review will be written soon-ish (after I finally write the review for Alice - sorry, Julie!) Then I devoured How to Make a Wish, by Ashley Herring Blake - omg, guys, that book. Tug on all of my heartstrings, why don't you! I'll be recommending that one from here until the end of time.

But after that, I had another DNF. This time it was The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring. This book wasn't bad, per se. I just... felt like the synopsis (and cover) were vastly misleading. I thought it was going to be about a kickass girl who wanted to play football and people in her life supported her. It... wasn't. Also, she was only 14, which made the whole thing feel weird. And the writing was super boring. I don't know, I bet some people love it. It just wasn't for me.

Now I'm on to Noteworthy, by Riley Redgate. I've heard mostly good things about this one, but there have been some mixed reviews. I've only read a couple of pages so far, but I love the voice already. So hopefully I found another book to dive into during this lovely ARC May.

What are you reading this weekend?

-A.

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Check out our latest SPORTS FICTION display, featuring:

Slump by Kevin Waltman

Top Prospect by Paul Volponi

Out of Sync by Amanda Humann

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring

Forced Out by Gene Fehler

Running on Empty by Sonya Spreen Bates

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Check out our latest display on SPORTS FICTION, featuring:

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

Out of Sync by Amanda Humann

The Football Girl by Thatcher Heldring

Game Seven by Paul Volponi

Stick by Michael Harmon

Blacktop: Toni by L.J. Alonge