Hello everyone! I can’t believe May has already come to an end! Insane! Here you will find a list of the books I have accumulated throughout the month of May 2015!

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Winger

Author: Andrew Smith

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Humour, Coming of Age

Release Date: May 14th 2013

Page Count: 439

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9781442444928

Goodreads synopsis: Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

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When Everything Feels Like The Movies

Author: Raziel Reid

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press

Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ, Contemporary

Release Date: October 21st 2014

Page Count: 176

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781551525747

Goodreads synopsis: School is just like a film set: there’s The Crew, who make things happen, The Extras who fill the empty desks, and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn’t fit in. He’s not part of The Crew because he isn’t about to do anything unless it’s court-appointed; he’s not an Extra because nothing about him is anonymous; and he’s not a Movie Star because even though everyone know his name like an A-lister, he isn’t invited to the cool parties. As the director calls action, Jude is the flamer that lights the set on fire. Before everything turns to ashes from the resulting inferno, Jude drags his best friend Angela off the casting couch and into enough melodrama to incite the paparazzi, all while trying to fend off the haters and win the heart of his favourite co-star Luke Morris. It’s a total train wreck! But train wrecks always make the front page.

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We All Looked Up

Author: Tommy Wallach

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Science Fiction, Dystopia

Release Date: March 24th 2015

Page Count: 384

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9781481418775

Goodreads synopsis: Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:
The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything changed. They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we’d been, something that would last even after the end. Two months to really live.

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Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Author: Becky Albertalli

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ

Release Date: April 7th 2015

Page Count: 303

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9780062348678

Goodreads synopsis: Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

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Thirteen

Author: Tom Hoyle

Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books

Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery

Release Date: February 13th 2014

Page Count: 336

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781447250449

Goodreads synopsis: Born at midnight in London, on the stroke of the new millennium, Adam is the target of a cult that believes boys born on this date must die before the end of their thirteenth year. Twelve boys have been killed so far. Coron, the crazy cult leader, will stop at nothing to bring in his new kingdom. And now he is planning a bombing spectacular across London to celebrate the sacrifice of his final victim: Adam.

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An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

Author: Col. Chris Hadfield

Publisher: Random House Canada

Genre: Non-Fiction, Science, Memoir

Release Date: October 29th 2013

Page Count: 304

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9780345812704

Goodreads synopsis: Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield’s success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don’t visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.

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An Ember in the Ashes

Author: Sabaa Tahir

Publisher: Razorbill

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance

Release Date: April 28th 2015

Page Count: 446

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9781595148032

Goodreads synopsis: Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

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Harry Potter Series (Books 1-7 Box Set)

Author: J.K. Rowling

Publisher: Bloomsbury Press

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Release Date: April 7th 2015

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781408850756

Goodreads synopsis: J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels are now available in these spectacular new editions, with beautifully designed jackets by renowned woodcut artist Andrew Davidson. This stylish boxed set includes all seven novels and is perfect for Harry Potter novices and collectors alike. Contains (in reading order): Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

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And there you have it! I’m so excited for all of these new reads! Especially for my re-purchase of the Harry Potter series. Mine are very worn and old (I will be keeping them for memories sake), but it was time for a new set and for a definite re-read. What new books have you picked up this month? Which are you the most excited to read? As always, thank you for reading!