P.S. I Like You by Kasie West If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll probably know that Kasie West is a staple on my shelves. I enjoy the majority of her work, but this one just gets me. I reread it quite frequently-- whenever I just need something light and cute. P.S. I Like You is the definition of fluff. It's not all that deep, but it's a fun read that'll bring a smile to your face. Synopsis: Signed, sealed, delivered… While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favorite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has continued the lyrics on the desk and added a message to her. Intrigue! Soon, Lily and her anonymous pen pal are exchanging full-on letters—sharing secrets, recommending bands, and opening up to each other. Lily realizes she’s kind of falling for this letter writer. Only, who is he? As Lily attempts to unravel the mystery and juggle school, friends, crushes, and her crazy family, she discovers that matters of the heart can’t always be spelled out… | Stealing Parker by Miranda Keneally Miranda Keneally and her Hundred Oaks companion novels have also been staples on my shelves for a long time. While there are many companion books in this series, Stealing Parker remains to be my favorite (with Catching Jordan falling closely behind). Like P.S. I Like You, Stealing Parker is cute fluff that'll bring a smile to your face for sure. It's a great read, with an adorable romance and lovable characters. On the first read through I'll admit I was a bit annoyed with the protagonist, but the more I've read it, and the deeper I got into the book, the more I understand her and appreciate her. Now I love the whole book, every single piece and character in it. It's a fantastic story. I'll be honest, I probably read this one like, once a month. That's how happy it makes me. I should also mention that this is in a companion series. So if you like the writing style and the setting, there are a ton of other books in the series set in the same place where you'll get brief glimpses into the old characters' lives. Stealing Parker is the second book in the series, so if you really want no spoilers, you might want to start with Catching Jordan (which is also a very cute romance). Synopsis: Red-hot author Miranda Kenneally hits one out of the park in this return to Catching Jordan's Hundred Oaks High. Parker Shelton pretty much has the perfect life. She’s on her way to becoming valedictorian at Hundred Oaks High, she’s made the all-star softball team, and she has plenty of friends. Then her mother’s scandal rocks their small town and suddenly no one will talk to her. Now Parker wants a new life. So she quits softball. Drops twenty pounds. And she figures why kiss one guy when she can kiss three? Or four. Why limit herself to high school boys when the majorly cute new baseball coach seems especially flirty? But how far is too far before she loses herself completely? |
I always start these out by saying something along the lines of a lot of books... and this is no different. A lot of books make me happy. It would be impossible to fit all of those books into this one blog post. A good book is one that makes me happy, and as we all know, I have no shortage of good books to talk about. Nevertheless, I will restrain myself and try to keep this post short and sweet so here we go. While a lot of different types of books make me happy, I'm going to stick to two adorably fluffy contemporary romance novels for this post, since those are the very typical "happy" books.
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If you saw my post yesterday, or you just know me in general, you'd know that my favorite book series is Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I'm a huge fan. I just love everything about it and am completely obsessed. While every single book in this series is magnificent in its own way, by far my favorite would have to be Queen of Shadows. There's just something about this book that is so magnificent, making it stand a head above its peers. This is like the pay off book. We just spent Heir of Fire training, and we were left with some pretty big cliffhangers, and then Queen of Shadows comes into the game and just-- it's everything anyone could have asked for. There are reunions, characters finally meeting, and epic, and I mean EPIC fights. Everything about this book is just unbelievably perfect. I adore it. This should come as no surprise to anyone. I've always been very vocal about my adoration of the Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas. I've always been very vocal of my adoration of Sarah J. Maas as an author in general, as you'll all see in the next 30 days. While my favorite book of all time is another Sarah special, my favorite series would have to be Throne of Glass. Everything about the series is excellent. The characters, the character growth, the plot, the world, the writing-- everything. I can't emphasize just how much I truly love this series. If you love high fantasy, this is definitely a series you'll want to check out. Each book expands on the world. Once you finish the series, looking back on where it starts seems to tiny and inconsequential, whereas it feels direly important during the first book. The series just keeps getting better and better as it continues on. I just... I love it. Here's the synopsis for Book 1 Throne of Glass: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined. Here's an especially hard one because rereading is one of my favorite hobbies, haha. Even though it can't quite capture the same magic as falling in love with a story for the first time, there is a beauty to rereading a good book or series-- you notice things you didn't before. You pick up on more foreshadowing, and just more little details in general. I'm going to admit right here, right now, that a lot of the books I mention on this list are ones that I've read more than three times. But since I'm going to try and not repeat myself too much, I'll limit myself to these two books that don't fit perfectly into any of the other categories.
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