Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson

 The Pre-Sloane Emily didn’t go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn’t do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell. But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try… unless they could lead back to her best friend. Apple Picking at Night? Ok, easy enough. Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a Stranger? Wait… what?

Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?
Go Skinny Dipping? Um…

HOW DID I MISS THIS COVER. I disconnect from Twitter for a few days and I miss the cover and title reveal for one of my must-read, favorite authors around. At least I think it happened over the past few days. ANYWHO, Morgan Matson is an auto-read, auto-buy author for me. Her books are just perfect. (I seriously can’t think of a thing about AMY & ROGER’S EPIC DETOUR and SECOND CHANCE SUMMER that I didn’t like. I’m trying. I got nothing.)

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE sounds like another winner to me. I love this list of things, I love the friendship angle, and I am really intrigued by this disappearance of Sloane. I hope we get to know what that’s about. But most of all I am really looking forward to Emily getting yanked out of her shell and living the crap out of her life. Morgan Matson doing a friendship between girls is going to be SUPER.

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE is coming out May 13, 2014 from Simon & Schuster