Bookending Summer: Down and Acrostic
Good morning bookworms!
This post is part of Bookending Summer 2019, which is organized by Sam & Clo! My prompt for today, “Down and Acrostic” is hosted by Isabelle @ Bookwyrm Bites! (And you SHOULD go check out all their blogs because they’re amazing and Isabelle is one of the nicest people ever.)
If you aren’t sure what a ‘down and acrostic’ is, then I’ll let Isabelle explain it here:
Pick a summer-themed word (ex: beach, fireworks, heatwave, barbecue, vacation) or the title of a book with summer vibes. Write it vertically, then try to fill in titles that start with each letter (you can omit determiners like “the” and “a”). For example, if your first book is Radiance, then you might have [The] Raven Boys, Anna Undreaming, Darius the Great Is Not Okay, and so on.
Difficult mode: Use only books that fit a theme, such as “three-word titles” or “YA contemporary” or “squad goals.”
So, I’m kind of going for a difficulty mode, in that I’m hoping to ONLY put summer-recommendations on my list!! But, we’ll see how we go.
So, in Australia (where it’s currently winter), most of us go to the beach during summer. And because our sun is so blisteringly hot, you take every precaution available otherwise you end up looking like a lobster, and then risking getting skin cancer. This is no joke, friends. So, one of the things that we took to the beach when I was little was a beach umbrella.
B – Back After the Break – Anita Notaro
E – Emergency Contact – Mary H. K. Choi
A – Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Sáenz
C – Can You Keep a Secret? – Sophie Kinsella
H – The Hating Game – Sally Thorne
U – The Upside of Unrequited – Becky Albertalli
M – Metro Girl – Janet Evanovich
B – The Brightsiders – Jen Wilde
R – Red, White and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
E – Everything Changes But You – Maggie Alderson
L – The Learning Curve – Melissa Nathan
L – Leah on the Offbeat – Becky Albertalli
A – Almost Midnight – Rainbow Rowell
S – The Summer of Jordi Perez – Amy Spalding
So, that’s it from me today! Have a check out of those summer reads, and a reminder to go check out Bookending Summer and all the prompts for this month!
7 Comments
Kristina
Ahah, three of us used Emergency contact! That’s kinda neat!
Talking of sunburns… I didn’t took the necessary precautions when going sail boating and my face aswell as my shoulders got burnt ? and here I thought my skin couldn’t burn !!! So, kids.. listen to the precaution talk!
Meeghan reads
Oh no!!! I hope you’re ok!! ?
Kristina
Oh yeah! Much better today- my shoulders hurts a bit and my face looks like a raccoon with the red and glasses spot ? but otherwise it’s better
Isabelle @ BookwyrmBites
sunburn is the actual bane of my existence, luckily I mostly just tan but for some reason my ears and scalp burn and it is not a good time – and my friends with fairer skin ended up red all over after a long day of marching band practice! so while I’ve never had a real-life encounter with a beach umbrella, it definitely seems like an infinitely practical item to bring along.
I love that you’ve gone for the extra summery challenge of using summer recommendations, that somehow hadn’t even crossed my mind as a possible theme but it’s fantastic! ?
Meeghan reads
Naww, thanks Izzy!! And yes, sunburn is the worst, but very common here in Aus!!! ??
Ruqs
these all look like really great books! 🙂
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