Now I admit, I struggled with this Top 5 Wednesday. I don't really read Non YA books unless they are for school. I did muster up a list though. So here is my Top 5 Non YA books that I have read this year so far.
So that is my Top 5 Wednesday. Here is a list of the full participants, so go check out their answers. https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday

Book: Noggin

Author: John Corey Whaley

Format: Hardcover

Page Count: 352

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition (April 8, 2014)

My Rating:  ★★★★★

Synopsis: Travis Coates has a good head…on someone else’s shoulders. A touching, hilarious, and wholly original coming-of-age story from John Corey Whaley, author of the Printz and Morris Award–winning Where Things Come Back.

Listen—Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn’t.
Now he’s alive again.
Simple as that.

The in between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer in Denver, Colorado. Five years later, it was reattached to some other guy’s body, and well, here he is. Despite all logic, he’s still sixteen, but everything and everyone around him has changed. That includes his bedroom, his parents, his best friend, and his girlfriend. Or maybe she’s not his girlfriend anymore? That’s a bit fuzzy too.

Looks like if the new Travis and the old Travis are ever going to find a way to exist together, there are going to be a few more scars.

Oh well, you only live twice.

      This book was hilarious. Normally I don't read book from male point of views, but this book was an exception. I really enjoyed the humor in this book. There was nothing extremely exceptional about the writing but it was still a really enjoyable book. One thing however that I really found neat was how the last words of the chapter made up the title of the next chapter.
     Now to the actual plot. It really wasn't anything that special. I'm glad Travis was able to rekindle his friendship with Kyle and help Kyle recognize his true feelings. Also I really enjoyed Hatton. Hatton was funny and despite being "not cool" he really made the best out of high school. It really bothered me how immature Travis was when it came to Cate and pining after her. As a sixteen year old myself, I am surrounded by guys my age at school and I have a twin brother. I cannot foresee a guy being that crazy over a girl. I am satisfied with the way the book ended and how Travis came to terms with everything.

Series: Alienated

Author: Melissa Landers

Format: E-book

Page Count: 352

Publisher: Disney Hyperion (February 4, 2014)

My Rating:  ★★★★★

Synopsis: Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. Handpicked to host the first-ever L'eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she'll have inside information about the mysterious L'eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara's blog following is about to skyrocket. Still, Cara isn't sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L'eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn't seem more alien. She's certain about one thing though: no human boy is this good-looking. But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Threatening notes appear in Cara's locker, and a police officer has to escort her and Aelyx to class. Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn't just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange, and its potentially deadly consequences. Soon Cara will be in for the fight of her life--not just for herself and the boy she loves, but for the future of her planet.

      This book was something special to me. Not only way the romance and the actual plot good, but the social issues it hit was perfect. The book really highlighted the flaws of not only our society but the general idea of all societies. No society is without its flaws. I also loved how it highlighted how the government behaves and the ridiculousness religion can invoke. For instance, Aelyx uses Bible quotes to project a purpose which just goes to show that just because someone uses a quote from the Bible, doesn't mean it has any validity to it. (I mean no offense to anyone, I'm just speaking my opinion.) Anyway apart from the social aspects, the book was also phenomenal. I loved the way Cara and Aelyx's relationship progressed. At first they were pretty offstandish, but then they eventually came to love each other. The same can be said about Aelyx. He really became more "human" and I enjoyed the love and humor he started to develop. One thing I can't get over is how Tori just did a complete 180. How could a best friend completely change themselves like that?
        So overall I really did enjoy this book and I would recommend it.

Book: Ugly Love

Author: Colleen Hoover

Format: E-book

Pages: 337

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc

My Rating:  ★★★★★

Synopsis: When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her.

Never ask about the past. 
Don’t expect a future.

They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all.

Hearts get infiltrated. 
Promises get broken. 
Rules get shattered.
Love gets ugly.

