Amy and Roger's Epic Detour

Title: Amy and Rogers Epic Detour
Author: Morgan Matson
Published: May 4,2010

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows.

So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him. At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards--this is the story of one girl's journey to find herself.

"Tomorrow will be better.” “But what if it’s not?” I asked. “Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better."

the qoute above is but one af my many favorite lines in the book,so i felt like sharing it.I admit it that I adore most any book with the concept of road tripping.I have never been on a road trip my self but i cant wait for when the time comes that i do.

The cover is lovely it has a soft summer feel too it, i also like the hand holding on the road with the couple looking out in the unknown.

Despite the serious issues it addresses, it was never a downer type book but it was a bit  bittersweet at times and also quiky and sweet.Amy's life has been going downhill lately... her brother is in rehab, her father died in a car crash and now her mum has decided that its time for a change and her and Amy should move to Connecticut. The only issue is  Amy refuses to drive after her fathers death so her mum finds a local boy that Amy heading out in the same direction its then revealed that Amys not the only one with some extra baggage.

I love their characters and how Amy and Roger interacted with each other I was like waiting the whole time for them to be together and when they did- Adorable! Not to mention, I also liked the side-characters, the people they meet during the detour.Unlike in some road triping books the side characters are not all that important but i liked the fact that they made Amy and Rogers Epic Detour exciting and inspiring.I especially liked Lenard,Bronwyn and Lucien and Lucien's moose ;]

The story for me was a bit predictable but that doesn't take away from the fact that i enjoyed the story.Being a music lover like most people i found the Playlist part of the book excellent and im sure im not the only one who searched for a few of the songs mentioned.

 The book quickly became a favorite it the sweet summer type read i love to read laying out on the beach or in my backyard.4/5

Road Trip

So earlier today i was listening to the song Kids in Love by Mayday Parade the song to me is a great summer song about being care free and young.I was curios about the music video so i  looked the video up it's about four friends going on a Road Trip.This got me thinking about all the great books that revolve around taking a Road Trip,so I decided to create a short list Summer Read about Road Tripping.

Title: Amy and Rogers Epic Detour
Author: Morgan Matson

Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, driving cross-country from the home she's always known toward her new life. Joining Amy on the road trip is Roger, the son of Amy's mother's old friend. Amy hasn't seen him in years, and she is less than thrilled to be driving across the country with a guy she barely knows. So she's surprised to find that she is developing a crush on him.

At the same time, she's coming to terms with her father's death and how to put her own life back together after the accident. Told in traditional narrative as well as scraps from the road--diner napkins, motel receipts, postcards

This is the ideal summer read it so cute.I adore the play-lists and how much Amy grows throughout the book.

Maybe it was wrong, or maybe impossible, but I wanted the truth to be one thing. One solid thing.

Quinn is surrounded by women who have had their hearts broken. Between her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother, Quinn hears nothing but cautionary tales. She tries to be an optimist–after all, she’s the dependable one, the girl who never makes foolish choices. But when she is abruptly and unceremoniously dumped, Quinn starts to think maybe there are no good men after all.
It doesn’t help that she’s gingerly handling a renewed relationship with her formerly absent father. He’s a little bit of a lot of things: charming, selfish, eccentric, lazy…but he’s her dad, and Quinn’s just happy to have him around again. Until she realizes how horribly he’s treated the many women in his life, how he’s stolen more than just their hearts.

Determined to, for once, take action in her life, Quinn joins forces with the stepsister she’s never met and the little sister she’ll do anything to protect. Together, they set out to right her father’s wrongs…and in doing so, begin to uncover what they’re really looking for: the truth. The story of one girl's journey to find herself.

 Road trip filled  new discoveries,hot guy,and a qeust to rights past wrongs whats not to love.

Title: Crash Into Me
Author: Albert borris

 Owen, Frank, Audrey, and Jin-Ae have one thing in common: they all want to die. When they meet online after each attempts suicide and fails, the four teens make a deadly pact: they will escape together on a summer road trip to visit the sites of celebrity suicides...and at their final destination, they will all end their lives. 

As they drive cross-country, bonding over their dark impulses, sharing their deepest secrets and desires, living it up, hooking up, and becoming true friends, each must decide whether life is worth living—or if there's no turning back. 

This isn't really a light Summer read but i felt like it had to go on this list.Crash into Me is a dark,funny,has a bit of romance and Lots of Drama.

Title:Two way Street
Author: Lauren Barnholdt

There are two sides to every breakup.

This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They’re even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.
Then Jordan dumps Courtney — for a girl he met on the Internet.
It’s too late to change plans, so the road trip is on. Courtney’s heartbroken, but figures she can tough it out for a few days. La la la — this is Courtney pretending not to care.
But in a strange twist, Jordan cares. A lot.

Turns out, he’s got a secret or two that he’s not telling Courtney. And it has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can’t get back together, and how, in spite of it all, this couple is destined for each other.

 

So heres the song that got me thinking about Road Trips.I was going to put up the official music video but i decided not to because its a bit raunchy.I highly suggest you check it out,there a censored and non censored video.