Books I read On Holiday

Since I was on holiday for a month, I had a lot of time to read. I feel like going on holiday is when I read the most since I’ve never usually got a lot of time to do so when I’m home but it’s something that I enjoy doing - at least when it comes to books I actually want to read😄

My original intention for this post had been to write mini reviews after each book, but since I read more books than I  had at first realised, I felt this would make the post way too long. So instead I'm just going to put the name of the books that I read, and enjoyed, while on holiday and information on what each book was about. Maybe you’ll see something on this list that you would like to read or something that you have read already. 

• Chasing Forever Down - Nikki Godwin

"After Haley meets a mysterious guy who is all about chasing after his dreams, she will do anything to find him again - even though local sources tell her he died three years ago. This story follows Haley and her best friend Linzi on a scavenger-hunt-style road trip that lands them in the surf town of Crescent Cove where they discover sunshine, surfers, secrets, and maybe even love."

• Alex, Approximately - Jen Bennett

"Bailey Rydell has found the boy of her dreams. They share a love of films and talk all day - Alex is perfect. The only problem? They haven't actually met...

When Bailey moves to sunny California to live with her dad, who happens to live in the same town as Alex, she decides to track him down. But finding someone based on online conversations alone proves harder than Bailey thought, and with her irritating but charismatic colleague Porter Roth distracting her at every turn, will she ever get to meet the mysterious Alex?"

• Little Girl Missing - J. G. Roberts

"Five-year-old Cassie Bailey’s mother tucked her into bed and kissed her goodnight. In the morning she’s missing.

Detective Rachel Hart knows that the first few hours after a child goes missing are the most crucial, and that the Baileys are living every parent’s worst nightmare. 

The days are ticking by with no sign of Cassie, and the cracks in the Baileys’ marriage are beginning to show. But are the holes in their stories because they’re out of their minds with panic – or because they’re lying?

Rachel’s convinced that Cassie knew the person who took her, but can she find the little girl before she’s lost forever?"

• Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

“Elinor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Elinor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled existence. Except, sometimes, everything.  One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life.”

• Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver 

"For popular high school senior Samantha Kingston, February 12—"Cupid Day"—should be one big party, a day of valentines and roses and the privileges that come with being at the top of the social pyramid. And it is…until she dies in a terrible accident that night.

However, she still wakes up the next morning. In fact, Sam lives the last day of her life seven times, until she realizes that by making even the slightest changes, she may hold more power than she ever imagined."

• Mosquitoland - David Arnold 

"When her parents unexpectedly divorce, Mim Malone is dragged from her beloved home in Ohio to the 'wastelands' of Mississippi, where she lives in a haze of medication with her dad and new stepmom.

When Mim learns her real mother is ill back home, she escapes her new life and embarks on a rescue mission aboard a Greyhound bus, meeting an assortment of quirky characters along the way. And when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane."

• 99 Days - Katie Gotugno

"Last year, Molly Barlow did something terrible. Then, her mother wrote a book about it. Everyone in their tiny hometown found out that Molly cheated on her childhood sweetheart, the love of her life, her best friend with his brother.

After spending senior year at a boarding school in the middle of nowhere, Molly now has ninety-nine days to endure back in her hometown before she can escape to college.

Ninety-nine days of being the most hated person in town; to heal the hurt she's caused; to figure out what she wants, and who she loves ..."

• An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green

"While roaming the streets of New York City at 3 a.m., April May stumbles across a giant sculpture she calls Carl. Delighted by its appearance - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life.

There are Carls in dozens of cities around the world and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an international media spotlight.

Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us . . ."

• Night Owls - Jenn Bennett 

"Meeting Jack on the Owl - San Francisco's night bus - turns Beatrix's world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more - and can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded?"

• Pretty Little Things - T.M.E Walsh 

"It’s bad when the girls went missing. It’s worse when they are found. Six months ago, Charlotte almost lost everything. Now she’s determined to keep her daughter, Elle, safe. So when local girls close to Elle in age begin to go missing, it’s her worst nightmare. Charlotte’s fears are confirmed when a frantic search becomes a shocking murder investigation. The girls’ bodies have been found – half-buried. As Charlotte’s obsession with keeping her daughter close pushes her marriage to the brink, local DI Madeleine Wood embarks on a gruelling search for the killer. As they dig deeper into the lives of the people they call friends and neighbours, they uncover secrets more terrible than they ever imagined…"

• Truly Devious: A Mystery - Maureen Johnson

"Ellingham Academy is a famous private school for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. Funded by Albert Ellingham, in the early twentieth century an early, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles.

Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a riddle signed by Truly Devious. It became a great unsolved crime.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits the Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder."

• Say You’ll Remember Me - Katie McGarry

"When Hendrix was convicted of a crime he didn't commit he thought his life was over. Opportunity came with the new Second Chance Program, the governor's newest project. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while. 

Ellison knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor's daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn't may be too much to handle. When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. 

Fighting against a society that can't imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves—Drix to confront the truth of the crime, and Elle to assert her independence—and each other to finally get what they deserve."

These were the books that I enjoyed whilst on holiday. Most are Young Adult fiction but a couple were more mystery based which I've been getting more into recently.

Bye for now, xo