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Love YA Like a Sister
by
Tom Kepler (Goodreads Author)
If you want something done right, then do it yourself. At least, that's what people say. But does that include having three girlfriends at the same time--and stealing a car?Life is simple for Randy: 1) he loves his girlfriend and 2) he likes his motorcycle. And even if he really likes his motorcycle and only thinks he's pretty sure he loves his girlfriend, it's still the s...more
Paperback, 216 pages
Published
November 1st 2010
by Wise Moon Books
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The author has described "Love Ya Like a Sister" as young adult chick lit with a male protagonist. While that seems like a strange description, it’s a good one. Although chick lit should have a protagonist who is a chick, that is the only reason this book couldn’t be considered chick lit. It has the other defining elements, primarily being “a personal and foible-filled journey toward self-understanding and self-awareness.” (I've been told this is called Lad Lit, although that isn't a term I've s...more
Love Ya Like a Sister is an incredibly honest tale of not so average teenage dilemmas.While the book is put across almost as one teenage boy’s problems with girls, it actually becomes so much more than that. While the girls do play their own important role I felt like the book was more about the family and the self-awareness that comes with growing up. The focus here was definitely more on the development of the characters rather than the plot. Kepler perfectly paced the novel to introduce Randy...more
I normally don't like love triangles, especially when it's completely deliberate. However, I have to make an exception for Love Ya Like A Sister. The way Tom Kepler writes the relationships makes you understand it in ways that I think I never really understood it before.
The characters in this book are great in the way that you can relate to them and most of their actions match them well. I think that I understood Randy better than I did the girls, but I think that's to be expected from the main...more
The characters in this book are great in the way that you can relate to them and most of their actions match them well. I think that I understood Randy better than I did the girls, but I think that's to be expected from the main...more
As in every book, there were some things that I did like, and some that I didn't. But I will say this, Tom Kepler writes about a love-triangle in a way I've never read before. It wasn't superficial (however juicy) and it wasn't just to add depth. I love love-triangles, but I feel like I never really understood them. They have held interest for me, but I never got them, if that makes sense. The way Kepler writes about the triangle makes the reader really understand the dimensions, depth and compl...more
WARNINGS: Sometimes, it felt like walking through knee-high mud.
This is an okay book for me. I didn't feel as connected with the characters as I wanted to. I should have been able to relate to them some, but I just felt disconnected. I felt like I was just reading about their life instead of being pulled into the book and being there with them. Almost like reading a history textbook and you don't care for history. I just felt blank throughout the book.
At times, it was confusing. The book is wri...more
This is an okay book for me. I didn't feel as connected with the characters as I wanted to. I should have been able to relate to them some, but I just felt disconnected. I felt like I was just reading about their life instead of being pulled into the book and being there with them. Almost like reading a history textbook and you don't care for history. I just felt blank throughout the book.
At times, it was confusing. The book is wri...more
Mar 23, 2011
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Love Ya Like A Sister is a very raw, honest story about teenagers making the best of the situations they're in. It wasn't hard to understand why Randy, Susie, Gwen, Hope and the other characters all made the decisions they do through out the story. I mean, we all make mistakes as that's part of life and growing up, but some of these characters deal with some really tough, and all to often heart breaking situations, leaving them to fend for themselves.
I'll be honest, this wasn't my cup of tea. I...more
I'll be honest, this wasn't my cup of tea. I...more
Love Ya Like A Sister was one of the first books I've read in a while that really cut to the heart of realistic fiction. Reading about these characters is like watching a young soap opera unfold in front of you. Except of course that you know that everything mentioned can, and really does, happen. These characters are so true to life that it kind of tore my heart out.
We meet Randy, a teenager who has lost his mother and has a father that is always gone. Essentially raising himself, Randy is lear...more
We meet Randy, a teenager who has lost his mother and has a father that is always gone. Essentially raising himself, Randy is lear...more
Dec 15, 2011
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Tom Kepler is a writer and classroom teacher of 33 years. He is also an active bicycler and gardener.
He has published four books:
The Stone Dragon
Love Ya Like a Sister
Bare Ruined Choirs
He has also published the following set of short stories as an e-book: Who Listened to Dragons, Three Stories .
More about Tom Kepler...
He has published four books:
The Stone Dragon
Love Ya Like a Sister
Bare Ruined Choirs
He has also published the following set of short stories as an e-book: Who Listened to Dragons, Three Stories .
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