HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Hi,
there, lovely bookish friends. I can’t believe it’s 2017 already! To be honest,
I feel like I wasted 2016. I didn’t complete my reading challenge *cries* I
only 50 or so books. I didn’t finish writing my book (you see, I’m writing a
book “for me” in Spanish), I didn’t watch many movies. I didn’t find a second
job (though that wasn’t my fault).
I wasted
2016 watching CSI, The Mentalist & Ink Master. I kid you not.
This
year didn’t suck too much either, I just feel like I got stuck and there’s
almost nothing to highlight about my life (except that I started working with
Harper Collins International Sales and Penguin Random House Global (yay!!) AND
I found 2 new favorite blogs (Angel Erin Book Obsession & The Eater of Books).
And my
family is healthy and safe).
I still
have the worst internet in the whole world, so I haven’t been online like I
used to in the first years. But I keep reading my favorite blogs and commenting
every time I can (sending lots of love to Reading After Midnight and April Reads)
Okay, so
that’s enough about me.
Today in
WHAT’S NEW? I have to show you THIS book! I don’t remember how I found it, but
I’m so, so excited about it. It sounds fantastic! In fact, I’m off to Edelweiss
to see if I can request it.
Check it
out!
Expected publication: May 30th 2017
by Simon Pulse
A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married.
Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation
behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from
Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian
Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some
level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now,
they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring
web developers…right?
Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.
The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.
The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
I'm curious about this book, but I'm not sure if I'll read it. As an Indian person, I need to do better with reading books featuring Indian MCs (or books written by Indian authors). We'll see about this one.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Lis! =)
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
This one sounds so good and the cover is so ADORABLE. :D
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