Precommendations: Volume 3, Issues 5 and 6

       Hello, book lovers! Long time no post. As you may have noticed, I’ve been a bit absent over the past month. With high school coming to an end, my schedule exploded this month. It got to the point where something had to give, and unfortunately, it was reading and blogging. BUT, I am super excited because now that I am done with high school, my schedule has filled up with two things: work and BOOKS!
       Now, to kick off the summer, I’ve decided to catch up with last month’s issue of Precommendations and bring you this month’s issue all in one post. #2for1

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MAY

​Aurora Rising
by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

       I have to preface this one by saying AMIE KAUFMAN IS A GENIUS and anything she writes turns to gold. So, of course, I’m excited about this one. Also, the Illuminae series is perfection, and if you haven’t read that trilogy, get off your book and into a bookstore right this second. I love space-adventure stories, too, so this one was bound to make it on this list. 

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Finale
by Stephanie Garber

       ​The Caraval series has been a part of my life for two summers in a row, so you can bet yourself I’ll be picking up this beauty in the next couple of months. Stephanie Garber has magic dripping from her fingertips, and the Caraval world is such a unique one to read. Since the first two books focus more on Scarlet and Tella separately, I’m hoping Finale utilizes their bond, and we get to see them together throughout the story.

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Somewhere Only We Know
by Maurene Goo

       ​Last summer, Maurene Goo shot her way to the top of my favorite contemporary authors after reading The Way You Make Me Feel. Her writing is light, cute, and absolutely hilarious, which is everything I look for when I am on the hunt for a romance book. This book sounds like the perfect beach read, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

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JUNE

Ghosts of the Shadow Market
by Cassandra Clare

       Another Shadowhunter anthology? Of course, I’m excited. That is all.

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​Virtually Yours
by Sarvenaz Tash

       As someone who prides herself of being “one with the nerds,” I love books about geeky, online love. I read another one of Sarvenaz Tash’s books, The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love, about three years ago and adored it, so I have a feeling this one will be just as cute. I’m also about to be a college freshman, and it’ll be fun to read a book about a girl who is experiencing the same life events as me.

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Storm and Fury
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

       ​I’m not sure how many of you are aware of this since I don’t talk about it as much as I should, but Jennifer L. Armentrout was one of the first authors who got me into reading. The Lux series was my version of Twilight back in 2014. As a thirteen-year-old, I was utterly obsessed, and I’m almost positive it’s the first series I ever owned physical copies of (and, just so we’re clear, I’m talking the Special Collector's Editions. Obsessed). Since I haven’t read one of Jen’s books since middle school, I think it would be so much fun to go back to my roots and read another one of her series. Hopefully, she is just as amazing as I remember. 

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       The beginning of summer is a perfect time to revamp your TBR, so be on the lookout for new releases to spark your interest. I’m happy to be back to blogging, and I can’t wait to discuss books with you all this summer.

Your recent graduate,
Ashton