      So I am pretty new to the New Adult genre, and I've got to say, this was a great book to start me off in the genre. The writing was gorgeous, especially when it was from Miles's point of view. The story itself was so raw and sad, but it all worked out. I felt like it really exemplified the scope of relationships.
      DO NOT READ FROM THIS POINT ONWARD IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK. SPOILERS!!!
      First off, can I just say that Miles's obsession with Rachel is just mind-blowing and enlightening. I always assumed it was just girls that went head over heels for guys, but now I know better. At the same time though, I think Miles's love for Rachel is really unhealthy. I could also tell from the beginning that Rachel and/or the baby died. It was so sad when it was revealed that the baby died. Like I was expecting the death, just not like that.
      I knew from the moment that Tate and Miles first hooked up they would fall in love. It is only natural and predictable that sex would not be enough for the two of them.
      Now Cap... normally I don't like older characters, but he was just so enjoyable. He was like the funny, witty, moral compass. I never would have figured a twenty-something year old female would find a best friend in an eighty year old man.
      In general I like Tate way more than Miles. I get why Miles behaved the way he did sometimes, but he was really just a d*ck towards Tate and I felt like he needed to get his issues together before pursuing Tate. It made me happy when Tate finally gave Miles the ultimatum between sex and more than sex because she deserved to be more than just a pleasure object.
      When the car accident happened and Tate describes their love as ugly, I was overwhelmed with glee at finally understanding the cover and the title.
       One major thing I noticed throughout the entire book is a parallel between Miles and Rachel's relationship and Miles and Tate's relationship. I really enjoy this parallel because it shows how Miles grows emotionally and learns to love.

FAVORITE QUOTES:
      "That's how it is when a person develops an attraction toward someone. He's nowhere, then suddenly he's everywhere, whether out want him to be or not."  -Tate
      "I would infiltrate  his heart and spread myself like a virus."  -Tate
      "If you love me more today than you loved me yesterday, I can't wait for tomorrow."  -Rachel
   
      Overall I enjoyed this book, it was a nice dive into the New Adult genre, and I would definitely
 recommend it.

Series: Losing It

Author: Cora Carmack

Format: E-book

Page Count: 280

My Rating:  ★★★★

Synopsis: Virginity.

Bliss Edwards is about to graduate from college and still has hers. Sick of being the only virgin among her friends, she decides the best way to deal with the problem is to lose it as quickly and simply as possible—a one-night stand. But her plan turns out to be anything but simple when she freaks out and leaves a gorgeous guy alone and naked in her bed with an excuse that no one with half a brain would ever believe.

And as if that weren't embarrassing enough, when she arrives for her first class of her last college semester, she recognizes her new theater professor.

She'd left him naked in her bed about eight hours earlier. . . .

      So I read this book a couple of days ago and I wasn't going to write a review but I decided, why not. It's not that I didn't like it because I did enjoy it. It's just that there was nothing that really stuck out or that was exceptional. The main character, Bliss, was pretty relatable. She is in drama and is really sarcastic, both things which I can relate too. The plot was pretty predictable, but nevertheless, enjoyable. Now I know this is a New Adult book, but at times I felt like it was a bit too explicit at unnecessary moments.
      Overall it was alright, but I will not be reading the other books in this series.

I typically try to finish series I start. But sometimes there are just series that are either so bad or I just don't feel like continuing. Anyway.... HERE WE GO!!! [P.S. Here is a list to the Top 5 Goodreads group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/118368-top-5-wednesday]

Book: We Were Liars

Author: E. Lockhart

Format: E-book

Page Count: 242

Publisher: Delacorte Press (May 13, 2014)

My Rating:  ★★★★

Synopsis: A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 
Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.

