During Book Blogger Appreciation Week, one of the daily writing ‘prompts’ involved being an evangelist for a book that has been overlooked. I highlighted Lindsey Leavitt’s contemporary YA Sean Griswold’s Head. It’s a charming read with heart, and I’ve been looking forward to spending time with more of Leavitt’s work. Lucky for me (and you!), her next book sounds like a hoot. I can’t wait to meet Mallory and her grandmother’s list. Going Vintage will be published by Bloomsbury , and releases on March 26, 2013.
The cure for a break-up? Go vintage and live like it’s 1962!
When Mallory discovers that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with an online girlfriend, she swears off boys. She also swears off modern technology. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in 1962, Mallory decides to "go vintage" and return to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn’t cheat on you online). She sets out to complete grandma’s list: run for pep club secretary, host a dinner party, sew a homecoming dress, find a steady, do something dangerous. But the list is trickier than it looks. And obviously finding a steady is out . . . no matter how good Oliver (Jeremy’s cousin) smells. But with the help of her sister, she’ll get it done. Somehow.
Lindsey Leavitt perfectly pairs heartfelt family moments, laugh-out-loud humor, and a little bit of romance in this delightful contemporary novel.
What books are you waiting on?
Me too!
ReplyDeleteI'm goo goo gaa gaa for this cover.
Juju - It IS beautiful, isn't it? And just your style. *grin*
ReplyDeletesounds like good read! Love the cover!
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This one has been pretty popular this week! I'm still undecided as to if I will read it or not though. Thanks for sharing! ^.^ If you would like to check out my Waiting On Wednesday you can do so here. :)
ReplyDeleteThat does sound rather fun!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read this one too! It looks like a ton of fun and I just adore the cover. Have you read Lindsey's Princes for Hire series? I like her YA better, but they're still adorable reads.
ReplyDeleteI'm not super keen on contemporary YA but this looks pretty awesome. I want to see how the 1960s are incorporated into Mallory's life!
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of this one and maybe it will inspire me to get away from all that's going and go back to simpler things!
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Cute cover! Sounds like a fun read. I hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI've seen this one around but had never stopped to actually read the synopsis - it sounds good! I might have to actually check this one out =)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such a cute book. Adding it to my goodreads list.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like so much fun. And as a lover of all things vintage---I'm definitely going to be reading this one.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds adorable. It also sounds like it would be a great tween/teen crossover!
ReplyDeleteHilarious! And quite original too :) Life was probably easier without modern technology. Or actually, not really, but vintage (grandma's time, wow!) can't be wrong, can it? :)
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