<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>199687</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Second Helpings]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0609807919]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780609807910]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">199687</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">6</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">2975812</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">22</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Second Helpings</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:2845|5:1024|4:1156|3:568|2:83|1:14|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">2845</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">11628</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">3860</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[4.09]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[2840]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[206]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>79922</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Megan McCafferty]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1197190097p5/79922.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1197190097p2/79922.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/79922.Megan_McCafferty]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.84</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>12301</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>1506</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="3856">
      <review>
  <id>25451064</id>
    <user>
    <id>1270609</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Brittany]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1270609-brittany]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1214533008p3/1270609.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1214533008p2/1270609.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2838</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="girly-books" />
        <shelf name="younger-audience-books" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Teens to Young Adults]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Anna M]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 25 13:23:37 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 14 11:20:47 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>3</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[How I Came To Read This Book: My friend Anna insisted I read it.<br/><br/>The Plot: After a rather explosive time in Jessica's life - including the burning of her precious journals - everyone's favourite darling is back and ready to tackle senior year with more biting, raw commentary on the happen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25451064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25451064]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25451064]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>19560788</id>
    <user>
    <id>733341</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Les]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philippines]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/733341-les]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216853845p3/733341.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1216853845p2/733341.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 05 22:14:43 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 09 23:17:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I think I was right to have decided to reread Sloppy Firsts before I read this one because I read the latter last summer and I, for one, stand among the many other people who easily forget the details in a book and just end up remembering the basic outline of the whole plot. I think it can be better...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19560788">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19560788]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19560788]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>4231901</id>
    <user>
    <id>48469</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jennie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington, VA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/48469-jennie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176263996p3/48469.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1176263996p2/48469.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 07 17:34:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 07 17:35:01 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Jessica Darling’s grandmother, Gladie, knows more about her love-life than Jessica does herself. In fact, all the seniors at Silver Meadows nursing home know more about Jessica’s life than she does. Jessica fully blames Marcus, who she refuses to talk to, because he’s been talking to Gladie.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4231901">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4231901]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4231901]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>47547508</id>
    <user>
    <id>1503184</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lexi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kamuela, HI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1503184-lexi]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 25 18:32:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 25 19:30:12 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read Second Helpings because I wanted an easy read.  Although I was really surprised to find that the main character and I shared a sense of humor with a lot of similar feelings thus making this book not only easy but enjoyable.<br/><br/>I liked the book most for its style.  Jessica, the narrato...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47547508">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47547508]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47547508]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73007339</id>
    <user>
    <id>2697090</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Erin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Newman Lake, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2697090-erin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251991827p3/2697090.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1251991827p2/2697090.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 30 10:20:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 10:36:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I asume that if you have read this then you read the 1st in the Jessica Darling series (Sloppy Firsts) and you too have fallen completely in love with Marcus as much as I have.  The funny thing about it is that I didn't even like Marcus until almost the end of the 1st book, but in this book... Shhee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73007339">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73007339]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73007339]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>66145098</id>
    <user>
    <id>171729</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Audelia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/171729-audelia]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1183608461p3/171729.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1183608461p2/171729.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 04 09:00:50 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 09:16:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read an Indonesian edition of this novel.<br/><br/>Suatu hari saya ke tempat penyewaan buku favorit, dan mencari lamaaa sekali apa yang ingin saya baca. Saya waktu itu pengen banget baca sesuatu yang ringan-ringan aja, mengisi waktu ketika bersemedi di kamar mandi...<br/><br/>Entah kenapa saya...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66145098">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66145098]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66145098]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>57407598</id>
    <user>
    <id>178320</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ames]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/178320-ames]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236710472p3/178320.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236710472p2/178320.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue May 26 14:32:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed May 27 13:20:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[You know, I enjoy these books. Truly. It's kind of like <em>Princess Diaries</em> but not as adorable or pop-culturey or, OK, good, but I enjoy them. I fly through them. They're giant and dense for YA lit which is nice because it actually takes me awhile to fly.<br/><br/>Also I imagine Marcus Flutie as a c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57407598">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57407598]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57407598]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>65813604</id>
