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Friday Reads: July 7, 2017

Check out what our team is reading this week to gear up for the summer! Any one of these books would make a perfect beach, cottage, or pool side read. 

Andrea, Digital Associate:  I just finished Dawn Study by Maria V. Snyder, it’s the final book in her Study series and a sad goodbye to her characters Yelena and Valek. I always love Snyder’s books for her remarkable world building and non-stop action—fights, kidnappings, assassination attempts, rogue magicians—it’s got it all. I can never resist starting series again after I finish her latest book. It’s hard to let go of the characters. My fingers are crossed for a Janco and Ari spin-off series. Readers can always use more Janco. ;)

Sarah-Anne, Marketing Intern: Yesterday I finished I Found You. It is the first book I've read by Lisa Jewell, and I'm now obsessed with her! This book has everything. It’s at once funny, tragic, and heartwarming – but also definitely a thriller.  Jewell will have you believing you’ve got it figured out until she switches directions completely. And when all the pieces finally start coming together, it’s so satisfying. Easy to devour in one sitting, I Found You is as perfect for the beach as it is for a cozy night in!

Samantha, Sales Operations Associate: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a strange and wonderful debut novel.  Eleanor is a completely unlikeable loner at the beginning, but I cared more and more about her as the story went along, and less and less about the scandalous secret past that’s alluded to throughout.  Eleanor’s struggles to integrate with new friends and coworkers are both a profound meditation on loneliness, and also an underdog story of the very best kind.  Definitely a book that will stick with me.

#Friday Reads#YA#YA lit#Lisa Jewell#Maria Snyder#I Found You#bookworm#booknerd#book lover
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Saints and Misfits Playlist

To celebrate the publication of the first Young Adult novel under our diversity imprint, Salaam Reads, author S.K. Ali has provided us with a little playlist to listen to while you read, Saints and Misfits, out today! 

SYNOPSIS:

There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They’re in your face so much, you can’t see them, like how you can’t see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don’t belong. Like me—the way I don’t fit into Dad’s brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama’s-Boy-Muhammad. Also, there’s Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don’t go together. Same planet, different worlds. But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right? 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O’Connor’s stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he’s holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me.

PLAYLIST:

Walking Contridiction by Greenday

La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf

Raindrops by Regina Spektor

Quiet by MILCK

#Saints and Misfits#S.K. Ali#am reading#YA lit#diversity#muslim shelf space#muslim literature#salaam reads#simon teen#playlist#green day#milck#regina spektor#edith piaf#YA#bookworms
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Friday Reads: June 9, 2017

Enjoying the beautiful weather, bookworms? We sure are! Check out what people in the office are reading this week (hopefully, outside)!

Andrea, Digital Marketing Associate: I just finished The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands, it’s the third book in The Blackthorn Key series. Honestly, I feel bad sharing this Friday Reads with you, because it’s SOOOOOO good but it won’t be coming out until September. Sands gets better with each book; the puzzles continue to stump me, the characters grow with each book, and the action always gets my pulse racing. *spoiler alert* My favourite scene is when Christopher tries to buy time by getting the bad guy to monologue, and they are having NONE OF IT. This scene brings me particular joy because The Incredibles is one of my favourite movies, and you’ll know monologuing is a running joke in it. To summarize, mark your calendars and pick up The Assassin’s Curse as soon as it comes out.

Siobhan, Assistant to the President & Editorial Director: I’ve been reading Notes from a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker, and it makes my heart so happy and so angry at the same time. It’s the feminist manifesto I have been searching for, and she so poignantly captures the multitudes of being a woman, a Canadian, a mother, a daughter, a student, a teacher, an activist, a millennial, etc.! I just want to put it in the hands of everyone I know.   

Rebecca, Marketing Assistant: Lately, I’ve been struggling to find time to read, but with The Glass Castle I made the time. After reading this book I am in awe of author Jeannette Walls and all she has accomplished in her life considering her upbringing. I laughed, cried and was left in complete shock at various times while reading. It’s the perfect quick read for the summer and should be on everyone’s TBR with the film adaptation coming out in August! 

Holley, Publicity Assistant: I am currently reading The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit. This collection of essays is short but pack a powerful punch! I have not stopped talking or thinking about this book since I started it just a few days ago. 

#Friday Reads#Glass Castle#The Assassin's Curse#Kevin Sands#Bookworms#YA lit#YA#I Am Reading#Books#Reading#booknerds
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They broke apart. Kieran touched his mouth; there was blood on his lip, and triumph in his eyes. “You did not look away,” he said to Cristina. “Was it that interesting?”
“It was for my benefit.” Cristina felt odd and shivery and hot, but refused to show it. She sat with her hands in her lap and smiled at Kieran. “It would have seemed rude not to watch.”
At that Mark, who had been looking furious, laughed. “She understands you, Kieran.”

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We love these little moments between Mark and basically everyone. *swoon*

#TDA#Lord of Shadows#Cassandra Clare#Kieran#Mark#Christina#Shadowhunters#TMI#YA#YA lit
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'When Dimple Met Rishi' Is The Indian-American YA Rom-Com You Need To Read This Summer
The rom-com of the summer? My bet is on debut author Sandhya Menon’s young adult tech-geek love story When Dimple Met Rishi, a swoon-worthy romance about two teens who meet and fall for each other at an app camp (yep, those exist!). The twist? Only o
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We’re head over heels in love with When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. We just can’t get enough, @bustle calls it the “arranged marriage YA rom-com we’ve been waiting for.”

