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#SongsOfSummer Day 1: Fats shared her Owlcrate Book Loot that are perfect reads for #SummerTime and includes tagged book calculating the square root of summer. More of her book haul here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hjN

A complicated book about love, friendship, grief and more. The square root of AWESOME. Well-written and woven with European flair.

DNF at 50 percent. I didn't find this book interesting at all but I tried to give it a chance.

Late night reading, trying to decipher The Square Root of Summer 📚

#anditsaugust #firstlineofcurrentread
My underwear is in the apple tree.

Finally getting into this book. Baked some birthday cupcakes with my #homemadedecades #1980s box. All set for this evening with Birfdae Cëk ice cream from Big Gay Ice Cream. Going out with my sister to see the Bacon Brothers.
#letthemeatandread
#backtoreading

"And as he looks at me, I suddenly get it. This isn't the Big Bang. It's just summer. But it's still love. It's still something." - Harriet Reuter Hapgood

#sizzlinsummerbooks #timetravel
These books from my TBR pile all have elements of time travel. Also, the Fourth Doctor would like to offer you a jelly baby.

In honor of the Summer Solstice, I'd like to share one of my favorite summer reads. The Square Root of Summer follows Gottie Oppenheimer, a 17-year-old physics protégée, as she tries to come to terms with growing up and grieving her late grandfather. Oh...and crazy things like black holes appear every now and again to make things more interesting. Gottie spends much of the book in her backyard, so I often found myself doing the same while reading.

Day 12 #riotgrams #summerreads. These are the books I plan to take on my summer vacation. Sadly, I will not be going to the Jersey shore this year. Will probably set up my new beach tent in my mothers back yard and read inside so I don't get sunburned.

I wasn't super into this book until the last third or so. It had an interesting plot, very strong ending, flawed (but mostly likeable) protagonist and some beautiful passages.

I admit to feeling a little confused while reading this book. And not in a fun can't-wait-to-find-out-what-happened way but more like huh? Anyway taking a warm bath which was a perfect way to end a wedding weekend.

9/100 The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood DNF'd @ page 91

After having this book sat in my room since its release date, and being in the mood for contemporary books, I thought I'd pick it up and give it a go.

Sadly, I couldn't get 100 pages into it. I was so confused with how much it kept jumping around from one thing to another without any explanation

Liebe auf den ersten Blick #cover #schockverliebt

My #firsteverlitsypost wasn't too exciting, but the book certainly was! #booktober @RealLifeReading

What an absolutely awesome night @Waterstones with a brilliant panel of women who were totally hilarious, haven't laughed that much in ages! Had to pick up all three books and get them signed 😆 Cannot wait to get stuck in!!!

Next in line: The Square Root of Summer

This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It‘s a little bit like a black hole. It‘s a little bit like infinity.

the geometry of heartbreak is a manifestation of a stopped clock. Time stands still.

Sometimes … you‘re too busy living to take a photo. You don‘t have time to stop and freeze the moment, because you‘re in it.

she keeps pushing to recreate our former dynamic, not noticing we can‘t slip back into our old groove, like happiness is a dress you wear.

that‘s not a time capsule of me. Mine would contain silence, lies, and regret, and I‘d need a box the size of Jupiter.

I should forgive him. But I‘m committed to resentment. I can‘t screenwipe my brain into a new emotion.

there‘s nothing I find more infuriating than someone refusing to have a fight when I‘m picking one

there are books everywhere. Double- shelved from wonky floor to sloping ceiling. Piled up against the walls. Stacked under the bed. Word stalagmites.

something stops me. Like when you think you hear your name, and your soul snags on a nail.

A fun but mildly confusing piece of time traveling adventure!

Really enjoyed this book! Got a little confused at the math involved sometimes, but I genuinely liked the characters and the exploration of grief.

So interesting and and different and clever. It took me a minute to get into it, but I'm glad I stuck with it. And Hapgood made me fall in love with a character who never existed in the present!! (Grey = fav forever)

This was a book about love, loss, and time travel. It was definitely an interesting way of exploring those topics plus with math and science thrown in. There was also a romance angle as well. Overall, definitely an enjoyable summer read.

Not nearly enough alternate reality as I would have liked but still a good read.

I liked this book overall--I did think the science was a little over layman's heads in some parts, but it didn't overrule enjoyment of the book. And I'm a sucker for time travel. Interesting debut and great use of culture to world build. The illustrations set it apart from other novels like it.

Somehow this book perfectly evokes the languid feeling of a long summer. Plus it has maths and wormholes. What's not to love?

This book was a great variation on all the YA I've read before. The science fiction elements gave this book a depth I hadn't been expecting. The relationships between the various characters and Gottie were realistic and authentic and were the reason I read this in one day.

"My underwear is in the apple tree."

This may be my favourite opening line of all time!

I have no idea what this is going to be about. I'm such a sucker for a pretty cover.

"Because I want the chance to cry when it hurts."

A perfect YA romance for summer, or any time of year. Bittersweet, lovely, and smart.

"We pass Mum's grave... Thomas leans down and scoops up a pebble in one fluid movement, placing it on top of the stone, keeps walking. Another ritual. A new one. I like him." A sharp exploration of grief. I'm halfway in. It's interesting. #preview

Loving this so far 👍👍👍

Finally starting this YA, time-travel romance. I've been really excited about it since grabbing it at ALA Midwinter.