The author I’m here to appreciate today doesn’t need much of an introduction. She is known as Jenny Han and is the author of the Summer series, along with the co-author of Burn For Burn which releases next month. Read on to find out why I appreciate, Jenny Han!
Back before I met Goodreads and I started blogging, reading used to be trial and error. I had to experiment and do a lot of soul book searching before I found something really special. On a Saturday morning, a few years back, I was browsing Dymocks and came across The Summer I Turned Pretty. The blurb, the title, the simple cover; everything about it drew me in so I bought a copy. Not long after purchasing it, I began reading. I remember that day so clearly. It was a dark, dreary, cloudy, rainy, grey day and I had hauled myself away in my room, getting lost amongst the pages which bared no resemblance to reality at all. In fact, it was the complete opposite - sun, sand, swimming, summer.
There are many reasons why the Summer series is so special to me, but one in particular is that as Belly grew I did, too. After reading The Summer I Turned Pretty, each year, for two years, another book released and each time, I was a little older than the last. I remember pre-ordering, It’s Not Summer Without You in 2010 and We’ll Always Have Summer in 2011, and once they had released, every day for about two weeks I got so excited with the idea that maybe today would be the day it finally arrived. You can imagine my excitement when it finally did show – jumping, squealing and a lot of smiling followed suit.
The Summer I Turned Pretty was not only the first YA story that really struck a chord with me, but it was also the first book that managed to harness my emotions and had me bawling my eyes out.
I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am that Burn For Burn releases next month in September! *sqee* And just the other day I found out that Jenny has a new book releasing in 2014, called To All The Boys I’ve Loved. Title love! The second I saw this, I froze whilst my insides danced around. So far there is no blurb available but there is no need, because just the name Jenny Han is enough to sell me.
The Summer series will always hold a special place in my heart. I’ve always been a reader, ever since I was little, but The Summer I Turned Pretty cemented my love for reading even more, and for that I’ll always be thankful.
P.S - Team Conrad forever and always ♥
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Author Bio:Jenny Han (Han like Han Solo, not Han like hand) was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. She went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) and she went on to graduate school at the New School in New York City, where she received her MFA in Writing for Children. She lives in Brooklyn and works part-time at a school library on the Upper West Side.
