Ashleigh Hockley

Happy Valentine's Day! Here is a list of some of my favourite novels that tell great romantic tales. This list is spoiler free so please read on while listening to sad love ballads.  I hope you are all having a romantic evening whether with a real love interest or a fictional one from a novel. 1. Just One Day by Gayle Forman When the very talented Gayle Forman debuted her first novel ‘If I Stay’ it became an international best seller. While that novel is one of my most loved, the ‘One Day’ series is less appreciated so I’m here to give it the credit it deserves. This novel is full with Shakespeare, romance and wanderlust. It is a tale I hope everyone gets the live once in their lifetime, meeting a mysterious stranger in a new city and having one day to create memories. American Allyson meets Dutch Willem on a train bound to London and they decide to go spend the day together in Paris. This book and the sequels ‘Just One Year’ and ‘Just One Night’ are full of advent

Since its summer I decided to compile a list of easy summer reads. The kinds of books you read on a pool chair while drinking a banana and coconut smoothie.   After reading these novels I became frustrated that my summer hasn’t been exciting but it is always good to live vicariously through fictional friends. So here is a couple of easy reads for your lazy weekends by the beach on an inflatable flamingo. 1. Since you’ve been gone by Morgan Matson Emily’s best friend Sloane is everything Emily is not. Sloane is outgoing, popular and mysterious. When Sloane goes missing Emily doesn’t know what to do with herself. Then Emily finds a list from Sloane of a summer bucket list. Everything on the list terrifies introverted Emily but she becomes convinced if she completes the list she will find Sloane. Now we have a novel that inspires you to get out of your own comfort zone. I first started reading this novel, got bored, put it down, picked it up again and then read it in one day.