Waiting On Wednesday [@SwoonReads @JennP_Nguyen]

Waiting On Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine

My pick for this week:

THE WAY TO GAME THE WALK OF SHAME by Jenn P. Nguyen

Taylor Simmons is screwed.

Things were hard enough when her single-minded dedication to her studies earned her the reputation of being an Ice Queen, but after getting drunk at a party and waking up next to bad boy surfer Evan McKinley, the entire school seems intent on tearing Taylor down with mockery and gossip.

Desperate to salvage her reputation, Taylor persuades Evan to pretend they’re in a serious romantic relationship. After all, it’s better to be the girl who tames the wild surfer than just another notch on his surfboard.

published June 7th by Swoon Reads

add to your Goodreads shelf // pre-order from Book Depo // or Amazon

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Why?

The story sounds cute and I love when there are characters who have (for reasons fair or not) developed a reputation as studious or shy or quiet or whatever only to then do something seen as total out of character. While I do not love the characters who judge them so harshly or that they're expected to fit into a certain box, the story this provides can be really good.

I also kind of love that there is a 'bad boy surfer,' at all, let alone that he's the potential love interest.

I have had great luck with books from Swoon Reads so I am really looking forward to reading this one! (Plus, it has a superb title.)



That's my pick for this week, what's yours? Tell me in the comments and/or link me to your own post!

Top Ten Tuesday: Fav 2016 Titles

hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This week's Ten:

It's a Freebie week and the topic I decided on is:
Top Ten Book Titles of 2016

Although more is said about book covers sometimes a really good/odd/funny/confusing/otherwise notable book title will really capture my attention. I may have even bought/borrowed/read a few books based primarily on love of their titles (The Sky Always Hears Me: And the Hills Don't Mind is one example). *

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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The First Time She Drowned by Kerry Kletter

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Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy

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Cure for the Common Universe by Christian McKay Heidicker

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The Way to Game the Walk of Shame by Jenn P Nguyen

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This Is My Brain on Boys by Sarah Strohmeyer

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Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

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I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan

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The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

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Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher

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*This is all beside what the books are actually about. Sometimes they're books I would absolutely want to read no matter the title, sometimes the title's the persuading factor. For purposes of this list, I decided only based on titles -though they are all on my Goodreads to-read shelf.

Please leave a comment and let me know your favorite book titles - 2016 or not!