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This week's topic is: road trips!
I love books about road trips. I've loved this topic for ages, and lately, I've been seeing lots and lots of books with road trips, which makes me very happy. There's just something about two (or more) people being together on a road trip that makes everything more intense - the emotions, the romance, the fun. Well, at least that's the way it is in YA books. I love road trip books because they always make me want to drop everything and go on a road trip myself (preferably with a cute fictional guy).
These are some road trip books I've read:
Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
Paper Towns by John Green
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Kiss the Morning Star by Elissa Janine Hoole
Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Crash Into Me by Albert Borris
Reunited by Hilary Weisman Graham
Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown
Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John
You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith
In Honor by Jessi Kirby
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
What do you think of books about road trips? Have you read any of these books, and if yes, what did you think?
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I've read Amy & Roger, Saving June. I love a good road trip book so I'll have to check out the rest of the books you've mentioned.
ReplyDeleteI love road trip books! Thanks for drawing my attention to some I didn't know about :)
ReplyDeleteI need to read more road trip books, Hannah! I like this post so keep doing it, please. It's cool that you can travel with the characters and be on one place. Like A Walk To Remember (movie): "Be in two places at once."
ReplyDeleteI am actually a little hesitant to read YA Contemporary Road Trip Books - honestly, I don't know why. I have CRASH INTO ME and I loved Jessi Kirby's debut novel so I am sure to read IN HONOR but beyond that I guess the idea of sitting in a car for 'hours' with people is annoying. Even though I know this is not the case in fiction, I'm still tentative. Maybe that should be a mid-year resolution: read at least 2 or 3 road trip books!
ReplyDeleteWhat was your favorite one?
Thanks for the comments :)
ReplyDeleteYou HAVE to read some road trip books! Yes, real-life road trips, sitting in a car for hours on end, isn't all that fun, but fictional road trips are so much better! I almost always end up loving road trip books, and you should definitely read some! I really liked Crash Into Me, but I don't know whether that's the best road trip book to start with - it's more serious and depressing than most others, and I usually like how life-affirming road trip books are. My favorites are Saving June and Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - both are amazing! They have some serious parts, too - in Saving June, the MC's sister committed suicide, and in Amy & Roger, the MC's dad just died - but there's also romance and all that fun stuff, so there's something in there for you whether you want something light or something more serious. Anyways, I really recomend those, and think those two would be good road trip books to start with :)