Crazy for Young Adult Books discussion

Vicki and I will be reading this. Anyone is welcome to join.

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Ha ha, Nikki! Brief and concise! A Woman of few words, which I am NOT! LOL

Thanks for making the thread, Katie. I'm really excited to read this one. It looks so good! Fingers crossed!

I will join in on this one too! :)

Awesome, Jacquelyn! That's two buddy reads with you! YAY!

Haha! I am not sure how I will do since school starts soon but I WILL TRY!

School first! Good luck with your time management! Hope you can read this with us!!

I'm excited to start this tomorrow. Something interesting about this book is that hardcover and paperback were both released the same day. Usually, I'd buy the paperback because it would be cheaper, but the hardcover was actually only a couple cents more, so I bought it. The hardcover doesn't have a dust jacket, and instead the cover is printed directly on the book, which is interesting.

Katie, I thought that was cool too and I wish they did that with every choice! I also bought the hardcover but I don't like when they don't have a dust jacket so I kind of wished I ordered the paperback instead, oh well! LOL

I'm not sure how I feel about it not having a dust jacket. I don't think I've ever had one that I own like that before.

I've owned a few and I don't really know why I don't like it but for some reason, I don't! LOL

5 chapters - This is really good so far.

Ryden (view spoiler)[Wow, it would be tough to be in his place. He's only 17 and he already has a daughter that he has to raise and the mom who is his girlfriend that he loved died from cancer. That's a lot for one person to have to deal with. (hide spoiler)]

Ryden's mom (view spoiler)[I love how she's so supportive and is there to help take care of Hope, and she really loves Hope too. (hide spoiler)]

Joni (view spoiler)[She seems nice so far, though the way she assumed she knew everything about Ryden was a bit much, like how she assumed that he was a privileged rich kid. (hide spoiler)]

Meg (view spoiler)[She sounds like she was cool too when she was alive. (hide spoiler)]

I'm glad to know it's a good one!!

10 chapters

Joni (view spoiler)[I like her and how she isn't afraid to speak her mind, even if it sometimes leads to her saying things that she doesn't mean. I think she's the kind of friend (or more) that Ryden needs, though I hope he tells her the truth about Meg. (hide spoiler)]

Ryden (view spoiler)[I feel like he really doesn't know much about being a father, but he is trying and I wouldn't expect him to know much about it at that age. (hide spoiler)]

15 chapters

Joni (view spoiler)[I think he's at the point when he needs to tell her the truth. Also, I loved how she called him maternal, without knowing that he was a father. (hide spoiler)]

Ryden (view spoiler)[I love watching him try to be a good father, and to make the right decisions about things. I'm not sure how this UCLA thing is going to work with Hope, though, even if it does have a daycare. (hide spoiler)]

Ryden's mom (view spoiler)[Like he said, she really is a great mom. She knows that Ryden is trying and she also knows that he does mess up sometimes, but she's trying to help him to do the best that he can. (hide spoiler)]

20 chapters

Coach (view spoiler)[I'm glad he gave Ryden a second chance but I can see why he's reluctant to let him fully back on the team when he knows that Ryden has a lot else going on. (hide spoiler)]

Joni (view spoiler)[That thing with her ex-boyfriend is awful. I'm glad Ryden was there for her to talk to about it. (hide spoiler)]

Alan (view spoiler)[It's really cool of him that he watches Hope as much as he does and for no payment. (hide spoiler)]

I had been doing well with reading about 5 chapters of this a day, until yesterday when I didn't read anything at all. I have a lot of assignments that I need to work on this weekend for my classes, but I'm hoping to fit in maybe another 5 chapters this weekend. We'll see.

25 chapters - I'm glad I finally got around to reading this again because I do really like it, but I had just been so busy that I hadn't read a word of it for 3 days.

Ryden and Joni (view spoiler)[I like that they are becoming a couple, but he needs to tell her about Hope now. (hide spoiler)]

Ryden (view spoiler)[I feel like he is getting too wrapped up in this journal thing, and it seems like he won't give up until he finds something. Though I can understand why he wants to hold onto the hope that she has some message for him. (hide spoiler)]

Katie, I'll get to this one. It's good, right?

Yep, I'm really liking it so far.

30 chapters

Meg (view spoiler)[Wow, that was messed up of her to plan on getting pregnant without talking to Ryden about whether or not he would be okay with becoming a father. (hide spoiler)]

Dave/Shoshanna (view spoiler)[The whole fight with Dave was pretty bad. (hide spoiler)]

Coach (view spoiler)[I can see why he had to tell UCLA's coach, especially since Ryden was often late to practice and messed up at games and things like that. (hide spoiler)]

I just finished this today. I had only the last few chapters to finish, but I hadn't gotten around to it the past few days, so I made sure I finally finished them today. I really liked this book. It was really unique, and not a topic that I've ever really read before.

I'm so glad you liked it! I'll catch up soon!

I'm so excited to get to this one.