Waiting On Wednesday- The Sun Is Also A Star By: Nicola Yoon

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted here at Breaking the Spine. The idea behind it is to share upcoming releases that we can't wait to get our hands on!

My pick for this week is The Sun Is Also A Star By: Nicola Yoon. I really loved Everything, Everything when I read it last July.  If I remember correctly I read that one in one day. So as soon as I  saw that Nicola Yoon had another book coming out I immediately put it on my to read list. Even before I read the summary! Then I read the summary and it made me want to read it even more. I can't wait to see what will happen with Natasha and Daniel. 

Publication Date: November 1. 2016

Isn't that a GORGEOUS cover?!?! Anyone else looking forward to The Sun Is Also A Star? Have you read Everything, Everything by her yet? What are you waiting on this Wednesday? 

Top Ten Tuesday- Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme hosted here at The Broke and the Bookish. The topic for this week is Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel. Pretty much it's when you love an author's debut novel so much that you are just DYING to get your hands on their second novel.  So here's my list!

1. Sabaa Tahir

I really loved An Ember in the Ashes and I can't wait for the sequel. A Torch Against the Night will be published sometime in 2016. I want to know what happens!

2. Nicola Yoon

One of my favorite novels this year is Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. Everything about it was so perfect. I'm definitely anticipating anything else this author comes out with.

3. Emiko Jean

Her debut novel We'll Never Be Apart is such an awesome psychological thriller. I loved it. I really hope she writes another one similar to it.

4. Alexandra Burt

Some of you may know that I have been raving about this author's debut novel, Remember Mia (in some countries the title is Little Girl Gone), quite a bit. I absolutely LOVED this book so much. I am so anxious to get my hands on anything else she writes. As a matter of fact I didn't pay any attention and I requested Little Girl Gone on NetGalley not too long ago without even reading the summary. I just wanted something else by Alexandra Burt so bad. Boy was I disappointed when I realized it was the same book that I had already read, only the title had been changed.

5. Charlotte Huang

I read her debut novel For the Record not that long ago and if I'm not mistaken it actually still hasn't been published yet. I think the publication date is sometime in November. When I saw this week's topic for Top Ten Tuesday she was one of the first authors that I thought of. I saw on Goodreads that she has a new book called Going Geek coming out in 2016. I will be waiting for it!!

6. Michelle Falkoff

I enjoyed Michelle Falkoff's novel Playlist for the Dead a lot, mostly because of the music. I would love to see her write another novel with something similar stylistically or music related.

7. Saul Black

Okay, this one may be cheating just a little bit. Saul Black is a pseudonym used by Glen Duncan. Glen Duncan has a decent amount of fantasy/fiction books published already. However under the name Saul Black, there is only one novel. The Killing Lessons and it is a crime/thriller which is what I want to read more of by him. (I have a giveaway running right now for a copy this book here The Killing Lessons Giveaway.)

8. Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

I read her debut novel, Firsts, not that long ago as well and it's another one that isn't out quite yet. I believe the expected publication is sometime January 2016. While I only gave this novel 3.5 stars that's still above average and I did enjoy the novel. I really loved the unique and controversial subject matter of the book. I would love to see more like that from Laurie Elizabeth Flynn.

9. Sparky Sweets

I just love the Thug Notes YouTube channel and when the book came out I had to read it. I love everything about it and I want a Thug Notes 2!!

10, Samantha van Leer

I had to choose Jodi Picoult's daughter Samantha van Leer, even though technically she has two books out already. However, both of those (Between the Lines and Off the Page) are co-written with her mom Jodi Picoult. I have read a lot of Jodi Picoult's books, but I would love to see something by Samantha van Leer on her own. Since she was the one who came up for the idea for Between the Lines I really feel like she would have some new and interesting ideas.

Okay, that's it for Top Ten Tuesday! What authors have you anxiously awaiting their sophomore novel?



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Everything, Everything By: Nicola Yoon ARC Review

Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Books for allowing me to read and review Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.

Everything, Everything is about a girl named Madeline who is allergic to the outside world. She has SCID and has not left the house that she shares with her mother in seventeen years. The only people she sees are her mom and her nurse Carla. Then one day a boy named Oliver moves in next door and Madeline is certain that she will fall in love with him. Let me just take a minute here to give props to the author on the diversity in the novel. Maddy is African American and Asian, and Olly is white. Yey for interracial relationships! Yey for diversity in novels! 

First off, I read this book in one day. It was that good. I knew I would when I was less than 30 pages in and one of my favorite books, Flowers for Algernon, was mentioned. Flowers for Algernon and more fantastic novels are also mentioned throughout the book. As a book nerd, I just love to see good books mentioned in books! I also love how the story was also told with diary entries, illustrations, charts, lists, and etc. I love fun things like that in books that give it some character and personality. It also breaks up the monotony of just reading prose all the time.

This story is so good, and the characters were fun and entertaining. Olly's character is hilarious in my opinion. He wears all black, can never sit still, and does parkour. As for Maddy, I immediately felt for her character. She is a very likable character and you can understand her, without feeling sorry for her. Which is good, because I was wondering if this would be one of those really rough and depressing reads. It wasn't. There is a little bit of cheese and a lot of feels though. Oh, and Nicola Yoon captures the feeling of wanting more so perfectly. The writing in Everything, Everything is phenomenal. The story is fast paced, flows well, and it keeps you interested throughout. Once I started the book, I could not put it down.  I have children so I did have to put it down at one point, but I was very irritated about it and I couldn't wait to come back to it. ;) 

I have only one tiny complaint... I guessed the ending. All of it. I will say I think most people will be very surprised. I have seen a movie (I won't mention the title because anyone who has seen it will guess this books ending.) and let me just say a similar twist happened in that movie. So early on I thought, "What if this (insert spoiler here) happens at the end?" Then when it did happen I was a little let down that I guessed it, but really the story was so good I didn't end up caring. I still gave Everything, Everything the 5 stars it deserves. This is definitely one of my favorite books of the year and I recommend this book for everyone. 

Note: The picture I used is one I took of the cover on my iPad. I read the e-book on my iPad courtesy of Delacorte Press. 

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