This month, I read See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon. This story is about a young woman named Barrett Bloom starting her first day of college. On September 21st, she has the worst day ever! Barrett gets annoyed by the genius boy next to her in physics class, does terrible in her interview for a position in the college paper, and sneaks into a party where she sets the fraternity house on fire by a fallen down tiki torch! When she sadly reaches her dorm, Barrett finds her roommate locked her out and that now forces her to fall asleep on the common room couch. But when Barrett wakes up the next morning, she finds it is September 21st AGAIN and she’s back in her own bed! While her repeat day starts, she finds the genius boy from physics has been stuck in this crazy time loop too for months! As the two start to fall in love in their mysterious time loop, they find one another asking themselves what it will be like if they make it September 22nd? Would they still have the same connection they share now?

I loved this book because I enjoyed the time loop aspect to it. I have never read a book with time travel in it so I enjoyed reading that in this book. The experience of them repeating the same day never got boring for me because they experienced something different everyday together, showing each other their lives! It was also cool to see the two characters fall in love and learn to work together as then went from enemies to lovers. In the beginning, Miles annoyed Barrett so much, ratting Barrett out to their physics teacher in class. But as the story progressed, they learned to love each other’s uniqueness and love each other for who they are. I adored reading See You Yesterday for the time travel and romance and I hope you want to read it too!

My favorite character from this novel is Barrett Bloom. I love her character because she is a risk taker, as she isn’t afraid to do things even if there is consequences. A quote from the story to describe this is, “I’ve allowed myself to want things unashamedly, to put that out in the world and let the world respond. A risk I’m learning is okay to take.” This quote shows Barrett Bloom’s confidence because it tells that she’s fine sharing to everyone even if she’ll get embarrassed or regrets her decision. She’s confident in who she is and that confidence inspires me to share my ideas like her!

My favorite quote from See You Yesterday is, “I could wake up on the same day a thousand times, and every single one would be different because of you. Every single one would be life-changing. Because of you.” This quote was meaningful to me because it shows that the people around you can change your emotions so quickly. It connected to me because from my experiences, the things people said to me that day could have really made my day and made it memorable or it could make me feel hurt and upset for the rest of the day. Words can change everything and that’s why I loved this quote from the novel!

In February, I read The Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walter. This book centers around a teenage girl named Meredith who lost her older sister, Claire, eighteen months ago. This summer, she will try not to shut everybody out by joining her whole family on their yearly trip to Martha’s Vineyard. As this vacation will be extra special, with her cousin’s marriage, Meredith has just been dumped and will be dateless for the wedding! But when Meredith meets a handsome groomsmen, she makes an alliance with him for the family’s traditional game of assassin. With the fun game being Claire’s favorite part of the summer, this year Meredith will try to win it for her to honor her sister’s legacy. But, what will she do when she’s hopelessly falling for her cute groomsmen and trying to focusing on the game at stake?

I recommend this book because it has a cute romance, Taylor Swift references, and hard-core assassin game. The cute romance of Meredith slowly falling for Wit is adorable. It’s so fun to see all the adventures they explore together as they only get to see each other for one week! Next, the Fox family’s assassin game is so fun to picture with the whole family and wedding party using water guns to tag each other out. It makes me wish I was playing too! Also, if you’re a Swiftie there are some Taylor Swift references in the book because Meredith and her sister Claire would love to listen to her together! So, if you’re a Swiftie, love rom-coms, or enjoy watching exciting family games, you should definitely read The Summer of Broken Rules!

My favorite character was Meredith Fox from this novel. I love her character because she is so involved in her family and follows her heart. Meredith is so involved in her family as she takes full participation in their family game of assassin and doesn’t mind spending her time to hang out with her whole family or parts of it. I love that she follows her heart as she takes a risk to spend time with Wit and at then of the book, SPOILER ALERT, she leaves with him to travel and will take a year off of college to explore the world with him. Meredith is a joyous character who lives in the moment. A quote to describe this is, “And I did smile—a smile so filled with happiness, happiness I hadn’t been sure I’d ever be able to feel again.” This describes that she lives in the moment because she catches on to the little things and cherishes these things while they last. After her older sister, Claire died, she feels like she needs to hold onto everything else when they’re still there. I love that Meredith focuses on the now instead of the past or future. As you can see, Meredith Fox is my favorite character.

My favorite quote from the novel was, “ It’s one of those special places where you feel like time doesn’t exist. Where it will always be summer, where I’ll always wake up with you.” This quote was meaningful to me because it showed how depending on who you are with it could feel like time is passing so slowly or you could breeze through it. This quote also made me think how you should always put yourself around good people so you can feel like the moment Meredith is describing.