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lunedì 8 luglio 2019

My 5 favourite books set in Summer | #booksandseasons

I talk about my favourite books and my favourite genre a lot here on the blog and on my bookstagram as well. So if you’ve read any of my blog posts before you’ll know that my favourite genre is contemporary YA novels, specifically written by women and set in Summer. I don’t have a specific reason why I love books set in Summer more than those set in any other season, maybe the fact that I was born in June has had some sort of effect on the season I love the most. 

Anyway, I made a similar post this past January all about my 5 favourite books set in Winter and I’ve wanted to make one about Spring too but somehow I haven’t read enough books set in that season to make an actual list of favourites. But today I want to talk about my 5 favourite books set in my favourite season: 

“The Unexpected Everything” by Morgan Matson: it won’t come as a surprise that not one but two of her books have made this list, she is after all my favourite author ever and it’s actually hard for me to pick one of her books over the other, I’ve resolved the struggle by picking two books out of five. All of her books so far have been set in summer and they are all contemporary YA novels, which is exactly the kind of books I love to read. Of this one I particularly loved the focus on friendships dynamics and the concept of having to scrap your plans and start over, which hits close to home a bit too often. 



“Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson: this one in particular is the first one I’ve ever read (because yes I didn’t follow the publication order) and therefore will always have a special place in my heart. I connected with Emily, the main character, on so many levels and I felt her struggles deeply. I also really love the spin she put on the concept of having a list of things you want to (or in this case are force to) achieve by the end of Summer. 






“Stay Sweet” by Siobhan Vivian: I’ve talked about this book quite a lot too, it is one of my favourites after all. It has everything I look for in a summery YA novel: friendship struggles, a new and exciting love interest with a bit of enemies to lovers vibe, and that theme of ‘I’m a confused teen that doesn’t want time to go by so fast’ which basically represents my whole life motto. 







“The Upside Of Unrequited” by Becky Albertalli: this one is more of a recent addition to my list of favourites. I’ve, in fact, read it earlier this year and it was the first book I’ve ever read from this author. This book was everything I expected and more, I once again connected deeply with the main character Molly, specifically her introversion and the struggles that come with it. Read my review here






“Ps: I Still Love You” by Jenny Han: I couldn’t leave this book out of the list, you all know how much I love Jenny Han and her books, specifically ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’. That whole series was spectacular (and the movie adaptation certainly didn’t disappoint) and this book, the second one in the trilogy, is the only one set in Summer, so absolutely perfect for this list. 


Have you read any of these books? Which are your favourites set in Summer? 

2 commenti:

  1. These sound like the perfect summer reads.
    I am on to my second book of the summer, really loving getting my teeth in to some great books.

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    1. They really are. What have you read so far this summer? Any you would recommend?

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