Still recovering from YALC – I hope people saw our live tweets over the weekend! – so apologies for the lack of posts over the last few days! We WILL be bringing you a bit about the highlights of the convention soon, but today, we’re delighted to have a summer round-up from the wonderful Imogen Russell-Williams with some of the best books to look out for! Hamish and the Worldstoppers by Danny Wallace (Simon and Schuster) Hamish’s dad has gone missing – but that’s not the end

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becki Albertalli – For pure fun, this gorgeous read is perhaps my favourite YA of the year so far, and the two gay teens at the centre of the story are DEFINITELY my favourite couple for ages. The Last Leaves Falling by Sarah Benwell – Heartbreaking, but incredible, story of a Japanese teen dying of ALS and coping with his diagnosis by turning to new fr