Can't Wait Wednesday!

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.

This week I can't wait for:

Look Both Ways
Jason Reynolds
Age/Genre: Middle Grades, Realistic Fiction
Publisher: Atheneum
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Goodreads

From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all they different directions a walk home can take.

This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too busy—

Talking about boogers.
Stealing pocket change.
Skateboarding.
Wiping out.
Braving up.
Executing complicated handshakes.
Planning an escape.
Making jokes.
Lotioning up.
Finding comfort.
But mostly, too busy walking home.

Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.

Why I want to read this book

I mostly want to read this, because Jason Reynolds wrote it, but I also like the idea of these ten tales deftly woven into one story. The fact that it is cited as being both funny and poignant wins it even more points with me.

The Accidentals 
Sarina Bowen
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Tuxbury Publishing LLC
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Goodreads

A YA novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarina Bowen.

Never ask a question unless you’re sure you want the truth.

I’ve been listening to my father sing for my whole life. I carry him in my pocket on my mp3 player. It’s just that we’ve never met face to face.

My mother would never tell me how I came to be, or why my rock star father and I have never met. I thought it was her only secret. I was wrong.

When she dies, he finally appears. Suddenly I have a first class ticket into my father’s exclusive world. A world I don’t want any part of – not at this cost.

Only three things keep me going: my a cappella singing group, a swoony blue-eyed boy named Jake, and the burning questions in my soul.


There’s a secret shame that comes from being an unwanted child. It drags me down, and puts distance between me and the boy I love.

My father is the only one alive who knows my history. I need the truth, even if it scares me.

Why I want to read this book

This was one of my Can't Wait Wednesday picks last year, and I was so excited about it, I pre-ordered the book. You all know how these things go. I never seemed to be able to find the time to read it, but I kept the intention alive, because I love Bowen's books, and I am more than excited to see how her writing talents play out in the YA realm. Additionally, there is an estranged rock star dad, music, and the promise of romance. All that adds up to something that could be spectacular for me.

What are you waiting on?
Any backlog books you want to read soon? 
Let us know in the comments!