Reading this book is an effort for me to understand this world we've inherited. I was in high school when Columbine happened. And now my kids do activReading this book is an effort for me to understand this world we've inherited. I was in high school when Columbine happened. And now my kids do active shooter drills at their elementary schools. This isn't the world I wanted. I really enjoyed this book, how we were able to see that horrible day from three different perspectives and a glimpse into their world. Watching them each find ways to deal with the past that keeps forcing itself into the present. But it hits too close to home for me to ever read it again....more
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so it was a no-brainer to pick up this book. And honestly it probably took me too long to figure out the two were related--we'll blame that on how many books I devour. :) I love Jennifer Yen's writing style. I love how she sucks us in to the lives of these characters, that they all have multiple things they're balancing in their lives--school, family, relationships, friendships, and of course the eternal struggle of what do I do with my life and where is it going? I loved the great-aunt matchmaker and how Gigi was trying to modernize the techniques while still allowing the artistry of the perfect match shine through. Her all-consuming obsession with coding was well written, despite my having no idea how to code. I liked that the focus of interest wasn't so detailed that those of us not in the field weren't lost. We've all felt that obsessive focus on something we love that isn't quite what we're trying to make it. And the whole scene blowing up with the cheating scandal was great. So well-written, so believable. I'll read anything that she writes next!...more
I've liked this series from the beginning. But I feel like this installation didn't quite live up to the first three. It was okay, and I liked seeing I've liked this series from the beginning. But I feel like this installation didn't quite live up to the first three. It was okay, and I liked seeing more of the Woods Beyond beside just the school and Gavaldon. I just feel the author could have done more to pull us into the story. It seemed obvious the king's steward was a villain, but there were a lot of levels here that didn't quite match up....more
This is the saddest book I've read all year, I think. The author did a great job of capturing Iris' feelings of being the only deaf kid at her school This is the saddest book I've read all year, I think. The author did a great job of capturing Iris' feelings of being the only deaf kid at her school as she follows the story of the whale with no pod. It was a well-told story and I loved how the family had choices to make and grew closer to one another. And it was great at the end the author included illustrations so the reader can sign "Song for a whale"....more
Another stunning romance with heavy overtones of Jane Austen. I love what Sonali Dev has done with the old favourites. I love that the characters are Another stunning romance with heavy overtones of Jane Austen. I love what Sonali Dev has done with the old favourites. I love that the characters are connected to each other across the books--that the extended families are all getting in on things and it's nice to see people work through their crap with supportive people in their lives....more
I'm the first to admit I read a lot of Jane Austen remixes. Like, a lot. This is the second one this month, in fact. Who doesn't love watching Lizzie I'm the first to admit I read a lot of Jane Austen remixes. Like, a lot. This is the second one this month, in fact. Who doesn't love watching Lizzie and Darcy fall for each other despite their best intentions and the absurdity of the match? This author took us back to high school--maybe that's where I can't whole-heartedly love this book, and it has more to do with high school than the story line. It was great juxtaposing Leela and Darcy as debaters, and adding all the intersecting parties through that window instead of trying to make them from extensive families. Darcy came across to me in the first half of the book as potentially on the autism spectrum. Perhaps the authour was trying to show him as super uncomfortable and introverted, and that was never really cleared up by the end of the book. Jay having an asthma attack at the tournament was a great modernization of Jane getting a cold while walking too far in the rain. The love story was sweet and I liked how #metoo was brought into things, as there is really never enough space for Austen's heroines' voices to be heard in the original....more
This was a heart-breaking and action-packed journey through a world that is eerily similar to ours. A modern-ish world where magic exists but has beenThis was a heart-breaking and action-packed journey through a world that is eerily similar to ours. A modern-ish world where magic exists but has been repressed by the colonizers, it's so well written. I liked Sloane and empathized with her struggles. A few of the other characters I liked, but never liked Grey or Sol for the record. I don't know where the next book is going but I know I'm gonna read it when it comes out....more
I enjoyed this so much. I'd say it's a great book for teens who loved the Percy Jackson series, and anyone looking for an adventure close to home. I lI enjoyed this so much. I'd say it's a great book for teens who loved the Percy Jackson series, and anyone looking for an adventure close to home. I loved the author's afterward, that she just wanted to write an adventure book and then the book took her along for a ride on generational trauma and inheritance and all the paths that it was meant to travel. Love!...more
Wow. Books are for lovers. There I said it. I loved this "enemies" to lovers story. I really loved the middle part where they were figuring out how toWow. Books are for lovers. There I said it. I loved this "enemies" to lovers story. I really loved the middle part where they were figuring out how to work with each other after coming across as horrible people in the past--how those sorts of stilted interactions set the tone for how we think of people and then we seldom ask the questions that get us to a place of understanding their perspective. I will continue to read more from Emily Henry....more
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