If you've been keeping up with my social media, you have fallen in love with reading again. Because of this I have been able to get through a book a week every week and this is something that I want to continue for the next year or so. (Though I am going to uni in September so this could prove to be a little harder than I intended for it to be). This post is going to be filled with books I want to read and why they are getting bad so badly in an attempt to justify my ever growing Waterstones wishlist (because if I can turn it into a blog post then it's okay, right?).
ORION CARLOTO - FLUX
As one of my biggest inspirations Orion's book is something that you will find in Europe. -ordered copy.
"Flux is a gloomy narrative, an ode to change, a collection of poetry and prose written from the many states of grief about a broken heart." Katie Roberts, Orion Carloto creates a dream world for the brokenhearted and painted whimsical picture around the themes of love, loss, solitude, depression, sex, nostalgia, and unrequited romance Flux takes readers through a raw and sorrowful journey of each and every bitter moment of heartbreak Forewarning, Flux is best read with a warm cup or coffee in hand. "
I have also put the trailer Orion released for the book below.
ELIZABETH COBBS - THE HAMILTON AFFAIR
Last year was the peak of my obsession with Hamilton and it has since dwindled out, however I am still in love with the story, lyrics and characters. Lin Manuel Miranda is a wonderful playwright and composer and Hamilton is the perfect evidence for that. Despite my love for the musical I still haven't read any books on it and feel this one would be so good to read as it is fictional but a fictional take on history.
"Born a bastard and raised an orphan in the stifling heat of the Caribbean, Alexander Hamilton must prove his worth on the bloody battlefields of the American Revolution. A wealthy child of privilege, Elizabeth Schuyler has never wanted for anything, yet she longs for a life of so much more. When fate brings them together, a passionate, life-long love affair begins. But to Alexander, burdened by his tragic origins, matters of honour can never be forgotten. As he risks everything for the future of his bold new country, this extraordinary marriage will be tested like no other - and become forever immortalised in hearts and minds."
KAZUO ISHIGURO - NEVER LET ME GO
I came across this book over a year ago now when creating my English A Level coursework but due to the heaps of reading I was already having to do for it this slipped my mind until recently. I am such a sucker for a good dystopian novel and according to everything I have heard about it this is just that.
"In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life."
JOHN GREEN - TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN
Thirteen year old Meg was John Green's self proclaimed biggest fan and so his latest release has to be on my reading list. This is supposed to be such a real take on anxiety and mental health from Green's own personal experiences and so I am so excited to read it.
Meet Aza Holmes. She’s a teenager, bright but hemmed in by troubles: introverted, obsessed by bacteria and the transmission of disease, her every thought is edged by doubt and reflection. Daisy, however, is her Best and Most Fearless Friend, and Daisy has a plan. A plan involving a missing billionaire and the promise of a hundred thousand dollar reward, money that could be theirs if only they could figure out where he has gone. That’s where Russell comes in, and that’s where things start to get really interesting.
MATT HAIG - HOW TO STOP TIME
The author of the only 'self help' book I have ever read (and will forever swear by) has released his newest novel. The general premise of it sounds so interesting and I am so excited to give this a read as soon as I can get my hands on it (and have time to read it).
"I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong. Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life. It’s a life he once had, long-since buried but buried secrets have a habit of catching up with you and nobody can outrun their own past. Always changing his identity to stay alive, Tom has the perfect cover - working as a history teacher at a London comprehensive. Here he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he'd never witness them first-hand. He can try to tame the past that is fast catching up with him. The only thing Tom must not do is fall in love. "
RAY BRADBURY - FAHRENHEIT 451
This is one of those books that I feel every book fan should read at some point and I'm still yet to read, I've been making my way through a heap of 'classic' books as this is neck on the top of my list of reads. This inspired one of my favourite novels 1984 and so I am incredibly eager to read it.
'It was a pleasure to burn. it was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, is ready to track down those dissidents who defy society to preserve and read books.'
NED VIZZINI - IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
I watched the film of this before I realised it was a book which is something I actually resent doing as I always prefer reading the book first, however I am dying to see how different the two are from each other. Young Adult Fiction is always something I come back to as a comfort and find myself tearing through (for example I read Everything Everything in one single sitting)!
'Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life-which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job-Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away. The stress becomes unbearable and Craig stops eating and sleeping-until, one night, he nearly kills himself. Craig's suicidal episode gets him checked into a mental hospital, where his new neighbors include a transsexual sex addict, a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, isolated from the crushing pressures of school and friends, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.'
ADAM SILVERA - THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END
Every trip I take to Waterstones when I'm in the city leaves me dying to buy this but I always seem to also buy another book instead. It is in the Amazon wishlist I sent my mum though so hopefully I will be the owner of it soon!
'On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day. '
PATRICK NESS - MORE THAN THIS
I've heard so many good things about this book and I am definitely looking forward to reading this one because of them, even John Green seemed to love it!
'A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he is here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighbourhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust and completely abandoned. What's going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, that this might not be the hell he fears it to be, that there might be more than just this...'
CAROLINE SMAILES - THE DROWNING OF ARTHUR BRAXTON
If you watch Luke Cutforth's YouTube videos you will know that a few years ago he gained the rights to make this book into a wonderful movie. He has been working tirelessly on it and recently he has been hinting that it is almost done, that all of the suspense of waiting is almost over. I've had a few years to read this in preparation for the release of the film but I keep finding other things to do, however I am determined to read it before the release of the film.
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