My Favourite Outdoor Activity is Going Back Inside // Top Ten Tuesday #12: ‘Summer Reads’

Here is a list of some things I’m not particularly fond of:

• Summer
• ‘Summer reads’
• The beach
• ‘Beach reads’

Here is a list of some things that every weekly list and feature in the blogosphere is focusing on lately:

• Summer
• ‘Summer reads’
• The beach
• ‘Beach reads’

You can understand my struggles when I saw that this week’s TTT was “Beach Reads“.

HOWEVER, I have decided to show you that I am not always about darkness and sadness. Shocking, I know. Sometimes there are lighter contemporaries that I want to read. So, this is what this list is going to focus on. You have no idea how hard it was trying to find ten. No. Idea. If some of these aren’t completely “light” then 💁🏻. I TRIED, YOU GUYS.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We’d love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

My Theme: Lighthearted Contemporaries I Want to Read

 

Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid – This is one I’ve had on my bookshelf for like a million years. I love road trips so this should be fun!
Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here by Anna Breslaw – I know this has mixed reviews, but I’m still excited to read it. I’ll be really interested to see how fandom is handled.
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – MUSIC! I love the movie version! I loved Naomi & Ely’s No Kiss List which Rachel and David also co-wrote. So I already know that I love their writing style.

Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar – Okay, so this is a New Adult and normally I avoid these like the plague, but it’s supposed to be a completely refreshing take and has feminist tones. Vivian loves it too and I trust her. Plus the cover is my favourite colour.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han – Honestly, I mostly want to read this because of the hype. I have no idea how I’m going to feel about it, but hopefully I’ll like it!
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour – MUSIC!!! I love this cover. I want to be in a band and go on a road trip. Or actually just go on a road trip with a band since the only musical talent I have is playing a handful of songs on the recorder (thanks, primary school). This looks really fun.

Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson – This just seems really interesting, I love that there’s a slight mystery aspect. I’ve never read a Morgan Matson book and this seems like a great place to start. The cover is perfect, too.
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson – I debated for so long whether I wanted to read this or not because it’s not really my thing. However, the dogs won me over. I just could’t resist. Everyone seems to love it too, so [fingers crossed].
Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson – Um, fandom references + LGBT? Sign me up! I love that the girls met online and that it’s not going down the typical straight couple route. I don’t even care that this has a low rating on Goodreads. I’m really excited to read it!
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell – Yeah. I’ve never read a Rainbow Rowell book despite having Eleanor & Park on my shelf for a billion years. I know this has some more serious themes and deals with anxiety, but that’s a huge part of why I want to read it. Despite that, it seems like it’s still going to be cute and again FANDOM REFERENCES.

So, there you go! 10 Contemporaries that aren’t about death and murder that I want to read. I’m going to go back to channeling my inner Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way now because this whole post just felt so weird.

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I would love to hear your thoughts about any of these books! Have you read them? Are they on your TBR? Feel free to leave a link to your own TTT so I can drop by.

Hope you’re all having a fantastic day! xx

P.S Technically I’m not supposed to be here and should be resting to fight off this Death Flu™ that’s making me sound like the girl from The Grudge when I talk/breathe. As much as I love spending all day in bed apparently that doesn’t carry over to when I’m forced to because I literally resorted to cleaning my walls today so I had an “excuse” to get up. So, shhh 🙊. I was never here.