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by Tracey Garvis-Graves
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Juuli's Bookshelf
Juuli's Bookshelf rated it 6 years ago
At first, it was rather shocking. I listened to my friend's praise and borrowed it from the library without reading the back cover. Somehow I thought T.J. was older, but he was only sixteen, so I almost stopped reading. Now I'm glad I didn't because it was a beautiful story - beautiful, horrible and...
Susan
Susan rated it 9 years ago
I haven’t read any M/F in years, but I was willing to make an exception for this book. I just love the stranded on a deserted island trope.We also get a big part of the ‘after’. What happens when they return to civilization.. And there is where this book really annoyed me. There is this big break u...
Her Fine Eyes
Her Fine Eyes rated it 10 years ago
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** One-sentence summary: A problematic, sweet, not terribly lyrical (and minimally researched) romance novel that is something you gobble up mostly because of the upbeat main characters and the survival story. I was duped! A few of my best ...
For Those About to Read
For Those About to Read rated it 10 years ago
Age is REALLY just a number when your a thirty-year-old woman stuck on an uninhabited island with a sixteen-year-old boy. Don't worry, it's not what you think, there's no physical contact between the two until he is of age. I couldn't decided whether or not to give this book 3 stars or 4, because th...
Memories From Books on Booklikes
Memories From Books on Booklikes rated it 11 years ago
On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves looks at a relationship between TJ and Anna that starts under the extreme circumstances of a life-threatening illness, a plane crash, and a deserted island. It looks at the question of whether that relationship can survive when the circumstances change, and peop...
BUGGY
BUGGY rated it 11 years ago
Opening Line:"I was thirty years old when the seaplane T.J Callahan and I were travelling on crash-landed in the Indian ocean." Gawd this left me shattered, easily one of the best books I’ve read this year. It’s taken me ages to get a review organized because I just couldn’t figure out how to write ...
Books of my like
Books of my like rated it 11 years ago
Ritkán olvasok ki egy nap alatt egy könyvet. De ez a könyv oly sok tekintetben megfelelt elvárásaimnak, hogy egyszerűen nem tudtam lassabban kiolvasni. :) Előszöris, az előzőleg olvasott könyv, ami kb. két hétig tartott, annyira lefárasztott, hogy napokig elő sem tudtam mást venni. A hosszú nélkülöz...
Bookish
Bookish rated it 11 years ago
On the Island is a novel about a teacher named Anna who takes a summer job on a vacation island with a family tutoring their sixteen year old son, T.J., who is in remission from cancer and needs to catch up on school work. On their way to the meet T.J.'s family, T.J. and Anna's plane crashes and the...
 TinaNicole ☠ Le Book Nikita ☠
TinaNicole ☠ Le Book Nikita ☠ rated it 11 years ago
Originally read Jan 2012
Kayleigh {K-Books}
Kayleigh {K-Books} rated it 11 years ago
Anna Emerson is a thirty-year-old English teacher desperately in need of adventure. Worn down by the cold Chicago winters and a relationship that’s going nowhere, she jumps at the chance to spend the summer on a tropical island tutoring sixteen-year-old T.J. T.J. Callahan has no desire to go anywhe...
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