    <user>
    <id>2194803</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Lorihudeck]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New Castle, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2194803-lorihudeck]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 01 18:18:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 04 15:18:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I finished the second installment of Jessica Darling's journal, called Second Helpings.  As with the first, the writing is witty and entertaining.  Jessica seems like a very real teen, with real dilemmas.  I particulary liked her relationship with Gladdie.  And while I can't say that I enjoyed her s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65813604">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65813604]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65813604]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80414469</id>
    <user>
    <id>892264</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/892264-laura]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247604032p3/892264.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1247604032p2/892264.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 09 09:42:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 15 13:46:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[(I finished this a couple days ago and should've reviewed when it was fresher on my mind. I've since forgotten some of the points I wanted to make.) <br/><br/>Like the first book in this series, <u>Second Helpings </u> is entertaining and engaging. This installment, however, is even more crass. Jessica, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80414469">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80414469]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80414469]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>76471910</id>
    <user>
    <id>120090</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Julie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tempe, AZ]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/120090-julie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1181249053p3/120090.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1181249053p2/120090.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 02 08:00:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 11 19:41:27 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[As it should be, SECOND HELPINGS was more of the same after SLOPPY FIRSTS. McCafferty has a way of making a novel composed almost entirely of journal entries gripping and not overly emotional, which is uncommon. All of the old characters are back, but with a new touch and different situations since ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76471910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76471910]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76471910]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>45779100</id>
    <user>
    <id>2010935</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Swarthmore, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2010935-stephanie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236326820p3/2010935.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1236326820p2/2010935.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="favorites" />
        <shelf name="own" />
        <shelf name="writing-learn" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 08 18:07:49 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 18:40:11 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The year 2000 ended on a mixed note for Jessica. She got her period back and renewed her long-distance friendship with best friend Hope, sure, but she lost her close friendship with Marcus Flutie, the boy who broke her heart. Picking up in the summer before her senior year, Jessica attends a summer ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45779100">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45779100]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45779100]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>40399071</id>
    <user>
    <id>862758</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Katie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oregon City, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/862758-katie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1258676763p3/862758.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1258676763p2/862758.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="chick-lit" />
        <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="young-adult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 18 13:27:57 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 10 12:49:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[These books are sometimes YA and sometimes not....I don't care because I love Marcus Flutie!  This book was recommended to me by Kia and Mo.  I am absolutely terrified to continue with the story because they are all happy right now....]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40399071]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40399071]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>53910124</id>
    <user>
    <id>2186029</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Liz]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cranberry Twp, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2186029-liz-decaprio]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244409554p3/2186029.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1244409554p2/2186029.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="read-in-2009" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 25 06:39:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 26 20:12:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the few times when I've felt the second book in a series was even better than the first. Jessica Darling is now in her senior year of high school, and she is more angst ridden than ever.  Once again, Jessica reminds us all that being a teenager isn't all it's cracked up to be.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53910124">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53910124]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53910124]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>43943086</id>
    <user>
    <id>609582</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jenny Rebecca]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/609582-jenny-rebecca]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228252849p3/609582.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1228252849p2/609582.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="chick-lit" />
        <shelf name="contemporary" />
        <shelf name="young-adult-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 22 10:38:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 22 10:43:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this in a couple of hours.  The beginning of the book was HILARIOUS.  I had a bunch of laugh out loud moments.  Then somwhere around 2/3 of the way through McCafferty lost me a little bit.  There was almost too much story to her story, it lost some steam.  Plus, there were a few too many afte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43943086">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43943086]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43943086]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>52935799</id>
    <user>
    <id>1976509</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Shelley (shellmh)]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Middletown, CT]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1976509-shelley-shellmh]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249958701p3/1976509.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1249958701p2/1976509.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="2009" />
        <shelf name="library-books" />
        <shelf name="series" />
        <shelf name="young-adult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 16 14:20:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue May 26 14:05:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I liked Second Helpings a lot more than I liked Sloppy Firsts. It seemed like Sloppy Firsts was just setting you up for this book. It wasn't until Second Helpings that I fell in love with all of the characters and was able to relate to them and the situations happening in the book.<br/><br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52935799">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52935799]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52935799]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>70302378</id>
