The Gilmore Girls: Other Side of Summer

The Gilmore Girls: Other Side of Summer
Author: Helen Pai
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060509163

Rory tries to cope with her still-single mother's insistence on returning all her wedding presents, the Chilton debutante ball, the arrival of Luke's hooligan nephew, and Tristan's return to school.

Gilmore Girls: Like Mother, Like Daughter

Gilmore Girls: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Author: Catherine Clark
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2002-04-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0060510234

After Lorelai reluctantly requests money from her parents for daughter Rory's private school tuition and agrees to weekly dinners in exchange, Rory meets her grandparents, transfers to Chilton, and starts a relationship with Dean.

Talking as Fast as I Can

Talking as Fast as I Can
Author: Lauren Graham
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0425285189

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again. With a new bonus chapter In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout”). In “What It Was Like, Part One,” Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two” reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her. Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high”), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!”). Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can.

The Season

The Season
Author: Jonah Lisa Dyer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0698403347

“A fun, modern take on Pride and Prejudice.”—Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of Me Before You In this hilarious reboot of Pride and Prejudice, Megan McKnight is a soccer star with Olympic dreams. When her Southern belle mother secretly enters her as a debutante for the 2016 deb season in their hometown of Dallas, she’s furious—and has no idea what she’s in for. Megan’s attitude swiftly gets her on probation with the mother hen of the debs, and she’s given a month to prove she can ballroom dance, display impeccable manners, and curtsey like a proper Texas lady or she’ll get the boot and disgrace her family. The perk of being a debutante, of course, is going to parties, and it’s at one of these lavish affairs where Megan gets swept off her feet by the debonair and down-to-earth Hank Waterhouse. If only she didn’t have to contend with a backstabbing blonde and her handsome but surly billionaire boyfriend, Megan thinks, being a deb might not be so bad after all. But that’s before she humiliates herself in front of a room full of ten-year-olds, becomes embroiled in a media-frenzy scandal, and gets punched in the face by another girl. The season has officially begun…but the drama is just getting started. Find out for yourself why this pitch-perfect blend of scandal, romance, and humor is being hailed as the best Austen adaptation since Clueless.

Gilmore Girls: I Love You, You Idiot

Gilmore Girls: I Love You, You Idiot
Author: Cathy East Dubowski
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2002-07-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780060502287

Mother Lorelei and daughter Rory continue to explore the world and their changing relationships with each other, their friends, and their family.

The Way You Make Me Feel

The Way You Make Me Feel
Author: Maurene Goo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-05-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374304092

An NPR Best Book of 2018 A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2018 A We Need Diverse Books 2018 Must-Read A TAYSHAS 2019 Reading List Book A California Book Award Finalist From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck. Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind? With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, The Way You Make Me Feel is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.

One Day In Summer

One Day In Summer
Author: Shari Low
Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2020-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1838891722

A wonderful, emotional roller-coaster from the No1, million copy bestseller Shari Low that keeps you guessing... One day in summer, three lives are about to change forever. After two decades of looking after others, this is the day that Agnetha McMaster is reclaiming her life. It's her turn, her time. But will she have the courage to start again? Ten years ago, Mitchell McMaster divorced Agnetha and married her best friend, Celeste. Now he suspects his second wife is having an affair. This is the day he'll discover if karma has come back to bite him. Thanks to a DNA test, this is the day that Hope McTeer will finally meet her biological father. But will the reunion bring Hope the answers that she’s looking for? Three people. Twenty-four hours. A lifetime of secrets to unravel... Perfect for the fans of Jojo Moyes, Beth Moran and Debbie Howells Praise for Shari Low 'I absolutely love Shari's books, funny, honest and heartwarming writing' - Jenny Colgan 'Wow! Where have Shari Low books been all my life?' - Reader Review 'The perfect summer read!' - - Reader Review 'I loved this book so much and truly struggled to put it down at the best of times... it's definitely a must read!' - Reader Review 'The events will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. And it's a love story which is not at all predictable.' - - Reader Review 'I am really hoping that this will be the start of another trilogy as I do so enjoy Shari Low's writing.' -- Reader Review 'I absolutely adored this book, and that’s not something I’ve said for a while.' - Reader Review 'It’s a brilliant story, that shows that life is not static but is a series of twists, turns and unexpected detours that we have to learn to go with and work out as it goes along, and I loved it.' - Reader Review 'This book has everything, love, loss, betrayal, forgiveness and growth.' 'A story of family, friendship, lost love, betrayals, and hope that will keep you guessing until the very end.' - Reader Review 'Well, this is the first time in ages I’ve stayed up until 2 am reading a book! I just couldn’t stop reading until I’d finished it.' - Reader Review 'Shari Low really does know how to write an emotional book that evokes all the feels!' - Reader Review 'One Day in Summer looks at lost love, betrayal, friendships, grief, siblings, adoption, and finding love. This was a great read, so many events happening simultaneously, a book I didn't want to put down. I recommend this for an uplifting read.' - Reader Review

