Wednesday, January 15, 2014

WAITING ON WEDNESDAY #52: Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


From the acclaimed author of Brooklyn, Burning comes Guy in Real Life, an achingly real and profoundly moving love story in the vein of Rainbow Rowell and John Green, about two Minnesota teens whose lives become intertwined through school, role-playing games, and a chance two-a.m. bike accident.

It is Labor Day weekend in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and boy and girl collide on a dark street at two thirty in the morning: Lesh, who wears black, listens to metal, and plays MMOs; Svetlana, who embroiders her skirts, listens to Björk and Berlioz, and dungeon masters her own RPG. They should pick themselves up, continue on their way, and never talk to each other again.

But they don't.

This is a story of two people who do not belong in each other's lives, who find each other at a time when they desperately need someone who doesn't belong in their lives. A story of those moments when we act like people we aren't in order to figure out who we are. A story of the roles we all play-at school, at home, with our friends, and without our friends-and the one person who might show us what lies underneath it all.


Expected publication: May 27th 2014



I'm such a huge fan of realistic YA and I love the concept that these two main characters are what they need at that point in their lives. Everybody should have somebody who gets them and needs them!!
What book are you patiently waiting for the release of?

5 comments:

  1. Sounds like such a sweet read ^^)
    My WoW

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  2. That's such a fun cover & it sounds great!

    Happy reading :-) Sharon - Obsession with Books

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  3. Nice pick! Not sure it's my kind of read but I hope you absolutely LOVE it once you read it!

    Here's my WoW

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  4. this sounds great!!! Adding it to my wishlist too!

    My Wow

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  5. This sounds like it will be good. Adding it on goodreads.

    Denise @ Dandelionn Wine Book BlogMy WoW

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