To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Jenny Han is coming to the Philipines!

New York Times bestselling author Jenny Han of The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy will have book signing events on June 21 at 2 pm in National Book Store, Glorietta 1 and on June 22 at 2 pm in National Book Store, SM Cebu.

Jenny Han is currently promoting the first book in her latest young adult contemporary duology, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which is described by Kirkus Reviews as “An ultimately compelling exploration of teenage growth and young love.” Half-Korean Lara Jean writes romantic letters to all the boys she has ever loved never intending for them to be read by anyone. Through these letters, she can pour out her heart and soul saying all the things she would never say in real life. One day, she panics as her secret letters are mailed out and her once imaginary love life suddenly becomes wild and out-of-control, especially because one of the boys to whom she dedicates one of her letters is the ex-boyfriend of her sister.  

Jenny Han received her MFA in Writing for Children at the New School in New York City. She is the author of the chapter book Clara Lee and The Apple Pie Dream and Shug, her debut novel about a girl’s troubles during her first year in junior high. Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty series has almost a million copies in print. We'll Always Have Summer, the final book in the series, debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestsellers list while the second book It's Not Summer Without You landed at #10. She is also the co-author of Burn for Burn and Fire with Fire with Siobhan Vivian.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

When and where are the book signings? 
June 21, 2:00 pm, at National Book Store, Glorietta 1 
June 22, 2:00 pm, at National Book Store, SM Cebu

When will the registration be? 
Registration opens at 10:00 am on June 21 at National Book Store, Glorietta 1 and 10:00 am on June 22 at National Book Store, SM Cebu (in the store, NOT the events area). Each guest will be asked to fill out the registration form upon arrival. Separate registrations for each event is required should you wish to attend both events. First come, first served. 

Is there a registration fee? 
No. There is no registration fee. 

How many books can I have signed? Is there a limit as to how many people can have their books signed? 
You may have any number of books signed as long as they were purchased from National Book Store, Bestsellers or Powerbooks, and we do not have any preset limit as to the number of people. 
However, although we will take every effort to get as many books signed as possible, depending on the number of attendees, we reserve the right to limit the number of copies per person or limit the number of people in line. First come, first served. 

Can I bring old books or other editions of the books? 
Yes, as long as the books were purchased from National Book Store, Bestsellers and Powerbooks. 

Do I need to buy on-site? 
No. You can buy books before or during the event. 

Can I have other items signed? 
No. Only books will be allowed to be signed by the authors. 

Can we have our photo taken with the author? 
Yes, you can have your photo with the author when she signs your book. However, we strictly allow one photo per person only. 

How much are the books? 
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Trade Paperback – P395) 
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Trade Paperback – P349) 
It's Not Summer Without You (Trade Paperback – P349) 
We'll Always Have Summer (Trade Paperback – P349) 
The Complete Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy Boxed Set (Trade Paperback – P1,079) 
Burn for Burn (Trade Paperback – P385) 
Fire With Fire (Trade Paperback – P385) 

See you there, booknerds! And don't forget to include the hashtag #JennyHaninPH on your posts and tweets! Let's make it trend! :)

{Blog Tour} (ARC) Review: SAY WHAT YOU WILL by Cammie McGovern

Say What You Will
by Cammie McGovern
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Published June 3rd 2014 by Harper Teen
Format Acquired: ARC
Source: received from Publisher (Thanks, Sarah and Megan!)

John Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.

Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.

When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.

MY REVIEW

(Thanks to HarperCollins International for sending me an ARC of this book! Please take note that this in no way affected my review.)

FEELS.

THE. FEELS.

ALL. THE. FEELS.

“This feeling will pass. The fear is real but the danger is not.” 

Amy Van Dorn is not like any other girl you've known. She's not normal. Literally. She's born with cerebral palsy. She can't barely walk, she can't talk. She uses some kind of wheelchair with a Pathway computer, with a human generated voice who automatically interprets whenever she types whatever she wants to say. Because of her condition, she don't have friends. So her mother hires people to watch over her and assist her at school. Until one day, they finally decided to hire students instead to make her feel more comfortable and uh, less awkward.

