Also taken outside of the library, I sense a theme :)
I was at the library picking this up...
So funny story, I had already gotten the book on CD from the library a few days earlier and had been listening to it in my car during my commute to work. I requested both the book and CD and figured I would just take whichever came in first.
But then I was like forget that noise, I want both. (I
do what I want.)
Seriously though, listening to the book on CD was a little
confusing, it was hard to tell who was talking or even if they were saying
something out loud or just thinking it.
So I figured I would go back and re-read (or at least skim to the good
parts.) It was also convenient when I
got to almost the end and it was Friday and I probably wasn’t going to have a
chance to listen the whole weekend, so I just read the rest :)
I loved the story though.
I spent a ridiculous amount of time sitting in my car so I could keep
listening (when I should have been working).
Made up excuses to drive places by myself (you know, I have to go do
that thing and that other thing, I’ll be right back!) Had inexplicable happy feelings that could
only be attributed to my love of this book.
Unfortunately after I finished the book I read some reviews on Goodreads
and now I have lost all faith in humanity (I can be dramatic too!). There are a lot of good reviews; the average
star rating is 4.11, which is pretty high. But there were several reviews at the top of
the list that were not great and while they have valid points I wish people
could take themselves a little less seriously.
Just take the book for what it is, a YA love story and let yourself
enjoy it. It is well written and funny,
and I cared about the characters and was drawn in to their story. I over think a lot of things, but books are
not one of them, and for that I am very thankful.
