***The Starry-Eyed Revue***: Jenny Han

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's WoW selections are...

's Pick:

Title: P.S. I Still Love You
Author: Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before # 2
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: May 26th, 2015

Lara Jean didn’t expect to really fall for Peter.

She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever.

When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once?

In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the New York Times bestseller To All the Boys I've Loved Before, we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of makes it so amazing.

I love Jenny Han. Her Summer Series is one of my faves. I really adored To All the Boys I've Loved Before, so I cannot stinking wait until this one comes out! :)

's Pick:

Title: A Madness So Discreet
Author: Mindy McGinnis
Series: n/a
Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books
Publication Date: October 6, 2015

Grace Mae knows madness. She keeps it locked away, along with her voice, trapped deep inside a brilliant mind that cannot forget horrific family secrets. Those secrets, along with the bulge in her belly, land her in a Boston insane asylum.

When her voice returns in a burst of violence, Grace is banished to the dark cellars where her mind is discovered by a visiting doctor who dabbles in the new study of criminal psychology. With her keen eyes and sharp memory, Grace will make the perfect assistant at crime scenes. Escaping from Boston to the safety of an ethical Ohio asylum, Grace finds friendship and hope, hints of a life she should have had. But gruesome nights bring Grace and the doctor into the circle of a killer who stalks young women. Grace, continuing to operate under the cloak of madness, must hunt a murderer while she confronts the demons in her own past.

In this beautifully twisted historical thriller, Mindy McGinnis, acclaimed author of Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust, explores the fine line between sanity and insanity, good and evil—and the madness that exists in all of us.

I loved Mindy's debut and her follow-up to Not a Drop to Drink wasn't bad either. But I think I'm going to love A Madness So Discreet best, and not just because of that gorgeous cover. I love stories involving characters who are thought to be insane, whether there's any truth to that assumption or not. I'm thinking this might be a kind of reversal of Jackaby, and I am delighted by the possibility.

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Title: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Author: Jenny Han
Series: To All the Boys I've Loved Before #1
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Publication Date: April 15th, 2014
Source: Purchased
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

I’m a huge fan of Jenny Han and I turned Jess into one too by sending her The Summer Series to read last year. So when we found out about To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, we decided we would have to buddy read it asap when it came out. We did just that!

Ahhh it was so good! Was it as good as the Summer Series? No, at least it wasn’t to me and Jess felt the same, but really that whole story is a hard one to top. I did love it though, and it was hard to put down.

Laura Jean is our main character. She’s a middle sister, and I was pleasantly surprised that her relationships with her sisters were a big part of the story. I loved that because I only have a brother. I would have loved to grow up with a sister.

The main focus of the story are the notes. I definitely related to Laura Jean as far as all her crushes go. I was a crusher, I crushed like crazy on boys. I never wrote out letters to them though, but I can tell you I’d be mortified if I did and they ended up in the boys hands. Which is exactly what happens to poor Laura Jean. I could feel my gut twisting for her.

It’s a little more complicated than just boys finding out you had a crush on them, one of the notes is to her older sisters ex boyfriend. Talk about an awkward mess. To her defense, her crush started way before he ever dated her sister, but it sure does make for a sticky situation, which leads to even more sticky situations!

I loved how everything played out, and I cannot wait for the next book. This is part one in a dualogy.

Well, that's not what your note said!! BOOM!

This book was so fun! Get it!! It might even still be on sale for Kindle and Nook. $2.99. Not sure though, I'll check the day this goes live. :)

About the author:

Jenny Han (Han like Han Solo, not Han like hand) was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) and she went on to graduate school at the New School in New York City, where she received her MFA in Writing for Children. She lives in Brooklyn.

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