      This book was absolutely wonderful. It was so beautifully written. The prose is amazing and the plot is just mind blowing. This book messed with my psyche and psychologically messed me up so much, but I don't even care. I love it. The metaphors are so excellently written, they shock you when you first read them and you have to go back and read them a couple of times because you're like, "that couldn't have actually happened" until you analyze it and realize it is a metaphor. Just the writing itself, story aside, is amazing. Combine it with such a shifty and psychological plot and the book is the definition of perfection.
      Well that is all I can say without spoiling anything. So if you haven't read this book, PLEASE GO AWAY AND READ IT!!! You will thank me later.
       Now to the real SPOILER deal.
      Right from the start we get such beautifully written prose when Cadence is setting up the story. Like when she states that her dad shot her, I literally thought he shot her until I realized it is a metaphor.
      When we learn Gat has a girlfriend and Cadence starts acting a fool, I was so mad at Gat, I mean, what a selfish bastard. And then she goes and kisses him, like NOOOOO don't be stupid Cadence.
       Cadence's mom.... I hate her. She mistreated Cadence so badly and was really just a selfish bitch. For example when Cadence is crying over Gran, she tells Cadence, "She made me act normal. Because I was. Because I could. She told me to breathe and sit up. And I did what she asked. Again." I mean... what a heartless mother.
      Whenever Cadence was describing the metaphors, I was just so awed by how powerful and beautiful the metaphors were. Lockhart did an excellent job crafting them.
      In general, the family was terrible. But that in itself is a better of how money doesn't necessary equivalent happiness. I found it aweful how the sisters only wanted money and property and Grandad just strung them along cause he liked the feel of power.
      When Bonnie is talking about Cadence's hair and she replies with, "It's okay, I don't actually care what you think, so it's perfectly okay." That made me sooo happy. She really needed to stick up for herself.
       I absolutely loved the little stories Cadence made up about the king and the sisters. I feel like they really helped draw a picture of how aweful the rich can be if they allow money and power to get to them.
      When Cadence first started getting her memories back, I started freaking out cause I could see they were headed in a bad direction. So when she gets all her final memories back, I almost cried because I couldn't believe Mirren, Gat, and Johnny had been ghost/hallucinations or whatever the hell they were the whole time and died in the fire. That mentally f@cked me up. I still can't wrap my head around it.

FAVORITE QUOTES:
    "Silence is a protective coating over pain." -Cadence's mom
    "We should not let the family fall apart. We should not accept an evil we can change. We would stand up against it, would we not? Yes. We should. We would be heroes." -Cadence

      Overall an AMAZING book.

Book: Love and Other Perishable Items

Author: Laura Buzo

Format: E-book

Page Count: 256

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (December 11, 2012)

My Rating:  ★★★

Synopsis: From the moment Amelia sets eyes on Chris, she is a goner. Lost. Sunk. Head over heels infatuated with him. It's problematic, since Chris, 21, is a sophisticated university student, while Amelia, 15, is 15.

Amelia isn't stupid. She knows it's not gonna happen. So she plays it cool around Chris—at least, as cool as she can. Working checkout together at the local supermarket, they strike up a friendship: swapping life stories, bantering about everything from classic books to B movies, and cataloging the many injustices of growing up. As time goes on, Amelia's crush doesn't seem so one-sided anymore. But if Chris likes her back, what then? Can two people in such different places in life really be together?

Through a year of befuddling firsts—first love, first job, first party, and first hangover—debut author Laura Buzo shows how the things that break your heart can still crack you up.

      So I liked this book but it wasn't anything special or exceptional; I can really relate to it is all. Everyone has an unattainable crush that they know will never be theirs for a whole slew of reasons such as a large age gap, they are celebrities, different social circles, etc. That is what makes this book relatable, the concept of trying to get those who should be off limits.
      Now the story itself really wasn't that great and the plot seemed to go nowhere, but the connection to Amelia is very strong.
      One thing I enjoyed about this book is the social issues the book sheds life to, like business hierarchy and feminism.

RELATABLE QUOTES:
      "I wasn't use to boys at all, let alone grown-up ones with university essays to write and incredible charisma. So, so far out of my depth." -Amelia
      "I stare out o classroom window, wondering what he is doing. I imagine him at university, taking lecture notes, hanging out with hi friends at the uni bar, putting in his two cents' worth at the sociology seminar he loves. And, of course, talking to girls. Grown-up girls at university. Girls who can go drinking with him after class. Girl his own age who he could confidently introduce to his family and friends. Girls who know how to dress and wear makeup. Girls who have had sex. Girls w study the same texts as him. Girls who stand a chance in hell."  -Amelia
   [If that isn't relatable, I don't know what is.]
      "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well."  -Chris

      Overall it was okay.

      Sorry it's been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been swamped with homework and school stuff. But I took time out of my busy schedule for this so enjoy!