The Summer My Life Began

The Summer My Life Began
Author: Shannon Greenland
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101572337

A great summer beach read filled with sunshine, cooking, and--of course--romance! Elizabeth Margaret--better known as Em--has always known what her life would contain: an internship at her father's firm, a degree from Harvard, and a career as a lawyer. The only problem is, it's not what she wants. So when she gets the opportunity to get away and spend a month with the aunt she never knew, she jumps at the chance. While there, Em learns that her family has some pretty significant secrets. And then there's Cade, the laid-back local surfer boy who seems to be everything Em isn't. Naturally, she can't resist him, and as their romance blossoms, Em feels that for the first time ever, she is really living life on her own terms.

The Summer of Lost Letters

The Summer of Lost Letters
Author: Hannah Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2022-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0593349741

Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Ruta Sepetys, this sweet, summery romance set in Nantucket follows seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg as she uncovers a secret about her grandmother's life during WWII. Seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg isn't exactly looking forward to the summer before her senior year. She's just broken up with her first boyfriend and her friends are all off in different, exciting directions for the next three months. Abby needs a plan—an adventure of her own. Enter: the letters. They show up one rainy day along with the rest of Abby's recently deceased grandmother's possessions. And these aren't any old letters; they're love letters. Love letters from a mystery man named Edward. Love letters from a mansion on Nantucket. Abby doesn't know much about her grandmother's past. She knows she was born in Germany and moved to the US when she was five, fleeing the Holocaust. But the details are either hazy or nonexistent, and these letters depict a life that is a bit different than the quiet one Abby knows about. So Abby heads to Nantucket for the summer to learn more about her grandmother and the secrets she kept. But when she meets Edward's handsome grandson, who wants to stop her from investigating, things get complicated. As Abby and Noah grow closer, the mysteries in their families deepen, and they discover that they both have to accept the burdens of their pasts if they want the kinds of futures they've always imagined. Cover may vary.

Suddenly One Summer

Suddenly One Summer
Author: Julie James
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698153219

From the New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Wedding comes a novel about a man and a woman whose summer is about to get very, very hot... Divorce lawyer Victoria Slade has seen enough unhappy endings to swear off marriage forever. That doesn't mean she's opposed to casual dating—just not with her cocky new neighbor, who is as gorgeous and tempting as he is off-limits. But once she agrees to take on his sister's case, she's as determined to win as ever—even if that means teaming up with Ford... Investigative journalist Ford Dixon is bent on finding the man who got his sister pregnant and left her high and dry. He's willing to partner with Victoria, despite the fact that the beautiful brunette gets under his skin like no other woman. He might not be looking to settle down, but there's no denying the scorching attraction between them. Still, the more time he spends with Victoria, the more he realizes that the one woman as skeptical about love as he is might be the only woman he could really fall for... “If you need a great read to throw in your beach bag, make sure Suddenly One Summer is one of your choices.”—USA Today