Hello August! I thought that maybe you guys would like an update on my Goodreads Challenge and a look on my TBR!! :D
Although I hope to read much more this month, (Especially because I am 16 books behind on my reading challenge. Oops) these are the four books I hope to finish initially in August.
1. Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
First off, I would love to finish up Nearly Gone. A book that I have started a few days ago and will hopefully finish next week. Nearly Gone is about a girl named Nearly, who knows better than to reveal much to her classmates. She keeps things to herself for the most part, aside from her two best friends. She doesn't dare tell anyone about her ability to taste what someone feels with just the touch of their skin. When a serial killer goes on a murder spree, killing students in Nearly's high school and leaving clues in the personal ads, Nearly tries to find out who the killer is, confiding in Reece; the 'reformed bad boy' who she wonders whether or not she could trust... who is also working under cover spying... on her.
"Alexis thought she led a
typically dysfunctional high school existence. Dysfunctional like her
parents' marriage; her doll-crazy twelve-year-old sister, Kasey; and
even her own anti-social, anti-cheerleader attitude. When a family fight
results in some tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life
is creeping from dysfunction into danger. Kasey is acting stranger than
ever: her blue eyes go green sometimes; she uses old-fashioned
language; and she even loses track of chunks of time, claiming to know
nothing about her strange behavior. Their old house is changing, too.
Doors open and close by themselves; water boils on the unlit stove; and
an unplugged air conditioner turns the house cold enough to see their
breath in.
"Alexis wants to think
that it's all in her head, but soon, what she liked to think of as silly
parlor tricks are becoming life-threatening--to her, her family, and to
her budding relationship with the class president. Alexis knows she's
the only person who can stop Kasey -- but what if that green-eyed girl
isn't even Kasey anymore?" (From the synopsis of Bad Girls Don't Die)
I have been wanting to read this book for a long time, and since I got it for my birthday last week, I can happily say I can finally read it! Wooo!
3. Me on the floor, Bleeding by Jenny Jagerfeld
Original title: Här ligger jag och blöder
"High school outsider
Maja would never hurt herself on purpose as her dad, teachers, and
classmates seem to believe. Can't a person saw off the tip of her thumb
without everyone starting to worry? That is, everyone except Maja's mum,
who seems to have disappeared from the face of earth.
Crashing a neighbor's party, Maja meets twenty-year-old Justin Case, a super-verbal car mechanic with pink pants, who makes her forget everything about absent mothers and sawn-off thumbs, at least temporarily. But then Maja hacks into her father's e-mail account and reads an e-mail that hurts more than all the electric saws in the world.
In this funny and clever coming-of-age novel, seventeen-year-old Maja describes each moment with such bare-bones honesty that one can't help but be drawn into her world. Wise beyond her years yet still surprisingly naïve, her story is entertaining and enlightening, at turns both hilarious and bittersweet." (From the synopsis of Me on the Floor, Bleeding by Jenny Jagerfeld)
Crashing a neighbor's party, Maja meets twenty-year-old Justin Case, a super-verbal car mechanic with pink pants, who makes her forget everything about absent mothers and sawn-off thumbs, at least temporarily. But then Maja hacks into her father's e-mail account and reads an e-mail that hurts more than all the electric saws in the world.
In this funny and clever coming-of-age novel, seventeen-year-old Maja describes each moment with such bare-bones honesty that one can't help but be drawn into her world. Wise beyond her years yet still surprisingly naïve, her story is entertaining and enlightening, at turns both hilarious and bittersweet." (From the synopsis of Me on the Floor, Bleeding by Jenny Jagerfeld)
4. Murder at Midnight by Avi
"A plot to overthrow King
Claudio is brewing in the Kingdom of Pergamontio. Scholarly Mangus the
magician -- along with his street-smart and faithful new servant boy,
Fabrizio -- have been marked as easy scapegoats for the traitor lurking
within the king's court. Together, these two unlikely partners must
gather clues to solve the mystery and prove their innocence before the
stroke of midnight. . . or face death!
Intricate plotting, surprise twists, and lively prose make for another suspenseful page-turner that stands alone or sets the stage for MIDNIGHT MAGIC!" (From the synopsis of Murder at Midnight)
Intricate plotting, surprise twists, and lively prose make for another suspenseful page-turner that stands alone or sets the stage for MIDNIGHT MAGIC!" (From the synopsis of Murder at Midnight)
I found this one at my favorite used book shop a few cities away ♥ I haven't read a middlegrade quite like this, and I am very excited!
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So this has been my August 2016 TBR! Have you read any of the books listed? If so, what did you think?
Thank you so much for reading!
Xoxo,
Unicorn Cupcake
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