Category: Sara Barnard

TTT: Top Ten 2016 Debut Novels I’m Looking Forward To

by Alexia, posted in Ashley Herring Blake, Erin L. Schneider, Kerry Kletter, Kim Savage, Laura Tims, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, Marisa Reichardt, Meredith Russo, Sara Barnard, Shannon M. Parker, Top Ten 2016 Debut Novels I'm Looking Forward To, TTT, Weekly Feature

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This feature is hosted by the ladies of The Broke and the Bookish.

I wasn’t sure how well I’d do with this prompt, but then I realized exactly how many debuts I actually have on my 2016 Goodreads shelves.

Here are the debuts I am most excited about!

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After the Woods by Kim Savage
Please Don’t Tell by Laura Tims
Beautiful Broken Things by Sara Barnard
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The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Underwater by Marisa Reichardt
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Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn
Summer of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider
Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake
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The Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. Parker

If you did a TTT post this week, leave me the link. Let me know if we have any of the same books on our lists.

Waiting on Wednesday #31

by Alexia, posted in Contemporary, February 2016 releases, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, Sara Barnard, Waiting on Wednesday, YA

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This weekly feature is hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. It’s a way to showcase upcoming releases that we’re excited about.

My Pick
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Book Link: Goodreads

Synopsis from Goodreads
I was brave
She was reckless
We were trouble

Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their differences have brought them closer, but as she turns sixteen Caddy begins to wish she could be a bit more like Rosie – confident, funny and interesting. Then Suzanne comes into their lives: beautiful, damaged, exciting and mysterious, and things get a whole lot more complicated. As Suzanne’s past is revealed and her present begins to unravel, Caddy begins to see how much fun a little trouble can be. But the course of both friendship and recovery is rougher than either girl realises, and Caddy is about to learn that downward spirals have a momentum of their own.

My Thoughts
I am so excited for this book. I feel like YA has a significant lack of books with female friendships as the focus. I think this one will be an awesome read. Friendships are so important in YA and I feel like they aren’t given enough attention in books. Romance plotlines seems to override friendship plotlines. It also sounds like it’s going to feature a toxic friendship, which I also think is important.

What book are you looking forward to?