Ice Cream Tag

I was tagged by the lovely Charlotte from Charlotte Somewhere to do a new tag called the Ice Lolly Book Tag. The idea came from the Charlotte, Amy from Golden Books Girl and Louise from Book Murmuration. I thought this was a really unique sounding tag and it gives you a chance to talk about a lot of different books. 

I'll be tagging four lovely bloggers at the end but if anyone wants to do this tag then take note of the questions (ice lollies) and let me know what books you would pick! 

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Orbiting Jupiter Review

By: Gary D. Schmidt

Rating: 3/5

Source: W H Smith Bundle

Jack meets his new foster bother, he already know three things about him. 

Joseph almost killed a teacher. 

He was incarcerated called Stone Mountain. 

He has a daughter, her name is Jupiter and he has never seen her. 

What Jack doesn't know, at first, is how desperate Joseph is to find his baby girl. Or how urgently he, Jack, will want to help. But the past can't be shaken off. Even as new bonds form, old wounds reopen. The search for Jupiter demands more from Jack than he can imagine. 

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapien Agenda Review

by Becky Albertalli

Rating: 5/5

Source: Amazon

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

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Grad Life Chapter 1 - How Do You Measure Success?

This isn't the post that I thought I'd be writing so soon after one of the best days of my life. Two weeks have passed since I through my cap into the air, collected my certificate and celebrated three years of hard work with my family. I've left education firmly behind me but there's just one problem. 

I'm still unemployed...

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The Start of Me and You Review

By: Emery Lord

Rating: 5/5

Source: W H Smith book bundle

Can you plan happiness? 

It's been a year since Paige's first boyfriend died in a swimming accident and it's time she rejoined the real world. So she makes a plan: 

1. Date a boy (long-standing crush Ryan Chase seems like the perfect choice. 

2. Attend parties (with best friends by your side: doable) 

3. Join a club (simple enough, right?)

 4. Travel (might as well dream big) 

5. Swim (terrifying, impossible). 

But when she meets Ryan's sweet (but so nerdy) cousin, Max, he opens her world and Paige's plans start to change... Is it too late for a second chance at life? 

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