Even scarier- it hit close to home because it was relatable. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories ed.Was it exactly what I needed right now.yes, The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Y.īlue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

I discovered shortly after I started reading it, that it was re-released with the title Love, Rosie and it is being made into a movie! With two actors who I adore as Rosie and Alex - Lily Collins and Sam Claflin:ĩ9 Fictional Boyfriends on the blog, 99 Fictional. The second to last scene of the book is absolutely perfect.

She played that role with some tough love, and she and Rosie were almost tied for sense of humor. Ruby was a great secondary character as an older, supportive voice of reason for Rosie. And OH the many near misses! My little heart could hardly take it! We saw them support each other's dreams and decisions, but also call each other out. We saw these two through times they were tight as thieves and times when they fought. Both of them - but especially Rosie - had some tough breaks, but they both charged ahead with life and pushed through. Rosie and Alex were both such lovable characters. But along with the spot-on accents, the audiobook had theme-fitting music interspersed (like 'Pomp & Circumstance' around a graduation, for example) so it worked. Now that I think about it, it's kind of ironic that I was listening to an audiobook about written correspondence. I do want to pick up a copy of the book to see what they actually look like in print. This is a book of written correspondence - letters, emails, Instant Messages (you can tell it was written in the '90s/early '00s), invitations, cards, and so forth. The main characters, Rosie and Alex, are from Dublin and the audiobook readers all had Irish accents! It was great. After a good month plus of just listening to Christmas music in my car, I decided I was ready for an audiobook again. I spied the audiobook on sale for $2 (that's right - TWO dollars!) over Thanksgiving at my favorite used bookstore so of course I grabbed it.

Where do I even start with this book?! Okay. She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them.

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