    <user>
    <id>2429264</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Heather (bnlchic03)]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Clearwater, FL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2429264-heather-bnlchic03]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246917373p3/2429264.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1246917373p2/2429264.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 06 19:05:03 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 23:11:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[In the second installment of the Jessica Darling novels, Megan McCafferty did not disappoint. This book was even better than the first; I saw myself even more in Jessica than I ever thought I would. I read this book quickly, in just two afternoons. McCafferty's characters are far from perfect - Marc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70302378">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70302378]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70302378]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>57984075</id>
    <user>
    <id>1812864</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Raya]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1812864-raya]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun May 31 15:53:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 31 15:53:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Despite its ditzy title I had to give this book 5 stars. The first book in this series was good. The second was even better. Normally I hate books comprised of journal entries, but the writing was so believable that you almost forget this is a work of fiction. There's no big tah-dah moment or catast...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57984075">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57984075]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57984075]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>61915707</id>
    <user>
    <id>2184659</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Justin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Matthews, NC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2184659-justin]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238875061p3/2184659.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238875061p2/2184659.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 02 12:07:11 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 05 12:24:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Overall, a good follow up to Sloppy Firsts.  Second Helpings is more of the same, in a good way, a very enjoyable way.  This sequel continues the narrative of Jessica Darling's life.  She's witty, intelligent and possibly even more self doubting than before, but she makes it all so enjoyable for the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61915707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61915707]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61915707]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>53811082</id>
    <user>
    <id>1335642</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Barrie, Ontario, Canada]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1335642-ashley]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245939147p3/1335642.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245939147p2/1335642.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>true</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="2009" />
        <shelf name="own" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 24 06:29:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 19 16:41:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Delicious read.<br/><br/>Things I LOVED:<br/>-JD's relationship w/ her parents and how that changes<br/>-The fact that you actually get to &quot;meet&quot; Hope<br/>-Hope's involvement w/ the setup at the end<br/>-Her relationhip w/Paul Parlipiano (sp?) and how that &quot;ends&quot;<br/>-Her ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53811082">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53811082]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53811082]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>49812811</id>
    <user>
    <id>2135545</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kara]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2135545-kara-josephine]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254803844p3/2135545.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254803844p2/2135545.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">199687</id>
  <isbn>0609807919</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780609807910</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">206</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Second Helpings]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739m/199687.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256014739s/199687.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199687.Second_Helpings</link>
  <average_rating>4.09</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2845</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[“Knowing that I’ve just done something that will take decades off my parents’ lives with worry, you’ll excuse me for not getting into the fa-la-la-la-la Yuletide spirit this year. . . . The only difference between Christmas 2001 and Christmas 2000 is that I don’t have a visit from Hope to look forward to. And Bethany has already packed on some major fetal flab. Oh, and now Gladdie doesn’t need to ask a bizillion questions about my boyfriend, because she’s already gotten the dirt from you know who.”<br/><br/>Jessica Darling is up in arms again in this much-anticipated, hilarious sequel to <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong>. This time, the hyperobservant, angst-ridden teenager is going through the social and emotional ordeal of her senior year at Pineville High. Not only does the mysterious and oh-so-compelling Marcus Flutie continue to distract Jessica, but her best friend, Hope, still lives in another state, and she can’t seem to escape the clutches of the Clueless Crew, her annoying so-called friends. To top it off, Jessica’s parents won’t get off her butt about choosing a college, and her sister Bethany’s pregnancy is causing a big stir in the Darling household. <br/><br/>With keen intelligence, sardonic wit, and ingenious comedic timing, Megan McCafferty again re-creates the tumultuous world of today’s fast-moving and sophisticated teens. Fans of <strong>Sloppy Firsts</strong> will be reunited with their favorite characters and also introduced to the fresh new faces that have entered Jess’s life, including the hot creative writing teacher at her summer college prep program and her feisty, tell-it-like-it-is grandmother Gladdie. But most of all, readers will finally have the answers to all of their burgeoning questions, and then some: Will Jessica crack under the pressure of senioritis? Will her unresolved feelings for Marcus wreak havoc on her love life? Will Hope ever come back to Pineville? Fall in love with saucy, irreverent Jessica all over again in this wonderful sequel to a book that critics and readers alike hailed as the best high school novel in years.]]>
  </description>
  <published>2003</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="favorite-ya-reading" />
        <shelf name="summer-reading" />
        <shelf name="young-adult" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 19 16:47:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 28 17:24:43 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I have read this book twice.  Once, appropriately, as a senior in high-school, and once as a college sophomore.  The first time, I gushed over it fawningly.  The second time, I read it with a wiser, more worldly eye.   <br/><br/>This book is awesome mainly for the reason that it makes every girl w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49812811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49812811]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49812811]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="young-adult" />
          <shelf name="chick-lit" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="ya" />
          <shelf name="series" />
          <shelf name="favorites" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=199687</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>