TTT #37: Characters I'd Like to Check-in With

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish where people share their top ten things according to the topic of that week.

I love this topic! I always dream about finding out what the characters are doing after the books end. Please proceed with care as there are possible spoilers on the endings of each book!
 

1. Past Perfect by Leila Sales - I want to ask Chelsea if the feud's still going on~
2. Love and Other Perishable Items by Laura Buzo - I want to ask Amelia where Chris is now.
3. Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols - I want to see if Leah's a certified pilot now.
4. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - Is Cath still writing fan fiction with Levi by her side?
5. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson - What's Amy and Roger doing now.
6. The Unbound by Victoria Schwab - Have Mackenzie and Wesley made crew?
7. Split Second by Kasie West - Did Laila and Connor stay or move out?
8. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - Did Tana successfully beat the virus?
9. Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers - I want to check and see what Annith and Balthazaar are doing.
10. The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke - Where's Ananna and does Naji visit her?

Which characters would you want to check-in with?

TTT #33: Books For Readers Who Like Standalones

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish where people share their top ten things according to the topic of that week.

I didn't really want to just pick a genre so I decided to go with standalones. Although most of these turned out to be contemporary anyways..... A few of these have been out for awhile but I really enjoyed them! These are actually more general recommendations since some I've loved like Since You've Been Gone, I didn't include because it's already so well-loved~ Three of the books below belong to series but they can all be read as a standalone :)

1. Past Perfect by Leila Sales - Cuteness all around~

2. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger - Love how meaningful this book turned out to be!
3. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - My love for this book will never end!

4. On the Fence by Kasie West - Love the story, the characters and just everything!
5. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins - All the warm and fuzzy feels~

6. The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes - Hot guy with mohawk that cooks? Hells ya!

7. Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols - Lots of tension but oh so sweet~~

8. The Hazards of Skinny Dipping by Alyssa Rose Ivy - Fun and sexy times!

9. The Boys of Summer by C.J. Duggan - Such a fun summertime love story!

10. Making Faces by Amy Harmon - So emotional but SO good!

Which standalones do you love?

Review: Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

Such a Rush

by Jennifer Echols

July 10, 2012

325 pages

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Goodreads Summary:

A sexy and poignant romantic tale of a young daredevil pilot caught between two brothers. When I was fourteen, I made a decision. If I was doomed to live in a trailer park next to an airport, I could complain about the smell of the jet fuel like my mom, I could drink myself to death over the noise like everybody else, or I could learn to fly.

Heaven Beach, South Carolina, is anything but, if you live at the low-rent end of town. All her life, Leah Jones has been the grown-up in her family, while her mother moves from boyfriend to boyfriend, letting any available money slip out of her hands. At school, they may diss Leah as trash, but she’s the one who negotiates with the landlord when the rent’s not paid. At fourteen, she’s the one who gets a job at the nearby airstrip.

But there’s one way Leah can escape reality. Saving every penny she can, she begs quiet Mr. Hall, who runs an aerial banner-advertising business at the airstrip and also offers flight lessons, to take her up just once. Leaving the trailer park far beneath her and swooping out over the sea is a rush greater than anything she’s ever experienced, and when Mr. Hall offers to give her cut-rate flight lessons, she feels ready to touch the sky.

By the time she’s a high school senior, Leah has become a good enough pilot that Mr. Hall offers her a job flying a banner plane. It seems like a dream come true... but turns out to be just as fleeting as any dream. Mr. Hall dies suddenly, leaving everything he owned in the hands of his teenage sons: golden boy Alec and adrenaline junkie Grayson. And they’re determined to keep the banner planes flying.

Though Leah has crushed on Grayson for years, she’s leery of getting involved in what now seems like a doomed business—until Grayson betrays her by digging up her most damning secret. Holding it over her head, he forces her to fly for secret reasons of his own, reasons involving Alec. Now Leah finds herself drawn into a battle between brothers—and the consequences could be deadly.