Matthew, one of the students who were hired by Amy's mother [Nicole] to be friends with her, has issues of his own to deal with. He has OCD. He keeps doing weird things, like tapping the lockers down the hallway, endless counting of things, washing hands and checking the faucet more than once. He do these thinks because he's afraid. He's afraid of hurting other people, or that other people might get hurt becuase of him.

Say What You Will introduced me to a whole new world of contemporary romance. Amy has a wide optimism, despite her disabilities. She's positive about everything. She's not even afraid of what the future might bring for her. She's a one strong and positive female character that will inspire every girl out there, disabled or not, to keep looking at the brighter side of life. On the other hand, Matthew doesn't know where Amy gets her wide optimism. He's so curious about Amy, her sickness, and most of all, her life. He didn't understand why she's very positive.

As they get to know each other along the way, little by little, they finally understood each other's issues. They may have hurt each other in a while, but they always find a way to make it up. I love the way they sent each other texts and e-mails. I love how they help each other's problems. I love how their friendship bloomed into something they never expected. I love the twists in the story! Didn't see them coming!

I admit, it's really hard to write a review that could justify this book. I never thought I could feel this way for both main characters in a book. I want more from their heart-melting love story!

MY RATING

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cammie McGovern

Cammie McGovern was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and received the Nelson Algren Award in short fiction. Her work has been published in Redbook, Seventeen, Glimmer Train, TriQuarterly, and other publications.

Author Links:
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Stacking the Shelves #18 May Haul

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and is a great way to showcase books you've recently added to your bookshelves. It is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!

But for my STS, I'll be showing here only the physical copies of books I recently owned/borrowed/won. eBooks/eARCs will be showcased on my In My Mailbox posts.

I spent my summer vacation at the province so there's no bookstore hoarding that happened. But still, I got some books that made me dance awkwardly but happily. Special thanks to Sarah and Megan of HarperCollins International for these review copies!

1. The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings

2. Fan Art by Sarah Tregay

3. How To Meet Boys by Catherine Clark

4. Don't Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasly

5. Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

6. Exile by Kevin Emerson 

How about you? What's added to your haul? :)

{Blog Tour} Excerpt: THERE WILL COME A TIME by Carrie Arcos

There Will Come A Time
by Carrie Arcos
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Published April 15th 2014 by Simon Pulse

Mark knows grief. Ever since the accident that killed his twin sister, Grace, the only time he feels at peace is when he visits the bridge on which she died. Comfort is fleeting, but it’s almost within reach when he’s standing on the wrong side of the suicide bars. Almost.

Grace’s best friend, Hanna, says she understands what he’s going through. But she doesn’t. She can’t. It’s not just the enormity of his loss. As her twin, Mark should have known Grace as well as he knows himself. Yet when he reads her journal, it’s as if he didn’t know her at all.

As a way to remember Grace, Hanna convinces Mark to complete Grace’s bucket list from her journal. Mark’s sadness, anger, and his growing feelings for Hannah threaten to overwhelm him. But Mark can’t back out. He made a promise to honor Grace—and it’s his one chance to set things right.

EXCERPT

Everyone is going to die.

You could wake up, get out of bed, trip over a pair of sneakers on the way to the bathroom, fall down the stairs, and break your neck. You could get some crazy disease. You could cross the street and get hit by a car. You could have a brain aneurism, or maybe choke on a piece of hot dog like Jimmy Trevino did during lunch freshman year. While most of us were standing there with our mouths open, thinking, Do something! Miles crashed through the tables and chairs, grabbed Jimmy around the middle and jammed his fists up under Jimmy’s rib cage until the small piece of meat shot out of Jimmy’s mouth. Jimmy lived, but another minute and he could have been brain-dead, which is pretty much like being dead, or he could have been dead-dead.

The point is you die. Most of the time you don’t see it coming.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carrie Arcos

Carrie Arcos is a National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature for OUT OF REACH. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.  You can find more about her at carriearcos.com

Author Links:

Goodreads | Twitter | Website

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