Read an excerpt here: https://goo.gl/Ui4Nu7

#When Dimple Met Rishi#YA#rom com#Sandhya Menon#diversity#we need diverse books#Indian#arranged marriage#YA lit
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Romantic Young Adult Novels To Read This Valentine's Day, Based On Your Zodiac Sign
Whether you're hooked up, single, celebrating your Galentine's or just trying to ignore it all together, you have to admit that the month of February (and more specifically Valentine's Day) is the perfect time to binge some romantic young adult novel
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Fall in love with these #YA romances!

#books#bustle#morgan matson#jenny han#benjamin alire sáenz#kara lee corthron#romance#single#dating#Valentines Day#galentinesday#February#reading list#YA#ya lit
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Zero Repeat Forever by G.S. Prendergast

He has no voice or name, only a rank, Eighth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the directives that hum in his mind. Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall. His job is to protect his Offside. Let her do the shooting. Until a human kills her. . . .
Sixteen-year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade. Isolated in the wilderness, Raven and her fellow campers can only stay put. Await rescue. Raven doesn’t like feeling helpless, but what choice does she have? Then a Nahx kills her boyfriend.
Thrown together in a violent, unfamiliar world, Eighth and Raven should feel only hate and fear. But when Raven is injured, and Eighth deserts his unit, their survival comes to depend on trusting each other. . . .

Check out the cover GIF as well!

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Do you know what this is? This is The Heart from Auschwitz.

An act of defiance. A statement of hope. A crime punishable by death.

On December 12, 1944, locked inside Auschwitz, Polish teenager Fania turned twenty. After spending a year in a concentration camp, Fania didn’t expect her birthday to even be remembered - but her best friend, Zlatka, risked everything to make her a birthday present, a paper heart. 

Simply making the heart - or carrying it - could get either of them killed.

The heart was signed by many of their friends, bearing notes in Polish, German, French, and Hebrew that announced "When you get old, put your glasses on your nose, take this album in your hand and read my signature again,“ and "Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” It was an act of great sacrifice and love for a friend.

Less than 40 days later, they began the Death March from Auschwitz to Ravensbruck, and from Ravensbruck to freedom. Fania carried the heart under her arm the whole time. And survived.

Fania donated the heart to the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Center in 1988, where it is a featured piece of their exhibit. You can read more about the story of Fania and Zlatka in  Meg Wiviott’s Paper Hearts, coming September 2015.

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Did you know?

Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott (available now).

Source: books.simonandschuster.ca
#reading#YA#YA lit#paper hearts from Auschwitz#Auschwitz#the heart from Auschwitz#paper hearts#refugees#remember#history
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11 of Our Most Anticipated #OwnVoices Reads of 2017
The last few months of 2016 left most of us reeling—and 2017 is shaping up to be a doozy, too. Now more than ever, we need diverse books. Specifically, we need #ownvoices stories that reflect the ever-changing reality of so many teens today. Thankfully, there are a lot more of them hitting shelves t
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We need diverse books!

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

Want by Cindy Pon

#we need diverse books#diversity#ya#ya lit#books#Jenny Han#When Dimple Met Rishi#Want#Always and Forever#lara jean#Cindy Pon#Sandhya Menon#salaam reads
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Behind the Book: The You I’ve Never Known and Breaking New Ground
Find out the inspiration for Ellen Hopkins newest young adult book, The You I've Never Known.
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Ellen Hopkins has a new book!

The You I’ve Never Known by @ellenhopkins came out in January 24. 

Synopsis:

The story is about a girl whose father has moved her around the country her whole life, never settling down long enough for her to experience friendship or love outside of what he provides. Everything she believes, including the fact that her mother deserted her when she was a toddler, has been force-fed to her by an abusive man who she relies on for sustenance and emotional support. She is a fledgling, not seeking flight, but rather the comfort of a permanent nest.
When at long last Ariel’s dad puts down tentative roots, she has the opportunity to make friends and is allowed connection to the wider world. But then her father’s lies begin to surface, shaking her embryonic confidence, and when her mom makes a surprise appearance the ensuing upheaval compels them to break new ground.
#the you i've never known#ellen hopkins#ya#ya lit#prose#books#reading#riveted lit#teen#bookworm#behind the book
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11 Books That Need To Be Made Into Netflix Shows
With the success of A Series of Unfortunate Events, the upcoming Selena Gomez produced Thirteen Reasons Why, and our favorite classic heroine Anne of Green Gables hitting the screen, the time is ripe for more books as Netflix series. We already know
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We’re totally on board with this list!

What other books would you like to be turned into a Netflix series?

#books#Aristotle and Dante#aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe#netflix#bustle#YA#booknerds
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The cover of Lord of Shadows! Julian and the skyline of modern London, which we will be visiting along with the Blackthorns in LoS. Lord of Shadows will be released May 23, 2017. #tda #thedarkartifices

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Who can’t wait for Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare, out May 23, 2017!?

#cassie clare#lord of shadows#lady midnight#TDA#TMI#shadowhunters#Jace Herondale#will herondale#Clary Fray#emma carstairs#julian blackthorn#may 2017#YA#book release#coming soon
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