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Spoiler Alert:
In the opening chapter/lines of the book the main character, Allie, walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her. The opening line is "The only thing worse than finding out your boyfriend is cheati...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 3 0 false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:24:58 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 11:34:59 -0700 2009
For me, Hope in a Jar was like devouring an entire box of those Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies and dousing them down with a sugar and c...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 5 1 false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 17:45:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:15:50 -0700 2009
Hope in a Jar starts out with a bang just like all of Harbison's books do. The difference with Hope in a Jar is that the book just keeps getting better and better.

The plot of the mysterious death of friendship between best friend...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:03:56 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 11:03:56 -0700 2009 I actually sit down and read this in a whole day, something I haven't done or been able to do in a while!!
This novel focuses on 2 high school friends whose relationship fell apart, only to have one of them abruptly move...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 2 0 false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 15:50:43 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 17:39:08 -0700 2009
Of the principal characters only Allie is fully realized. Olivia is he...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 07:22:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 14:15:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 2 0 false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:48:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:13:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 2 0 false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 16:16:51 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 09:23:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:49:40 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:51:38 -0800 2009
It isn't a weight loss book, but one of the characters loses weight in the story...she had some insights that helped me. How much I use it..well, that remains to be seen. :)

I blogged the paragraphs her...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 3 0 false Wed Sep 16 18:25:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 18:26:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 1 0 false Mon Aug 31 11:36:46 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 11:38:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 19:12:07 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 03:24:24 -0700 2009
And really, I only listened to it because it was read by Orlagh Cassidy.

But, it wasn't bad. Pre...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:48:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:48:31 -0700 2009
I enjoyed the flashback chapters to Allie & Olivia's friendship in middle and high school, it added depth to the novel.

A perfect summer beach read....]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 05:44:06 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 18:40:19 -0700 2009
Finished it tonight. I truly enjoyed this book. The characters were very real - gave m...more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 5 0 false Sat Jul 18 14:26:27 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 15:13:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 14:26:27 -0700 2009 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 3 1 false Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:01:03 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 08:24:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 4 0 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 08:12:56 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 08:14:28 -0700 2009 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 3 0 false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 17:41:23 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 08:20:09 -0700 2009 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 2 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:30:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 17:30:49 -0700 2009 6056765 0312381964 9780312381967 245 58 Hope in a Jar 3.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235956865m/6056765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6056765.Hope_in_a_Jar 3 0 false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 03:39:08 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 03:41:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6056765