The Long Distance Playlist by Tara Eglington

Taylor and Isolde used to be best friends - before THAT FIGHT, 18 months ago. It's been radio silence ever since - until Taylor contacts Isolde to sympathise with her breakup: the breakup that she never saw coming, which ended her dreams of joining the National Ballet School.

Taylor's had his own share of challenges, including a life-altering accident that has brought his hopes of competing at the Winter Olympics to a halt.

Isolde responds to Taylor, to be polite. But what starts out as heartbreak-themed Spotify playlists and shared stories of exes quickly becomes something more.

And as Taylor and Isolde start to lean on each other, the distance between them begins to feel not so distant after all ...

Lately I have found myself getting more and more disappointed with YA novels and a lot of the time reading them feels like a waste of time. That is what I was expecting to feel when reading The Long Distance Playlist but I loved it. The story takes you to the stunning glaciers in Queenstown, and the shores of Sydney and discusses the ups and downs that are a part of family, following your passions, mental health and teenage friendships/ relationships.

This book was charming, delightful and heartwarming. Isolde and Taylor were such beautiful characters, and I loved watching their relationship blossom from childhood friends into something more. I connected with the characters on a deep level, as being a passionate singer I have felt all of the emotions that Isolde and Taylor have felt about in regards to their individual passions. This book discussed mental health and disability which is so important, and I would have loved to see a bit more of it. Another thing I LOVED about this book was that there was no swearing and mature content like there is in soooo many YA novels! The characters were much more realistic for their age, and are great role models for young people everywhere. Fantastic book which I totally recommend to all YA enthusiasts!

Comments

The Silk House by Kayte Nunn

Australian history teacher Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside only to find that she is to look after the first intake of girls in its 150-year history. She is to stay with them in Silk House, a building with a long and troubled past, where the shadows hide more mysteries than she could ever imagine. In the late 1700s, Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work in the home of an English silk merchant. She is thrust into a new and dangerous world where her talent for herbs and healing soon attracts attention. In London, Mary-Louise Stephenson lives amid the clatter of the weaving trade and dreams of becoming a silk designer, a job that is the domain of men. Arriving in the market town of Oxleigh, she brings with her a length of fabric woven with a pattern of deadly plants that will have far-reaching consequences for all who dwell in the silk house. The Silk House was such a gorgeous story, and I was so blessed to receive an ARC

A Sparrow Alone by Mim Eichmann

1890's Colorado. Desperate following her mother's sudden death, thirteen-year-old Hannah Owens apprentices as domestic help with a wealthy doctor's family in Colorado Springs. When the doctor declares bankruptcy and abandons his family to finance his mistress Pearl DeVere's brothel, however, Hannah is thrown into a vortex of gold mining bonanzas and busts, rampant prostitution, and the economic, political and cultural upheavals of the era. Two of Cripple Creek's most colorful historic characters, Winfield Scott Stratton, eccentric owner of the richest gold mine in Cripple Creek, and Pearl DeVere, the beautiful madam of The Old Homestead, come to life as this old-fashioned, coming-of-age saga unfolds, the first of two historical fiction novels by debut author Mim Eichmann -- a tribute to the women who set the stage for women's rights. I love nothing more than curling up on the couch on a rainy day, and being transported to another time in history, which is exa

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman

Viewing an apartment normally doesn’t turn into a life-or-death situation, but this particular open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes everyone in the apartment hostage. As the pressure mounts, the eight strangers begin slowly opening up to one another and reveal long-hidden truths. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined. On the surface this looks like such a simple book. I was tricked into believing that myself, but the more pages I read the more I realised that this book was anything but simple. I think that the author does this on purpose because it reflects the message that on the surface human beings are all simple, or 'idiots' as he often refers to them! But underneath, we are so so so so complex. Basically this story is

The Book Mermaids

Search This Blog