Just like the author, sports don’t really make sense to me. I really appreciated how the author approaches the topic and not only tracks his feelings about basketball, but also showcase all of the players. It was really well done 

This was a really fascinating story, with a mix of fiction and nonfiction. I really enjoyed the whole story, and how it made a connection between history and today

I loved this book so much. Every essay was interesting and full of so much heart. Green is so good at weaving nonfiction information with human emotions. This is a book I already want to come back to, and hope he writes a sequel. 

I really liked a lot of this book. I liked the holiday magic, and how Jewish it was. As a non-Jewish person, I had a lot of fun reading about Jewish culture, and felt the weight of religious expectation to be relatable. The concept was fun, and I liked Jacob a lot. It was Rachel that I had more of an issue with. She was just so in her own way and it got very frustrating. Even Jacob’s assumptions got to be a lot sometimes. But overall it was a sweet and fun holiday romance, and I really enjoyed it. 

As much as I love retellings, this one had almost too much from the original novel. The choices in placing Pride and Prejudice in modern high school debate teams was brilliant, and I thought the updates with most of the characters worked really well. The places where it fell short to me was when it relied too much on the original dialogue. It felt foreign in the mouths of teenagers, especially when so much else was updated successfully. Still, a cute story and focusing on speech and debate was awesome. 

There was a lot that I liked in this book, and some that I didn’t. I mostly didn’t like that basically nothing happened. This was an extremely character driven book, which isn’t bad, I just prefer a little more to happen. The central conflict was interesting, but if it hadn’t ended the way it did I probably would have rioted. TJR is popular for a reason and, while this isn’t my favorite of hers, her appeal and readability is really great. 

I think for the main character alone, I really liked this book. I’ve never read a book that had a Deaf main character, and I really liked it. I thought how language was used was fascinating, and how Maya’s relationships changed worked well. I did have trouble with Maya at first, with how judgmental she was, but she grew enough that it was ok by the end. 

I liked this a lot more than I remembered liking it. The relationship  between Scarlet and Halley was beautiful and I wish there had been even more of it. Macon truly sucked though, one of Dessen’s most hate-inducing male leads. 

This was a reread for me and I’m glad I read it again. I loved the mystery and all of the characters, although I wish they were a little deeper. I thought the atmosphere was great, and the depth of Shakespeare discussed was awesome. 

This was such a good story, and I loved the art in it. It felt so relatable, even though I haven’t been through the same experiences. Beautiful artwork as well.