Monday, July 2, 2012

Booyah Books! The Long, Hot Summer

Hey everyone, the wonderful Lisa from
 The Novel Approach is back  to give us another installment of Booyah Books!

It's hard to believe the month of June has already come to an end. In fact, it's hard to believe this year's half over already. Kind of amazing how fast time flies when your nose is almost constantly buried in a book, yeah? It was a mixed bag of reading experiences for me this month, so since I read some great books in a variety of different sub-genres, I think I'll break things down that way, just to make it a bit easier, 'kay? 'Kay. Without further ado, here we go:

Romantic Comedy:

I'm just going to come right out and say it: I love Ethan Day's sense of humor. He manages to do snark like no one else I've ever read, and just when you think his characters couldn't take life and love less seriously, they find someone who makes them want to take life and love way seriously. I know I probably say this with every new Ethan Day release, and I do sincerely mean it each and every time: Second Time Lucky is my favorite book yet.

Luke Landon and Owen West get a second chance at love. They were young and kind of scared, for lack of a better word, of the way the felt about each other when they began dating in college. They didn't break up as much as they ran away from each other, which is pretty much Luke's M.O. - when the going gets tough, he gets going as fast as he can in the opposite direction. Fast forward fifteen years, to Luke's birthday party, a party to which none of his friends show up(!), and there you go - the perfect setting for Owen to catch Luke when he's at his most vulnerable.


Buy Second Time Lucky HERE.

Young Adult:

If you came of age anytime during the '80s and believed John Hughes' movies were the epitome of the fictional teenage experience, movies like "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club", then I can't recommend John Goode's Tales from Foster High series highly enough.



Buy Maybe with a Chance of Certainty, End of the Beginning, and Raise Your Glass HERE.

Epic Fantasy:

I've been praising Carole Cummings and the Wolf's-own series since Chapter One of the first book wormed it's way into my head and heart and refused to let go.

Incendiary is the fourth and final installment in this legendary journey of two men who must learn exactly who it is they're meant to be before they can be anything close to whom the other needs. It's mythology and magic, action and adventure, as well as a story of the transformative power of love and the discovery that that most monumental of emotions doesn't make a man weak but brings him the strength and courage he needs to accept himself exactly the way he is.

The Wolf’s-own series is an experience; that’s all there is to say. It is a feast for those who love to dig beneath the surface to the symbolism beneath, and a journey for the reader, a puzzle that just begs to be solved and an unforgettable adventure.
Buy Incendiary HERE.

Literary Fiction - Non-Romance:


This book is told in the first person by sports journalist Jeremy Rusch and is the story of baseball player Ricky Fontana, set during one epic season when the twenty-year-old wunderkind held America’s pastime and, indeed, the world in the pocket of his mitt and the sweet spot of his bat.






Fontana will be available for purchase on July 16, 2012, HERE.

Historical - Mystery/Suspense:

Danger, extortion, betrayal, and homophobia welcome Charlie Harris and an incriminating photograph to Whistle Pass, Illinois, a photo that is allegedly being used to blackmail Mayor Roger Black with a threat that could derail that man’s ambitious pursuit of the office of state representative if the picture is ever leaked to the press.

Charlie has been summoned.





Buy Whistle Pass HERE.

And that's it for another month of Booyah Books! Until next time, happy reading!


  1. Wow, I haven't read any of those!

  2. How is it that I haven't read any of these books? I do have Incendiary on my reader, just haven't had time to read it yet...I need to get reading... :)

  3. Well, if you decide to read even one of them, I hope you love it, regardless of which you pick. :)

    I thought they were all pretty fantastic, but I have to say that Fontana still has a special place at the top of my list. :)