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:

My Eyes Are Up Here
Laura Zimmermann
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Dutton Books
Release Date: June 23, 2020
Goodreads

Insightful, frank, and funny, My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a teenage girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.

A "monomial" is a simple algebraic expression consisting of a single term. 30H, for example. Fifteen-year-old Greer Walsh hasn't been fazed by basic algebra since fifth grade, but for the last year, 30H has felt like an unsolvable equation - one that's made her world a very small, very lonely place. 30H is her bra size - or it was the last time anyone checked. She stopped letting people get that close to her with a tape measure a while ago.

Ever since everything changed the summer before ninth grade, Greer has felt out of control. She can't control her first impressions, the whispers that follow, or the stares that linger after. The best she can do is put on her faithful XXL sweatshirt and let her posture - and her expectations for other people - slump.

But people - strangers and friends - seem strangely determined to remind her that life is not supposed to be this way. Despite carefully avoiding physical contact and anything tighter than a puffy coat, Greer finds an unexpected community on the volleyball squad, the team that hugs between every point and wears a uniform "so tight it can squeeze out tears." And then there's Jackson Oates, newly arrived at her school and maybe actually more interested in her banter than her breasts.

Laura Zimmermann's debut is both laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully blunt, vulnerable and witty, heartbreaking and hopeful. And it will invite listeners to look carefully at a girl who just wants to be seen for all she is.

Why I want to read this book

Though I am not one of those girls, I knew many, who hit puberty, and went from looking like girls to full-grown women seemingly overnight. They were talked about, and treated differently for something they had absolutely no control over. They were made to feel ashamed about their bodies and are compelled to hide them, even though these changes were natural. I like that this book takes this on as its main focus, and I am very interested in seeing what Zimmermann does here. If done right, this could be a very comforting read for many young women, who have or are experiencing this, or maybe, it will help others understand what it's like for them.

Three Day Summer
Sarvenaz Tash
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Goodreads

Michael is unsure about most things. Go to college? Enlist in the military? Break up with his girlfriend? All big question marks. He is living for the moment and all he wants is a few days at the biggest concert of the summer.

Cora lives in the town hosting the music festival. She's volunteering in the medical tent. She's like that, always the good girl. But there is something in the air at this concert and suddenly Cora finds herself wanting to push her own boundaries.

When Michael and Cora meet, sparks fly, hearts race, and all the things songs are written about come true. And all the while, three days of the most epic summer await them...

Why I want to read this book

I added this book to my TBR back in 2018 after being so dazzled by The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love. Primarily, I was motivated by the desire to read more of Tash's work, but I also love some many aspects of this story.

1. Summer time books usually embody the vibe I am always chasing down. 
2. It's set at a music festival, and those are some of my favorite things.
3. It sounds like a summer of change for both characters.
4. One character is struggling with his post high school plans, and I think this this something many could/would relate to. 
5. It's a romance -- need I say more? 

My biggest barrier to reading this book was that I did not have it, nor did my eLibrary, but I won a book of choice, and now I have it, and it's time to read it. 

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