Waiting on Wednesday

Sooooo....what book are we waiting on here at RFYF? 

A funny, romantic, witty book about terminal teens who do some deep soul-searching. A great read on a cold, snowy night!

Away We Go
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by Emil Ostrovski

Release Date: 2 February 2016
Publisher: Geenwillow Books

Westing is not your typical school. For starters, you have to have one very important quality in order to be admitted—you have to be dying. Every student at Westing has been diagnosed with PPV, or the Peter Pan Virus. No one is expected to live to graduation. 

 What do you do when you go to a school where no one has a future? Noah Falls, his girlfriend Alice, and his best friend Marty spend their time drinking, making out, and playing video games on awaywego.com. But when an older boy named Zach (who Noah may or may not be in love with) invites Noah and Marty to join his secret Polo Club, the lives of both boys change as they struggle to find meaning in their shortened existence. 

 With an innovative format that includes interstitial documents, such as flyers, postcards, and handwritten notes, Away We Go is a funny, honest look at first love and tragic heartbreak.

(goodreads summary)

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 

Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read. 
• Open to a random page. 
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 
• Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

                   I hid in the down under for days and days and kept the door closed, which is why I missed the funeral and the Fair Gwen going away. Gram told me about it afterwards, how she couldn't stand to live in the same house with Kevin gone, and who could blame her.

p. 158

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading?

This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!

Lora is Reading: 

The Boy Most Likely To

by Huntley Fitzpatrick

......

Surprises abound and sparks ignite in the highly anticipated, utterly romantic companion to My Life Next Door 

 Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To: 

- find the liquor cabinet blindfolded 

- need a liver transplant 

- drive his car into a house 

 Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To: 

- well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. 

For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart” choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard. 

 Then the unexpected consequences of Tim’s wild days come back to shock him. He finds himself in a situation that isn’t all it appears to be, that he never could have predicted . . . but maybe should have. 

 And Alice is caught in the middle. 

 Told in Tim’s and Alice’s distinctive, disarming, entirely compelling voices, this return to the world of My Life Next Door is a story about failing first, trying again, and having to decide whether to risk it all once more.

(goodreads summary)

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Cindi is Reading:

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

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Two boys – a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces – forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.

(goodreads summary)

Waiting on Wednesday

Sooooo....what book are we waiting on here at RFYF? 

The snow is piling up outside. The holidays are over. 'Tis the time for the Winter Blahs. So we decided to choose a book that is sure to make you laugh out loud and forget all your worries!  

It's All Your Fault
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by Paul Rudnick

Release Date: 26 January 2016
Publisher: Scholastic Press

One last chance. One wild weekend. 

My name is Caitlin and up until forty-eight hours ago I had never: 

 Tasted alcohol, kissed a boy, sang in public at the top of my lungs, kidnapped anyone or--WHAT? STOLEN A CONVERTIBLE? 

 Now I'm in jail and I have no idea what I'm going to tell: 

 The police, my parents, the mayor, all of those camera crews and everyone on Twitter. 

 I have just noticed that: 

 My nose is pierced and I have-WAIT? IS THAT A TATTOO? 

 I blame one person for this entire insane weekend: 

 My famous cousin. 

 Who is also my former best friend. 

 Who I have HATED for the past four years. 

 Who I miss like crazy. NO I DON'T!!!! 

 IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, HELLER HARRIGAN!!!!

(goodreads summary)

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 

Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read. 
• Open to a random page. 
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 
• Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

                   I figure it will take forever to fall asleep, because my head is full of stuff. Grim and his written-down lump of coal, the pyramid with the special book inside, and how fat, wet flakes of snow were falling when the Fair Gwen towed Freak home in his American Flyer wagon, and the way he was pretending to boss her by saying, "On Donner! On Dasher! On Guinevere!" and she's telling him to shut up or she'll leave him outside until he turns into a snowman.

p. 98

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

It's Monday! What Are YOU Reading??

This is a fun meme that allows bloggers to get an idea of what everyone else is reading and perhaps help to find our next must-read. So check out what WE are reading and tell us what YOU are reading!!

Lora is Reading: 

The Boy Most Likely To

by Huntley Fitzpatrick

......

Surprises abound and sparks ignite in the highly anticipated, utterly romantic companion to My Life Next Door 

 Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To: 

- find the liquor cabinet blindfolded 

- need a liver transplant 

- drive his car into a house 

 Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To: 

- well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. 

For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart” choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard. 

 Then the unexpected consequences of Tim’s wild days come back to shock him. He finds himself in a situation that isn’t all it appears to be, that he never could have predicted . . . but maybe should have. 

 And Alice is caught in the middle. 

 Told in Tim’s and Alice’s distinctive, disarming, entirely compelling voices, this return to the world of My Life Next Door is a story about failing first, trying again, and having to decide whether to risk it all once more.

(goodreads summary)

......

Cindi is Reading:

Freak the Mighty

by Rodman Philbrick

......

......

Two boys – a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces – forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.

(goodreads summary)

Waiting on Wednesday

Sooooo....what book are we waiting on here at RFYF? 

It's not quite February and Valentine's Day yet but this story looked too good to pass up! A love story based on Greek mythology with the 'contemporary drama of MTV's Teen Mom' sounds like the perfect way to start the new year! 

Arrows
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by Melissa Gorzelanczyk

Release Date: 26 January 2016
Publisher: Delacorte Press

A modern cupid story set in present-day Wisconsin combining the fantastical elements of Greek mythology with the contemporary drama of MTV's Teen Mom. 

 People don’t understand love. If they did, they’d get why dance prodigy Karma Clark just can’t say goodbye to her boyfriend, Danny. No matter what he says or does or how he hurts her, she can’t stay angry with him . . . and can’t stop loving him. But there’s a reason why Karma is helpless to break things off: she’s been shot with a love arrow. 

 Aaryn, son of Cupid, was supposed to shoot both Karma and Danny but found out too late that the other arrow in his pack was useless. And with that, Karma’s life changed forever. One pregnancy confirmed. One ballet scholarship lost. And dream after dream tossed to the wind. 

 A clueless Karma doesn’t know that her toxic relationship is Aaryn’s fault . . . but he’s going to get a chance to make things right. He’s here to convince Danny to man up and be there for Karma. But what if this god from Mount Olympus finds himself falling in love with a beautiful dancer from Wisconsin who can never love him in return? 

 This fast-paced debut novel explores the internal & external conflicts of a girl who finds herself inexplicably drawn to a boy who seemingly doesn't reciprocate her feelings, touching on the issues of love, sex and responsibility, with a heroine struggling to control her destiny--perfect for fans of Katie McGarry's novels and MTV’s 16 and Pregnant.

(goodreads summary)

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 

Just do the following: 

• Grab your current read. 
• Open to a random page. 
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. 
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! 
• Share the title and author so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! 

                   During dinner, Pierce watched as Noelle picked at her food, wondering if she was having as difficult a time getting the events of the past few minutes out of her mind as he was. Feeling mildly guilty for casting a pall over the room, Pierce picked at his chicken parmesan and scalloped potatoes too.

p. 105

Pierced by Love

by Laura L. Walker