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:

Sources Say
Lori Goldstein
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Razorbill
Release Date: September 8, 2020
Goodreads

Two exes. One election. All the drama.

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Morgan Matson comes a funny, heartfelt novel about feuding exes running for class president and the scandal that makes the previously boring school election the newest trending hashtag.

At Acedia High School outside of Boston, student council has always been nothing more than a popularity contest. Nobody pays attention. Nobody cares.

But all that changes when the Frankengirls show up. During the very first week of school, someone plasters the halls with Photoshopped images of three “perfect tens”–images of scantily clad girls made from real photos of girls at school. The student body is livid. And the two presidential candidates, Angeline Quinn and Leo Torres, jump on the opportunity to propose their solutions and secure votes. After their messy break up, Leo and Angie are fighting tooth and nail to win this thing and their constituents are mesmerized as they duke it out.

As if things couldn’t be more dramatic, the school’s two newspapers get involved. The Red & Blue is run by Angie’s sister Cat and she prides herself on only reporting the facts. But her morals are tested when The Shrieking Violet–written by an anonymous source and based less on facts and more on fiction–blatantly endorses Leo. Rumors fly, secrets are leaked, and the previously mundane student election becomes anything but boring.

Why I want to read this book

This sounds like a very promising battle of the exes. I can already taste the drama. And name dropping Morgan Matson definitely makes this appeal to me. I am anticipating drama, tension, and hijinks a la the film, Election.  This could be a fun and wild ride. 

Shut Out
Kody Keplinger
Series: Hamilton High, #2
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Poppy
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Goodreads

The battle of the sexes is on.

Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it's a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part, Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight with the soccer team or to prank their locker room. And on three separate occasions Randy's car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend's attention.

Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players' girlfriends go on a hookup strike. The boys won't get any action from them until the football and soccer teams make peace. What they don't count on is a new sort of rivalry: an impossible girls-against-boys showdown that hinges on who will cave to their libidos first. And Lissa never sees her own sexual tension with the leader of the boys, Cash Sterling, coming.

Why I want to read this book

This looks like another of Kiersten's "deal of the day" purchases. It's been in my Amazon cloud since August 1, 2013, so, for a while. It takes place in the same world as The DUFF, which I had enjoyed, and I am getting Lysistrata vibes. WAIT! Her name is Lissa! Coincidence? I don't think so. Anyhow, between the pranks and the battle of the sexes, I think this could be a fun read. 

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