Tuesday, April 29, 2014

My Top Ten Books To Read If You Like 90s Teen Movies


The other day I was talking to my sister about those iconic teen movies that came out in the late 90s/early 2000's.  Maybe it was because we were closer in age to the characters in the films, but for whatever the reason I remember loving those movies so much!  I'm about to sound insanely old & say... They just don't make movies like that anymore.

For this week's Top Ten, I thought I'd pick some YA books that made me think of those movies.  If you're not familiar with the films I'm referring to here's a few that come to mind: Clueless, Empire Records, Can't Hardly Wait, Varsity Blues, She's All That, Cruel Intentions, 10 Things I Hate About You, Drive Me Crazy, Save the Last Dance.

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1. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen [add to goodreads]
2. One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt [add to goodreads]
3. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger [add to goodreads]
4. Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt [add to goodreads]
5. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway [add to goodreads]

6. Ten Things We Did by Sarah Mlynowski [add to goodreads]
7. Major Crush by Jennifer Echols [add to goodreads]
8. From What I Remember... by Stacy Kramer & Valerie Thomas [add to goodreads]
9. The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding [add to goodreads]
10. Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler [add to goodreads]


I've put together a playlist from those fabulous 90s Teen Movies, that you can check out below.  Have a listen & let me know which are your faves.



30 comments:

  1. I love this post. I've read a couple of these books (Bright Before Sunrise, This Lullaby, From What I Remember, and Audrey, Wait!) but you make me want to binge the rest RIGHT NOW. Or at least pick up The Reece Malcolm List.

    PS: Loving the playlist!

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    1. I highly recommend The Reece Malcolm List! It was one of my favorite debuts last year :)

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  2. What a fun post! Clueless and Can't Hardly Wait are a couple of my fave 90s films, and I love a bunch of your book choices, especially Reece Malcolm and Audrey Wait. Nice 90s mix too!

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    1. Can't Hardly Wait is one of my favorites, too :) Glad you like the mix!

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  3. Ahhhhh! This is amazing!

    And I'm so listening to the playlist today!

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  4. Those iconic teen movies are the BEST and this post is awesome! Thanks for sharing, I actually borrowed The Duff and Fixing Delilah from the library the other day and now in even more excited to read them :)

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    1. Oh how awesome! I really enjoyed both of those books, so I hope you do too.

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  5. 90s teen movies are the BEST! I haven't read any of these but they all sound like they'd be good 90s movies comparisons!

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  6. LOVE 90s teen movies! Great list!
    www.she-read.blogspot.com

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  7. I LOVE 90s teen movies! Your playlist is amazing, I'm totally listening to it right now! I haven't read any of these books but if they're like 90s teen movie I am totally down! Great list!
    Cassi @ My Thoughts Literally

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    1. Yay! Glad you like the playlist. Any one of these books is great, but if you want a recommendation, start with Audrey, Wait! I adore that book so much.

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  8. Great topic! I have so many of these sitting on my TBR pile and seeing that they're like 90's movies makes me excited to eventually get to them!

    Here's My TTT

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    1. Awesome! I hope my post today has inspired you to pick one up soon :)

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  9. I can't believe I've only read one of these! Can't wait to read the rest. Also, now I want to go watch Clueless ...

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    1. There is never enough time in the world to read all the books!

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  10. I bet these books will make me feel nostalgic for the 90s. Great list.
    My TTT

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  11. I love 90s teen movies! Clueless, Ten Things I Hate About You, and Cruel Intentions are some of my favorites.

    I just read Bright Before Sunrise and I LOVED it. And I didn't realize that Major Crush got a cover update.

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    1. The cover for Major Crush that I have posted is for the ebook. I saw it & thought it went perfect for today's TTT theme!

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  12. I ♥ the Can't Hardly Wait soundtrack! One of the few I listened to from start to finish!

    This is such a great list. Makes me want to break out all my 90s teen movies (yes, I have a lot of them) and watch them all weekend long. :-)

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  13. From your list of recommended reads I've only read THIS LULLABY, but I'd say that's a perfect fit... so I'm looking forward to picking up some of the rest of these. Ahhh, teenage angst. *grin*

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  14. What a fun post idea! I will definitely have to add some of these books to my TBR pile.

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  15. I definitely need to add several of these books to my tbr list. And great idea to add a playlist too :)

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  16. The only one I've read from these is Audrey, Wait! but I LOVE IT SO MUCH. And that playlist is pretty awesome. I need to take a listen when I get a chance. I saw your little note to me about it yesterday (: I absolutely love 90's music.

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  17. Love your list! I've read some of them and loved them; This Lullaby, 10 Things We Did, The DUFF, and The Reece Malcolm List, and I'm definitely adding a couple to my TBR list!

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  18. This was a really interesting idea for a top ten! I'll definitely be adding some of these to my TBR list now, as I've heard numerous good things about This Lullaby and The DUFF and Fixing Delilah.

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