by Julie Halpern
When I was a freshman in high school, my best friend and I tried out for a neighborhood softball team. She made the team and I didn't. At first, I didn't really care because I had no interest in sports (maybe why i didn't make the team) and shrugged it off. But I didn't realize it was the catalyst t...
Bad author behaviour.
I'm feeling lazy tonight, so this will be in the form of pros and cons.Pros: It's quite amusing I like Jessie's relationship with her family, especially Barrett It's about a girl embracing her inner nerdCons: There were points when I felt that Jessie was being blind and/or hypocritical and I couldn'...
This book is at once unremarkable and completely enjoyable. It deals with no greater subject matter than high school drama, but so wittily that it's impossible not to be charmed by the wise-cracking heroine, her supportive older brother, or her gaggle of new nerdy friends.While adults may tire of th...
No doubt the strong resemblance to myself circa high school and college is the reason why, but I loved this book. Very amusing, and believable. And when was the last time I read a book in which the siblings didn't fight all the time?