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I don't really see this book as romance. I definitely think it discusses more about self-growth, letting go, and moving on. The story is pretty good too! #ya #contemporary

This seemed to drag on. I had a hard time feeling sympathetic to the petulant, selfish, obnoxious MC. The writing was OK, not spectacular. Title is misleading. Not sure if I would read more by this author. 3 stars because the story was good, but not memorable.

I‘m not quite sure what to say about this book it was really good it just wasn‘t fully what I was expecting. I read it, but didn‘t really read it with interest.

There's not much I can say about these as I haven't heard of them before and I don't even think they are particularly related...they both have water on the cover - does that count?!

A different book by the author of The Last Boy and Girl in the World is on my TBR but I'm not sure what else Caroline Smailes has written 🤔

#Bookhaul
Gonna play some video games and read. I should be folding laundry, but oh well.
I hope everyone is having a great day!

Just starting. Beautiful 60 degree day. Drinking coffee, sitting outside with my cat, bundled up in a sweatshirt with a new book in hand. #yabooks #youngadult #amreading #currentlyreading #currentread #ireadya

"Some say troubles abound
Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down" Keeley Hewett's home town isn't being torn down but it is sliding underwater and she will soon have to leave behind everything she has ever known. I honestly didn't love this YA novel but it was the first thing that came to mind when reading the lyrics to #belfastchild. #junetunz

Spine poetry day 12.

Can I just say how freaky it was to read this book during the week it WOULDN'T STOP RAINING in my hometown?

Overall, I loved the characters and the story kept my attention. However the author's writing style, structural and organizational choices, and terrible metaphors were not only lackluster but caused me to lose interest in an otherwise good story.

Quiet night in - not a fan of the writing but for the characters, I must go on! I am also trying to get as much reading as I can before the semester starts!

Yesterday I probably would have given this a pick, but while I finished listening to it today it just really annoyed me. The kids in it are just so dramatic and irritating. I hated Jesse through the whole book. I think if I were the intended audience, I would have enjoyed it more, and maybe I'm just in a cranky mood today and that affected my opinion. I don't know. Today I just wanted them to shut up.

So I've gotten through the worst book of 2017... Lordy, who wants to read a story about a town flooding, and a girl loosing her home, friends, family, and boyfriends because love triangle. I kept hoping it would redeem itself by the end and it just didn't, it kept getting worse and ended horribly. I never say this but most depressing nonsense I've ever read I think. I need recs to get past this if you have them!

But for every good read, there's got to be a stinker. My #worstof2016: Burying The Honeysuckle Girls (ugh), Oh Dear Silvia (ughhhh), Double Exposure (wonderful premise, dull execution - how was this so dull???) and The Last Boy And Girl In The World (my #1 #threwitacrosstheroom)

I enjoyed this book! The main character is a flawed, sometimes self-absorbed teenage girl, who makes some bad decisions but for good reasons. It's more realistic to me to have flawed narrators rather than goody-goodies or infinitely wise dream girls because we are all complex. Sometimes good, sometimes dumb, sometimes bad. Especially when we are trying to be loyal to family, friends, and love interests, who are all expecting different things.

This book was entertaining but just ok.

What if your town was sliding underwater and everyone was ordered to pack up and leave? How would you and your friends spend your last days together?

While the adults plan for the future, and box up their possessions, Keeley and her friends decide to go out with a bang. There are parties in abandoned houses. Canoe races down Main Street. The goal is to make the most of every minute they still have together.

#TBR 😱📚

The Lat Boy and Girl in the World is SO GOOD!! What would you do if the world, as you knew it, was going to change forever?

Oof, I have to bail on this one. The love triangle I want is deffo not going to happen, and especially won't go the way I want it to if it does, so call it an incredible first chapter with not enough story to get me through the end.
An annoying main character, boring love interest, and a father who'd have definitely been a Trump supporter. And the best quote I could find came from the summary on the jacket.
I'm out. 🚀🚁 #ya #youngadult

Very cool story. Enjoyed the flawed narrator.

My Oblong Books book haul curtesy of @literaticat and Nicole (who needs a new phone). But what to read first?

My Oblong Books book haul curtesy of @literaticat and Nicole (who needs a new phone). But what to read first?

4/5 Stars. On the surface this is about losing a town, but really it's about relationships between friends, family, boy/girlfriends and how complex and fragile they can be. I related to Keeley so much, that this book will always be close to my heart.

"The strange reality is that just because your town is almost washed away doesn't mean you stop being in love with a boy."

Loved this book! A definite must read for YA lovers!

Only on page 21 and am utterly engrossed in the same way I was with We Are Liars.

Can't wait to read more!

I just finished this book around an hour ago and I enjoyed reading it. I liked the story, even though I could guess part of the ending about halfway through. I really like the cover on it though, I love looking at them on hardbacks 😄

I felt like this was a long book without much resolution. Maybe this is a realistic depiction of teenage life, a messing ending to childhood and scared confusion into adulthood.

This breaks my climate scientist heart. Come on - climate change impacts everyone!

Great idea, great promise... disappointing delivery. I think the author deliberately made the main character a terrible self-obsessed obnoxious teenager, which is brave - it made me wonder about others' perception of myself at that age - but it also left me rolling my eyes so much I needed an Aleve.

Finishing up this grad school paper so I can get back to reading 📚

Keeley's town is devastated by a flood but she refuses to accept that she and the rest of her town will be forced to relocate. It's a story about friendship, with a healthy and realistic dash of romance, as well as the power of loyalty to places and memories.

This is not just another post-apocalypse girl loves guy book. In fact, the reviews and summaries were SO deceiving, I kept thinking I was reading a different book. Really. BUT... If you take this book and think it is a simple story, it reads like a good John Hughes movie. Predictable but delightful.

Sweet, fun YA book. Just $3.99 for Kindle right now.

Everyone should have a good, loyal reading companion.

On to the next book...

4🌟 So many triangles in this book! A love triangle that reminded me of Angela, Jordan, and Brian on My So-Called Life and a girl friendship triangle. The story of the flood was a great backdrop for some fantastic characters. Keeley's decisions in life and love kept me guessing until the end.

I don't know if Siobhan Vivian and Anna Quindlen know they've written very similar books. Same basic premise, same twist (so far), but Quindlen's is a family saga and Vivian's is a teen romance. I'm not saying there was plagiarism, just odd similarities. 🤔

My current bookshelf! 😊📚📖 All are library books except this one. TLBAGITW is on sale ebook for $3.99. I hope it's as good as it sounds. I feel a young adult book week coming up on the blog!

Excited to dive into these!

So excited to dive into this story about catastrophic floods of the natural and emotional kind!