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“Don’t think or judge, just listen”

Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

December 30, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

While Annabel Greene may star in the local department store’s back to school commercial as “The girl who has everything”, she returns to school utterly ostracised, after a summer spent alone, after a disastrous party late last term where everything changed for her. When she runs into her former best friend Sophie, undisputed Queen Bee at their school, she is met with insults and sharp comments. When she thinks back to that one night when Sophie turned against her, she throws up. The only one […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, cbr12, eating disorder, friendship, Just Listen, Malin, music, romantic, Sarah Dessen, Sexual Assault, Young Adult

Malin's CBR12 Review No:95 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, cbr12, eating disorder, friendship, Just Listen, Malin, music, romantic, Sarah Dessen, Sexual Assault, Young Adult ·
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Time to break up with Sarah Dessen. Or at least see other people.

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

January 9, 2020 by scootsa1000 9 Comments

For a long while, I was happily riding along on the Sarah Dessen bandwagon, waving my flag and cheering her on. I recommended her books to my daughter and her friends, and enjoyed reading them myself. And now, I think I’m ready to get off the bandwagon. I’m going to ask the driver to pull over. I’m confused about why our relationship has cooled. Maybe its that I’ve just gotten older and can’t relate to her characters anymore. Maybe I’m annoyed with her about the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000, The Rest of the Story

scootsa1000's CBR12 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000, The Rest of the Story ·
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Five Stars, but Still Some Issues Which is Why It’s Not a Favorite

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

June 28, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. What a great book by Dessen. I do enjoy her Young Adult books though the last couple I have read have been misses with me. This one is expertly written, but some things as the time line shifting back and forth and the mess with Saylor’s father prevented me from giving it five stars. I really enjoyed this one and hope that we see more from characters that she introduced to us in this one. “The Rest of the Story” follows 17 year old […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story, Young Adult

Classic's CBR11 Review No:140 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Sarah Dessen, The Rest of the Story, Young Adult ·
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#CBR10Bingo: White Whale – The Truth About Forever

August 7, 2018 by Malin 2 Comments

#CBR10Bingo: White Whale (on my TBR-list for more years than I can count) Macy used to love running and was very good at it, until one morning, her father (and coach) had a heart attack, and now, Macy doesn’t do that anymore. Instead, she keeps her life strictly regimented and works very hard at her school work, so as to not have to think too hard about her feelings. This summer, her boyfriend Jason is going away to “brain camp” and she will fill in for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, grief, Malin, romantic, Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

Malin's CBR10 Review No:57 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #CBR10, cbr10bingo, contemporary fiction, friendship, grief, Malin, romantic, Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever ·
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It literally pains me to have to write this review. I love you, Sarah Dessen. But no.

November 15, 2017 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

There’s nothing better than hearing that one of your favorite authors has a new book coming out. But what if that book doesn’t live up to your expectations? And even worse, what if you actually hate the book? I’ve had a long history with Sarah Dessen. I’ve gobbled up everything she’s written about her little Carolina Beachtown universe, and have always anxiously awaited whatever comes next from her. And so it was with Once and for All. I waited and waited on the library list […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr9, once and for all, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR9 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr9, once and for all, Sarah Dessen, Scootsa1000 ·
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Teen Angst

August 26, 2017 by Rachie3879 Leave a Comment

I love to take young adult lit to the beach. It’s great for breezing through in a few days usually, and often doesn’t require that strict attention be paid to every single line. I brought Sarah Dessen’s Just Listen to the beach with me a few weeks ago but it turns out that was a silly first time mom mistake. Ha! Reading more than one book at the beach with a toddler? I was a fool. In any case I still read it when I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: rachie3879, Sarah Dessen

Rachie3879's CBR9 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: rachie3879, Sarah Dessen ·
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