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17 hours ago
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Love "Summer I Turned Pretty"? Here's 7 Reading Recs
First and foremost, read the books that started it all Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy has all of the romance, drama, and summer vibes as the Amazon Prime series, except the book is always better. Whether you're sitting on your couch or hanging out by the ocean, you'll want to escape to Cousins Beach and get lost in Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah's love triangle all over again. My Life With the Walter Boys and My Return to the Walter Boys by Ali Novak True story: I read My Life With the Walter Boys for the first time while sitting on the beach shortly after it was released. This book follows Jackie, who recently moved in with the Walter family following a family tragedy. The only catch? The Walters have a house full of boys, and Jackie is already torn between two of them. After the Netflix adaptation blew up, Ali Novak finally released the sequel...10 years after the first book debuted. Wrong Answers Only by Tobias Madden Living on a cruise ship, rent-free, and seeing the world with your best friend? There are few dreams I would rather escape to. Wrong Answers Only pairs this once-in-a-lifetime vacation with a rich, intriguing story of family and acceptance. After a panic attack, everybody in Marco's life encourages him to loosen up a they send him on a cruise ship captained by an estranged uncle he has never met, of course. The adventure that ensues involves everything from hooking up with a hot dancer to visiting the Italian sights of his grandmother's stories. Better Than the Movies and Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter Anyone who wants to get swept away in a romance will love anything Lynn Painter writes. Better Than the Movies finds Liz hopelessly crushing on Michael, who recently moved back to town. So she schemes with Wes, the boy next door, to figure out how to win him over. But is Michael really who Liz wants in the long run? You'll devour this book in an afternoon unless you're careful, and then you'll have to immediately order the sequel. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson I'll Give You the Sun somehow feels timeless. It follows twins Noah and Jude as they navigate life both before and after their mom's death. Their stories contain love, heartbreak, struggling to belong, and a sibling bond that persists despite many small fractures. Set in a coastal California town, this book has all of the nostalgic summer vibes while telling an important story of finding your place in the world. Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler Cool for the Summer meets Lara at a crossroads: the boy she's loved from afar for years, or the girl who stole her heart last summer. This book follows Lara's journey as she discovers what it means to be bisexual, navigating a new relationship with Chase and memories of her summer spent with Jasmine. Those who adore the love triangle in The Summer I Turned Pretty will adore Lara's story just as much. Finally, various titles by K. L. Walther Swiftie fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty would love everything K. L. Walther writes. Her books are full of heart, charm, and Easter egg references to songs, not unlike the Taylor Swift song cameos in TSITP. The Summer of Broken Rules boasts the coastal setting and close family relationships that define summer, What Happens After Midnight tells the tale of an elaborate senior prank, and While We're Young details a senior skip day with more than a few similarities to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Regardless of which book you choose, you will be met with a story you can't put down. Any books I missed? What are your favorite summer reads? Let me know in the comments!
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15-05-2025
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Everything We Know About ‘My Life With The Walter Boys' Season 2 So Far
More wrangling of the Walter Boys by one Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) and their mother Katherine (Sarah Rafferty) lies in store as the second season of the popular YA Netflix series My Life With the Walter Boys is on its way. Netflix swiftly renewed the show for another installment after Season 1 arrived at the end of 2023. The second season recently entered production. More from Deadline 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Producer iGeneration Developing Ali Novak's 'Heartbreakers' For Television 'My Life With The Walter Boys' Book Is Getting A Sequel – How Will It Impact Season 2 Of Netflix Series? 'Ginny Wedss Sunny 2' Filming; Indican Buys 'In The Fire Of War'; Netflix Gets 'Lovestruck In Korea - Global Briefs Read on for everything else we know about My Life With the Walter Boys Season 2: A release date has not yet been set for the next season, but production recently wrapped and 2025 is the anticipated year. Yes! Season 2 has officially wrapped production in Calgary, Canada. Returning series regulars in addition to Rodriguez and Rafferty include Marc Blucas, who plays Katherine's husband George, Noa LaLonde who plays Cole Walter, Ashby Gentry who plays Alex Walter, Connor Stanhope (Danny Walter), Johnny Link (Will Walter), Corey Fogelmanis (Nathan Walter) and Jaylan Evans (Skylar Summerhill). Zoë Soul will still recur in Season 2 but in fewer episodes. She plays Hayley, wife of eldest Walter brother Will (Johnny Link). The recurring cast will include Isaac Arellanes (Isaac Garcia), Myles Perez (Lee Garcia), Alex Quijano (Richard), Ashley Tavares (Rara Jacobs), Dean Petriw (Jordan Walter), Alix West Lefler (Parker Wlater), Lennix James (Benny Walter), Alisha Newton (Erin), Ellie O'Brien (Grace), Kolton Stewart (Dylan), Mya Lowe (Kiley), Gabrielle Jacinto (Olivia), Jesse Lipscombe (Coach Allen), and Nathaniel Arcand (Mato Summerhill). Five new recurring cast members for Season 2 include Natalie Sharp (Wilderness), Carson MacCormac (Shazam!), Janet Kidder (Star Trek: Discovery), Riele Downs (Bel-Air) and Jake Manley (The Order). Season 2 recently wrapped production in Canada and is set to premiere in 2025. Showrunner Melanie Halsall will steer Season 2 with Ed Glauser executive producing. Jason Priestly, who directed two episodes in Season 1, will return to direct several episodes in the second season in addition to serving as producer. RELATED: Season 2 will welcome Becky Hartman Edwards, a writer-producer who has worked on Firefly Lane, The Bold Type, Switched at Birth, Parenthood and more, as an executive producer. Although the author of Season 1's source material Ali Novak just announced a sequel book to the novel My Life With the Walter Boys called My Return to the Walter Boys, this book won't serve as a basis for Season 2. The series took a different direction at the end of Season 1 than Novak's novel, which hints at Jackie's return more solidly than the end of the show, as Jackie boards a flight to New York to go back and live there with her Uncle Richard after the complicated love triangle she experiences with two of the Walter brothers. 'When you're making a television series that you want to be returning, you have to make changes from a novel. I wanted to surprise the audience. I wanted to give the audience something a little bit different than they were expecting from the book,' Halsall told Deadline. 'I wanted to leave it open-ended what Jackie was going to do and what boy she was gonna end up with,' Halsall said. 'I've often said that maybe Jackie won't end up with a boy but she'll end up on her own. Maybe that's still the case. It was a deliberate decision to make that change, and I think it was organic to the story.' Halsall envisioned a multiple-season show from the beginning. Rodriguez applauded Jackie for choosing herself at the end of Season 1. 'Jackie's going through a lot and she has really big dreams and goals, and so I really hope for Jackie that she doesn't get too off track and doesn't get too distracted and just remember what she really wants,' she told Deadline. 'Ultimately, no one's gonna look out for you the way that you would. So I think… her choosing herself is really important for people to see, and I kind of applaud Jackie for it to be honest.' RELATED: Yes! Netflix renewed the series for a third season ahead of Season 2's premiere. Best of Deadline Where To Watch All The 'Mission: Impossible' Movies: Streamers With Multiple Films In The Franchise 'Bridgerton' Season 4: Everything We Know So Far Everything We Know About 'Wicked: For Good' So Far
