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We are running literature circles in 9th grade & I am reading this book with a small group of “reluctant” readers.A nice break in a day of students wanting/needing to process all the recent violence-Brown, Australia,Rob & Michele Reiner-especially since some of the seniors remember Sandy Hook.Students with college age siblings were in contact with them & happy they were or would soon be home.Exhausted.Can‘t focus enough to read.

To All The Boys I‘ve Loved Before is being adapted into a graphic novel and there‘s a new very bookish show!: https://multitudes-contained.beehiiv.com/p/worth-the-click-watch-81f7

This was a great listen for our road trip. Hubs likes YA and said he wanted something light. I loved the relationship between the three sisters, the Song girls. We may listen to the sequel on the way home.

#LuckyInLove Day9 Love Letters 💌

So, I‘ll go with innocent pleasure more than #guiltypleasure I feel no guilt with either of these picks! They definitely take me back to more innocent times. Me as a 12 year old girl listening to NKOTB and being in love with Jordan Knight and my daughter being a 12 year old girl and us reading this series together and both being in love with Peter K. So this is my ode to innocent love. No guilt needed (well, maybe a little 😉). 💕 #titlesandtunes

Reread it for the millionth time and it‘s still a
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han is a Asian/Pacific American Awards for literature winner that was published in 2014. It is a teen romantic comedy novel. It is about a teen who writes love letters to the boys she's loved before and somehow it reaches the boys who she wrote them about. This is an awesome teen book that is sweet and funny.

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Funny, quirky, coming of age story

I just started this book and i am so happy to read it! I have been waiting to read this book for two years and i‘m only 20 pages in but is already so good. I can‘t wait to finish this book!

It may be juvenile, full of tropes, and the MC might be a little annoying, but this story sucked me in and when I turned the last page I immediately wanted more. Lara Jean and her sisters lost their mom at a young age. It‘s just them and their dad, who is doing his best raising 3 girls. This is a YA romance, coming of age, sisterhood drama with lots of heart. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This was my #doublespin for April! @TheAromaofBooks

I loved the movie of this for a few years now, so naturally, I was looking forward to the book. But I was shockingly disappointed. Instead of having a strong and fun relationship with her best friend, the friend is always getting drunk and going to parties and bossing around Lara Jean. And no, it‘s not one a plot point of the book. And Peter is such a stereotypical jock it was hard to read a lot of us. And I‘m sorry, but one cannot go through ⬇️

#FirstLineFriday

Unfortunately, this book was not for me. I knew I was in trouble the moment we hit the fake dating trope. Add to that that much of the plot relies on people not telling each other things, a weird love triangle with flat boys, and reliance on an implausible plot device to have the titular letters exist and disperse. The cherry on top was the lack of an actual ending. (I did like the relationships of the sisters for the most part.)

At long last, we‘re talking about To All the Boys I‘ve Loved Before on my podcast! Author Farah Naz Rishi joins me to chat about the Netflix adaptation, along with the book‘s portrayal of sisterhood, people pleasing, sex, popularity, healthy relationships, and so much more. We also have a conversation about the importance of representation in pop culture. 💌 Link to listen in my bio!

Two of Colleen Hoover books followed by The Hate you Give was getting a little intense for me so I decided to put my tbr on hold and re-read one of my favorites, something light hearted and adorable the first book of the To all the Boys Trilogy.🍻📚
#bibliophile #lovebooks #lovereading #booknerd #bookworm

You're doing great.

My daughter recently watched this on Netflix so I thought I‘d read it first. This is the story of Lara Jean who has written a letter to all the boys she‘s had crushes on but never sent the letters out. One day they are sent out and all her secrets are revealed.
This book had many levels but I especially liked it when the author focused on the sisters relationship. I was slightly disappointed with the ending as it made me want for more.

ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ: ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏʏꜱ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ
ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ: ᴊᴇɴɴʏ ʜᴀɴ
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So freaking cute!!!

Imagine (secretly) writing love letters to all your crushes and then wake up one day and they‘ve all been delivered!? Whoa!

This took me right back to high school.

My first completed book for the #july4thweekendreadathon and I have logged seven hours total so far!!

Love it! Cute read for adolescents nostalgia.

