Books I Read in July

More Than Her (More Than #2) by Jay McLean
More Than Him (More Than #3) by Jay McLean
More Than Forever (More Than #4) by Jay McLean
More Than Enough (More Than #5) by Jay McLean
Lucas (Preston Brothers #1) by Jay McLean
Logan  (Preston Brothers #2) by Jay McLean
After reading More Than This last month I quickly read all of the other books that took place in that world.  All of these books were similar as they are companion novels, but I loved it.  I often reads book with the meet > get together > fight > break up > make up equation and I am never disappointed.  Each couple in these stories face very different challenges which keeps the stories from feeling too repetitive.  More Than Her and More Than Him actually follow the same couple so that also shook up the stories a little bit.  These were easy reads that I got off of Kindle Unlimited and I highly recommend you check them out if you're looking for some love stories. 

Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach

I read We All Looked Up a while back and absolutely loved the way Tommy Wallach writes so I was exciting to finally get my hands on this book.  I still love the way he writes, but I honestly don't really know how to describe this book.  It's written as a college essay - if a college essay could be an entire novel and not the 700 words I had to fit it all in.  And at the end he says something like, "Did I make this up or not?" and that's exactly what I was thinking the entire time!  Because surely an immortal girl doesn't come not your life days before she tries to kill herself, but then I started double guessing and not knowing what to believe.  This made me feel very confused as I read the book, which had a simple plot line.  I think this is also why I really enjoy Wallach's way of writing, because he can describe a weekend between a boy and a girl that makes you question whether or not there is some type of supernatural magic going on.  

More Than We Can Tell (Letters to the Lost #2) by Brigid Kemmerer
This one was probably my favorite of the month.  It's the sequel to Letters to the Lost which I read last month and I love how the books compare people communicating anonymously to each other to people communicating anonymously to everyone but each other.  Rev and Emma talk to each other face to face (or back to back) and help each other open up about their families and themselves.  Emma has to come to terms that her parents are happier apart and Rev struggles when his abusive biological father reaches out to him.  At the same time, Emma is communicating with someone she thinks she knows, but actually doesn't because he uses the internet to create a fake identity.  It's kind of like Kemmerer's way of saying that even though we hope people who reach out to us end up being the Declan's and Rev's of the world, that's not always the case and the internet is a place you need to be really careful.

Dray (Custom Culture #3) by Tess Oliver

A few month ago I downloaded a free iBook called Freefall and within it there were two other couples.  I skipped book 2 in order to get to Dray and Cassie's story, but what I didn't count on was them being broken up most of the book.  That definitely wasn't the story I wanted to read, but it wasn't awful by any means of the word.  But I would say it was a little frustrating because both of them clearly wanted to be together, but Cassie wanted to try a new job opportunity and Dray didn't want to be blamed for holding her back.  When trouble does find Dray, Cassie drops everything in order to help them and his danger is what allows them to admit that they are important to each other. 

Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry #1) by Simone Elkeles
Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry #2) by Simone Elkeles
Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry #3) by Simone Elkeles
This month is just full of repeat authors...This series I really enjoyed and it was different for me because the Fuentes brothers are Mexican and I admittedly haven't read many books with the main characters being so.  It gave me a glimpse into what a Mexican-American family might be like and how each member prioritizes family and friends.  All of the brother's face conflicts when they make decisions because they have their family, their girlfriends, and gang members all expecting different things so they know they can't please everyone.  Lives are at stake and family secrets are unveiled to kids who have classmates only concerned about what colleges to apply to.  And then the girlfriends all have things happening in their personal lives that prevent them from fully opening up as well.  The stories involve tough choices and finding balance between what they want to do
and what they have to do.  

We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach | Book Review

We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach

Reading Group: High School+

Personal Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Given Summary: Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel.

They always say that high school is the best time of your life.

Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried “they” might actually be right. Meanwhile Eliza can’t wait to escape Seattle—and her reputation—and perfect-on-paper Anita wonders if admission to Princeton is worth the price of abandoning her real dreams. Andy, for his part, doesn’t understand all the fuss about college and career—the future can wait.

Or can it? Because it turns out the future is hurtling through space with the potential to wipe out life on Earth. As these four seniors—along with the rest of the planet—wait to see what damage an asteroid will cause, they must abandon all thoughts of the future and decide how they’re going to spend what remains of the present.

Cover: So the cover of this book is what drew me to it in the store, but I'm not going to lie, now that I've read the book, I'm not a huge fan of the cover.  It's just random people looking at an astroid and I wish it was at least the people who were there at the end of the story.  

My Review: I loved this book, but I also hate fit solely because Peter died.  And I know you could make the argument that they all end up dead, but the fact that Peter died first the day before made me so sad because he was my favorite from the beginning.  Also, there was still a 33.3% chance the astroid didn't hit the earth and if it did, would it wipe out everyone or just people in a large radius of the impact zone?  Like what it the astroid landed straight in the middle of the Pacific Ocean?  Sure there would be ridiculous tsunamis, but I still feel like North Dakota and some other states would be okay.  Your thoughts?
I tend to enjoy books that make you question your life, even through death freaks me out, and this novel was no different.  Life is short and you shouldn't wait until the world id ending or you get diagnosed withs one illness to do the things you want to do.  And it's interesting who people become when it seems that there are no rules.  Is the only reason you're not doing something is because it's illegal?  Is that right?  I like to believe that I am someone who lives in the present and does things that make me happy, but I also have a bucket list of things that will take years to complete, so if the world ended within the next three months I would be in trouble.  I think it's important to know there are things you want to do though because you'll try harder to get them done while you can rather than lying on your death bed coming up with plans that will never happen.
But back to the book.  I loved the way this book was written, I don't have an exact reason why, I just thought it was very nicely written and it makes me want to read Wallach's other book.  The characters were all great and different and real.  Like I went to high school with someone just like each of them.  I would definitely recommend this book to my friends.  

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