Just Another Fangirl

Excuse my High School Musical reference, but it is in fact summer, and that means hanging out at the pool, taking nice walks, and reading on the beach! It also means blistering heat and sweating, but that’s not the point! Summer is great. But what’s even greater is the books! So much time to read books! So today I’m going to recommend some books that have a summer vibe/take place in the summer so you can get in the spirit of this wonderful season! Let’s get started! Summer State of Mind, Jen Calonita This book is about Harper McCallister, who plans to spend her summer shopping with her friends and lounging by the pool, but all that is thrown away when her father sends her to summer camp. This is a companion to Jen Calonita’s book Sleepaway Girls, which I haven’t read yet, but I know that it also takes place during the summer. Summer State of Mind is an amazing book that will get you in, well, a summer state of mind (I am so sorry for that I’m just going to leave) ...

Okay, so as I’m writing this, I literally just finished reading Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare. My eyes are still raw from tears, that’s how recent it was. And it. Was. Amazing. Before we go any further, I’m just going to say that this post is going to be full of spoilers. So if you haven’t read The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, and The Dark Artifices all the way through (and that includes Lord of Shadows) then DO NOT READ THIS POST! I’m warning you, I really am. I’m not even going to put a disclaimer before spoilers. It’s just going to be me venting about stuff that happened in this book, so beware. I shall not be held accountable if you get spoiled, because I warned you. Got it? Good. So. This book. What can I really say, except that it was so beautiful that there isn’t a word to describe it. It was so, so good. I think that the plot for the entire TDA series is just a work of art. So far, there are three series’ in the Shadowhunter world. So far, we know...