Dear Litsy,

Help! I need a YA book that fits the prompt #artsyfartsy to fit a #BBRC prompt. Google helpfully came up with this, which my library actually had on audio... but I just can‘t. Full on teen romance - 6 more hours of it - not for me. Any suggestions?

As far as this one goes, it‘s very sweet, very young, kind of predictable and I just don‘t care, old grinch that I am.

TIA

Lara Jean finds herself in a fake relationship after her love letters get mailed.

When I read the book originally, I thought it to be quite good, reading/listening again it just didn‘t appeal to me too much. I also have a problem with the father relying heavily on his older daughters to take care of the household responsibilities and younger siblings. He has no real responsibility over the girls or the house.

Josh is Margot's boyfriend, but I guess you could say my whole family is a little in love with him.

Maya and I are reading this series together now that all 3 movies are on Netflix. She flew through it while we were at the beach, and loved it. It‘s a really cute and adorable story, and pure YA contemporary fluff. Apparently that‘s what I need right now, because I liked it a lot more than I thought I would!

Both M and I have already started the 2nd book, which she snuck in her backpack so I‘m book less until she comes home from school. 😂

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I absolutely loved this series & i would reread it countless of times if my time allowed me. I loved how innocent & pure the romance was in these books. It was an easy read to! Made me feel all giddy like I was back in high school. Also these books gave me a new found hobby of baking! Never would of known I‘d enjoy it so much but Laura Jean really inspired me. Not to mention the movie adaptions are also my favorites too.

This weekend I was on a baking spree and participated in the #NailedItAtHome baking kit experience where we attempted to make Lara Jean's hat box with all her love letters! Jenny Han and the actresses who played Lara Jean and Kitty were on the live zoom, and it was hosted by Jacques Torres! It was so fun. My bow and lid did not come out how I'd hoped, but pretty proud of the rest! I can't wait to find time to watch the new movie!

Loved it. Quick easy read. I just love Jenny Hans writing style though.

Honestly, I only started to read this because I felt I owed it to my bank account and the movie is adorable. That being said, the fact that I had the movie scenes to hold on to is what helped me make it through this book. I don‘t think I would‘ve finished it otherwise. Now I just have to figure out if I owe it to my bank account to finish the rest of the trilogy.

Did a reread of this series this week while I‘m on vacation. It felt like a good light buffer between The Count of Monte Cristo and A Tale of Two Cities.

I‘ve got such a soft spot for a good romance. Anyone have any recommendations for a swoony contemporary romance read? I feel like kicking the year off with a little love 💕

Cute read when you just want to relax. A good story and group of people.

This book was super cute and easy to read. I really enjoyed the family dynamics and relationships. Life has been super busy so I've been leaning towards light reads. I put all three books on the #bookspin card so I'll probably continue with the series 😊

So excited to be working on my December #BookSpinBingo 😁 This book was #10 on my list.
@TheAromaofBooks

I got the box set, To all the boys I've loved before, for pretty cheap off bookoutlet.ca 😍 I was doing some Christmas shopping and needed $45 for free shipping 🤷‍♀️ Has anyone read this series?

I also got Handsome Johnny by Lee Server, cursed by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler and 2 gifts ❤ Happy day all around 💕 #catsoflitsy

I've somehow never read this yet. So here we are!

Cute quick read. Loved the family relationships. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Three books, all YA, that were made into movies. I didn‘t love the movie of The Sun is Also a Star, but I thought the other two were great.

#3Books #BooksThatWereMadeIntoMovies

Lara Jean‘s internal monologue feels real. So. many other YA novels I‘ve read sound like an adult simply parodying the way they think teenagers speak “nowadays”, which is patronising to say the least. To All The Boys I‘ve Loved Before, however, hits the mark – a bullseye! Ah, to be young and in love… Full review here: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-jenny-han/

I watched the Netflix movie (and sequel) and thought it was so cute. The three book set was on Book Outlet recently, so snagged them for cheap. The book is just as cute as the movie. Moving on to other titles to work on my August bookspinbingo, but looking forward to #2 and #3!

I didn't love this book but I I do want to continue on with the series just to see what happens. It had good moments where I was like this isn't bad, I'm enjoying it and then other moments where I was eye-rolling and over it. 🙄😂

I've had this book on my TBR shelf for a while and thanks to #AudibleEscape I can officially mark this one as read. ✔