my last summer-young adult fiction

[youngadultfiction]

''if you like books that push boundaries, try new things and experiment with style then you absolutely must try this one.'' http://filmvsbook.blogspot.com

My Last Summer is a young adult novel, a coming of age story, and a tale of east meeting west. Everyone has a dream, but some dreams might just break everything apart.

An 18 year old Taiwanese girl works in a restaurant in Taiwan's international airport, dreaming of escape, dreaming of flying to Hollywood, dreaming of becoming the most famous actress in Hollywood ever.

But then she meets a strange boy who works in a bookstore at the airport, and as they start to hang out, as they begin to get closer and closer, her whole world begins to change in ways she could never have expected.

Her summer starts to come apart, her summer starts to break, and her summer may be the best thing that's ever happened to her.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Kerem-

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[youngadultfiction]

Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy, hope you enjoy! Here is a little piece from the review at http://filmvsbook.blogspot.com/

''For a young adult book, this deals with a lot of very adult themes - namely sex, relationships, intoxicating escapism and family divides. The inexperience and naivety of our heroine is made all the more tangible by the fact that she is not a native English speaker. Her manner of speaking is very "correct", never colloquial and in doing so she grabs the reader and pulls them head first into her world to see life from her perspective. As she takes you along, see her first love and her constant battle between making herself or her family happy. Watch as she starts to learn that there are many sides to people and just as people can let you down, they also have the ability to make your life better.

Our heroine is also adorably weird. She passes the time at work by seeing how long she can remain silent and then tries to break her own record - and yet she finds her hi-fiving work pal and the boy at the book store strange...''

[Adam Kisiel]

'Catcher in the Rye for Asia.'

Personally I think that your book looks interesting, but I really hate such comparisons.

[Sharon Red]

This does sound very good.  I'll have to check it out!

[youngadultfiction]

Thanks so much Sharon, i really hope you like it, let me know! 

And adam, thanks for taking a look and i know what you mean, but i just wanted to give people an idea about the type of book i have written, that's all. And the comparison was from a review on Amazon, not me. Anyway, thanks for posting! If you get the chance to read it, then please let me know, cheers

[indiebookslist]

Interesting elevator pitch on this, and having lived in a building where something this could have easily taken place (10-15 nationalities on 29 floors, all college-aged), this has the ring of truth to it.

I may have to pick it up in the shops --- meaning the Kindle store.

[youngadultfiction]

Thanks! I really hope you enjoy it 

[youngadultfiction]

There is an interview about me and my writing on kindle-author.blogspot.com

Thanks so much!

http://kindle-author.blogspot.com/2011/08/kindle-author-interview-kerem-mermutlu.html

[youngadultfiction]

There is a new interview about me and my writing at http://filmvsbook.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much!

[youngadultfiction]

Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy!

Here are the opening lines from my novel.

''I work in a restaurant in an airport in Taiwan. I am eighteen years old and I don't like my job because everyone gets on planes and leaves.
And I want to leave too.''

Thanks so much!

[Sharon Red]

I'm so glad to see people are responding well to this.  I loved it.

[youngadultfiction]

Thank you so much Sharon . I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to read my stuff.

[youngadultfiction]

Got a new little review on Amazon.com,

''A wonderful book. It is much more a conversation with a friend you haven't seen in a while than a story.''

Again, if you've bought a copy, thank you!

[youngadultfiction]

Been getting some great reviews on Amazon.com and got a nice one on Amazon.co.uk

I just want to say thank you if you've taken the time to read my book. Cheers!

[youngadultfiction]

Got a really nice review on Amazon.com yesterday. It’s a little bit long, but here’s some of it,

''The pacing is swift, the characters are engaging, the setting is well-defined and feels true, it’s nicely written and generally a pleasure to read. All in all great literary YA, and I look forward to more from this author.''

 

[youngadultfiction]

I got another review from goodreads.com 

''The pace of the story is rock solid. It stays consistent like a heartbeat throughout, making it a steady read. I loved the narrative voice, it's as if I was having a conversation with the main character, or reading her diary.''

Thanks so much if you've bought a copy!

[youngadultfiction]

''And when i fall asleep i try as hard as i can to dream about the big beautiful Hollywood sign.
I dream of touching it and that it feels like fire.''

Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy! 

[youngadultfiction]

“I always think about you.
I think about you until my head starts to hurt and my hands start to shake.”

Thanks to everyone for their support for this book! 

I will also have a new book coming out in November. It's called ‘Small Little Things,’
and it's a collection of 100 short stories from my blog. Cheers!

[youngadultfiction]

I've just seen that my debut YA novel, my last summer, has been added to the best teen books of summer/fall 2011 list on goodreads.com

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13813.Best_Teen_Books_Of_Summer_Fall_2011#11856794

This is very cool, thanks for the support! 

[youngadultfiction]

I will have a new book out next week. It a collection of 100 short stories from my blog, and it's called 'Small Little Things.' I will post the cover very soon, or you can just check it out on my blog 

Here's some of the blurb-

Small Little Things is a collection of 100 short stories taken from Kerem Mermutlu's blog. Readers from over 91 countries worldwide have read Kerem's short stories, which he writes one a day, every day.The stories are about listening to buildings, not fitting in, trying to escape from your stupid little town, and generally trying to understand things when everything is falling apart.The stories are small, and they are little, and they full of things.

[youngadultfiction]

''I will Taiwan at the end of the summer to become an actress in Hollywood.
I will leave for Hollywood and become a star and never come back.''

Thanks to everyone who has supported this book  

[youngadultfiction]

Just got another nice review, this time on Amazon.co.uk
Here is a little piece from it-

''The writer is completely successful in creating a totally believable female main protagonist despite being male himself. His use of the first person present tense voice is hypnotic and made me believe I was hearing this story first hand, not reading it from a page.''

[youngadultfiction]

Just to let everyone know, the paperback edition will be out in Jan 2012, thanks!

[youngadultfiction]

Thanks so much to everyone who has bought a copy! cheers!