Blog Tour: Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson & The Rules of Friendship Guest Post

I'm very happy to welcome Morgan Matson on my blog today with a guest post about The Rules of Friendship for my tour stop. I loved SECOND CHANCE SUMMER very much (review coming soon) and have to smile every time I see its gorgeous UK cover. Now enjoy reading Morgan's guest post and don't forget to visit all the other fun tour stops!


 
4th June - Book Passion For Life
Q&A with Morgan Matson

5th June - Belle Books
Morgan Matson on writing romance

6th June - Jess Hearts Books
An extract from Second Chance Summer

7th June - Miss Page-Turner's City of Books
The Rules of Friendship - guest post

8th June - Books of Amber
Morgan Matson bumper giveaway!

9th June - Daisy Chain Books
Morgan Matson's favourite summer reads

10th June - Books for Company
The Second Chance Summer playlist 

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 The Rules of Friendship

One of my favorite parts of writing Second Chance Summer was that I got to have a real friendship in it – something that Amy, in Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour, didn’t really have, as she traveled from state to state!

Lucy and Taylor were best friends until they were 12, when things ended badly between them.  The novel picks up five years later, with Lucy still mad, as they try and find their way back to being friends again.  But this inspired me to think about some hard and fast rules of friendship – things to follow to avoid a huge fight like Taylor and Lucy had!

1.      No lying to your BFF! It’s only going to backfire in the end.

2.      Your best friend’s boyfriend is off limits. For real.

3.      Share your candy.

4.      If your friend calls you at 2 AM and needs help – even if you’re fighting – you have to go.

5.      You’re never too old for a slumber party (complete with makeovers and cookie dough).

6.      When it’s obvious to everyone except your BFF that someone is crushing on her, it’s your job to point it out.

7.      The person who has been your best friend for years know you well. Don’t try and keep secrets – she’ll be able to see right through you.

8.      When your friend is going through something tough, you don’t have to know the perfect thing to do – just being there is enough.

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About Second Chance Summer

 

Taylor's family might not be the closest-knit – everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled – but for the most part, they get along fine. Then they get news that changes everything: Her father has pancreatic cancer, and it's stage four – meaning that there is basically nothing to be done. Her parents decide that the family will spend his last months together at their old summerhouse in the Pocono Mountains.

Crammed into a place much smaller and more rustic than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again. And Taylor discovers that the people she thought she had left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former summer best friend is suddenly around, as is her first boyfriend. . . and he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve.

As the summer progresses, the Edwards become more of a family, and closer than they've ever been before. But all of them very aware that they're battling a ticking clock. Sometimes, though, there is just enough time to get a second chance – with family, with friends, and with love.

Summary by Goodreads

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About Morgan Matson 

 Morgan Matson was born in 1981 and grew up in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Occidental College in Los Angeles but halfway though a theater degree, she started working in the children's department of Vroman's Bookstore and fell in love with YA literature.

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour, inspired by Morgan's three cross-country road trips, was published in May 2010. Her second book, Second Chance Summer, will be released in May 2012 and draws largely on her experiences spending summers growing up in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

Morgan currently lives in Los Angeles, though she loves to travel and does it whenever she can. She is currently writing another book, to be published in 2014.

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Huge thanks to Morgan Matson and Kat from Simon & Schuster UK for organising this fantastic blog tour and for letting me be part of it. I'm concluding this post with another story of  friendship. My best friend Mila and I have known each other for about 16 years now. We spent many days laughing and crying together, having good and bad times. Went to Denmark, the Netherlands, France, Austria and Switzerland. Last year we had an awesome time at Frankfurt Book Fair and already planned this year's trip. Jane Austen and William Shakespeare belong to our favourite classic authors and we always have new books to talk about!

Everyone who knows what it means to have true friends can be very lucky. To the joys of  friendship!:)