Rules of Summer by Joanna Philbin
Released: June 4th 2013
ISBN: 0316212059
There are two sides to every summer.
When seventeen-year-old Rory McShane steps off the bus in East Hampton, it’s as if she’s entered another universe, one populated by impossibly beautiful people wearing pressed khakis and driving expensive cars. She’s signed on to be a summer errand girl for the Rules — a wealthy family with an enormous beachfront mansion. Upon arrival, she’s warned by other staff members to avoid socializing with the family, but Rory soon learns that may be easier said than done.
Stifled by her friends and her family’s country club scene, seventeen-year-old Isabel Rule, the youngest of the family, embarks on a breathless romance with a guy whom her parents would never approve of. It’s the summer for taking chances, and Isabel is bringing Rory along for the ride. But will Rory’s own summer romance jeopardize her friendship with Isabel? And, after long-hidden family secrets surface, will the Rules’ picture-perfect world ever be the same?
Check out Rory’s Summer Reading List
During her downtime, Rory likes to curl up with a book. Here’s a list of a few of her favorites. To listen the playlist, click here: http://open.spotify.com/user/1252917220/playlist/1eSkYWOxvRvXSHcuLYSsaI
• Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
• Joy by Phish
• Obvious by Jane’s Addiction
• Crazy Love by Van Morrison
• Wouldn’t it Be Nice by The Beach Boys
• Hey You by Pink Floyd
• Bob Marley—Waiting in Vain
• All My Love by Led Zeppelin
• Girls in their Summer Clothes by Bruce Springsteen
• Summer Girl by Dar Williams
• Hackensack by Fountain’s of Wayne
• The Tide is High by Blondie
• Romeo and Juliet by Taylor Swift
Check out a few of the songs Isabel and Rory listen to while driving around the Hamptons.
Rory’s Top Beach Reads
1. Great Gatsby by F. Scott Ftzgerald
2. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
4. This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
5. Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani’s
6. Secret History by Donna Tart
7. Austenland by Shannon Hale
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
9. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
10. Going Bovine by LIbba Bray
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Gotta love Donna Tart’s [i]The Secret History[/i]. Deeply embroiled mystery with Classics students is perfect summer reading!
The Great Gatsby would have to be my favorite from the list, it has some of the greatest quotes ever written
I haven’t read any of the books in the list and the songs I only have heard Wouldn’t it be nice by The Beach boys. its a good song because it has the summer feeling
I loved The Perks of Being a Wallflower!
The only song I’ve heard from that list is Wouldn’t It Be Nice, so I guess I’ll have to go with that one!
How could anything compete with Hey You by Pink Floyd?
My favorite book on the list is The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I can’t even describe my love for that book. My favorite song is Romeo and Juliet by Taylor Swift because it really tells the story! 😀
My favorite book on the list is Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, because that was the book that made me start reading a lot in high school.. I loved it!
Go Your Way because it makes me think of my college days. And, yes, I’m not exactly young, but I love YA books!
The Tide is High by Blondie.. Because it’s amazing! one of my fav songs!;)
. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.. Is the only book on that list I’ve read! And did really like it
Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen.
Of all her books, this one will always be my favorite.
It’s so simple, yet so beautiful.
All my Love by Led Zepplin- my Hubby is a zepplin fan, and he’s always playing their music
I love The Great Gatsby. Ever since I read it in high school I’ve had the most profound respect for it. And I love a lot of the music on the list. Fleetwood Mac, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Taylor Swift… almost the whole thing. Haha. I think Rory and I would probably get along well.
the tide i high by blondie because it has a personal connection
Thank you for featuring Lucia, Lucia as a top beach read!
xoxo Adriana
Loved Code Name Verity – although a bit heavy, it was a great book!
I loved the Perks of Being a Wallflower, because it was so touching.
Romeo and Juliet by Taylor Swift. I have listened to that song on repeat so often it is a wonder the repeat button isn’t broken.
My favorite book from the list is This Is What Happy Looks Like. I actually just read it yesterday and it is still taking over my brain. What girl doesn’t dream about meeting a movie star and falling in love? Absolutely loved this book.
Romeo and Juliet by Taylor Swift because Taylor swift is one of my favorite artist in that playlist and favorite book would be The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han because I kinda like that love triangle thing.
Romeo and Juliet by Taylor Swift, this song is just perfect for those midnight drives by yourself
love the Great Gatsby… the book not the movie. It was required reading in high school, many many years ago, and not something I would have read on my own. It was a fascinating story, and opened a whole new world of reading for me.
My favorite book of the list would be Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. The writing and characters just seem so perfect – I can think of very, very few books like it.
All My Love by Led Zeppelin because they are one of my all time favorites! Lots of good tunes though!
my favorite song is hackensack by fountain of wayne because i just love them and my favorite book in the list is along for the ride by sarah dessen
My two favorite books from the list would be Jenny Han’s [i]The Summer I Turned Pretty[/i] and Elizabeth Wein’s [i]Code Name Verity[/i]. These two books are 2 of my favorites. I love contemporary YA with coming-of-age themes and some romance (like Summer), and I love historical fiction (like Verity).
Romeo and Juliet. Hard not to find yourself singing along.
GO YOUR OWN WAY BY FLEETWOOD MAC makes me feel nostalgic :3
The Perks of Being a Wallflower because it’s so relatable. I couldn’t put it down because I connected with the characters so much
the perks of being a wallflower. its all about it ok being different and how important true friends are. i love this book.
Can I pick two books? Because then it would be along for the ride by Sarah Dessen because I love a book that makes your heart flutter and the summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han. I justLOVE LOVE LOVE books that take place in summer, because its the best time of the year ! And I love go your own way by fleet wood Mac … Do I even have to explain why? I mean, seriously.