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Currently Reading

Summer Rental by Rektok Ross

I just started this one and thought it would be a good book to read in between book club books. The summary on Thriftbooks.com says, “Mean Girls meets Scream in this heart-pounding psychological thriller about a group of friends stranded on an island with a serial killer on the loose.” I really liked the idea of combining Mean Girls and Scream so I’m excited to see how it turns out!

Recently Read

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Here’s part of my summary from my blog post: Taking place throughout the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is about Sadie and Sam who meet around eleven years old and bond over video games while they’re both at the hospital. Sadie’s sister has cancer and Sam has been in a bad accident and has severely injured his foot. The story skips around a bit, showing how Sadie and Sam have stayed friends throughout the years. The flashbacks help add to the story and help give a layer of depth to the storyline. While still in college, Sadie and Sam create a video game that becomes a best seller. Their relationship is never romantic, however it shows the deep love of friendship and bonding over a certain thing even when life moves on and people change. They sometimes go years without talking and their fights can be brutal, but something always brings them back together.

Reading Next

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

This book is up next for book club. I haven’t heard much about this book. All I’ve read is the summary, but it sounds good. William has grown up in a house silenced by tragedy, but when he meets Julia during his freshman year of college, his world seems to light up. Julia and her three sisters are inseparable and with them, William experiences contentment and every moment in their house is filled with loving chaos, until the darkness from William’s past surfaces.