One Night That Changes Everything

One Night That Changes Everything

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Eliza is in a full-blown panic. Her notebook has been stolen—the one that lists everything she wants but is afraid to go after. And the absolute worst person in the world has it: her ex-boyfriend, Cooper.

Like it’s not enough Cooper was lying to Eliza for their entire relationship, now he and his friends are blackmailing her. They’re giving her just one night to complete th...more
Hardcover, 242 pages
Published July 6th 2010 by Simon Pulse
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Princess Bookie
My Thoughts: We are introduced to Eliza, Eliza's friends, Eliza's ex Cooper, Cooper's so called friends. I want to say that I liked Eliza. I even liked Cooper, even though he was supposedly a jerk. I didn't like Cooper's friends (well duh) and I thought Eliza's friends were annoying. First off, I want to point out that they left her throughout the book and if they were "real" friends they would have stuck by her through everything and not run off with the first guy they laid eyes upon.

Eliza's no...more
Morgan F
This was possibly one of the worst books I have ever read. I despised everything about it. The dumb-ass title. The dumb-ass cover. The dumb-ass characters. And especially the dumb-ass writing. I tend to cuss and rant when I hate a book, so if you are of delicate sensibilities or loved this book, I would advise against reading any further.

I hate the main character so freakin' much. Eliza (I forgot her name already, so I had to look it up) was on my characters-i-wanna-shoot shelf before I even fi...more
Capillya
After reading Barnholdt's Two-way Street, I was excited to read One Night. It's about a girl who has her notebook stolen -- a notebook containing all of her "emotional fears" (her words, not mine). Some of these fears are admittedly shallow, but some, not so much. Her ex-boyfriend Cooper has done Something Horrible, which is part of the reason she's in this mess. She's blackmailed into acting out these fears, and shenanigans ensue.



In Two-way Street, Barnholdt had served up some pretty solid char...more
Annaiss
Ejem. ¿Cómo comienzo esta reseña sin ser demasiado dura tanto para la autora o la novela?

Para comenzar, el libro no fue de mi agrado. Sinceramente, la escritura en One Night That Changes Everything es demasiado pobre. Las palabras eran repetitivas y el tan famoso OMG fue la cereza al final del batido. Digo, yo de vez en cuando la uso, ¡mas no en cada conversación!

Y no sólo la escritura, también los personajes.

La protagonista, Eliza (si no recuerdo mal, nah., para qué les miento. Ya había olvi...more
Reut (reutreads)
I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! YAY FOR LAUREN BARNHOLDT!!

This was probably one of the most entertaining reads I have read all year. It was fun, imaginative, and basically the Holy Grail of YA chick-lit. (By the way, because I only knew about the book what I read on the inside flap, and I realized that the summary from Goodreads gives away pretty much the whole plot, I edited it a bit.)

So: THIS. WAS. AWESOME.

I haven't read a book that takes place during one night since Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, a...more
Andrea
Jul 27, 2010 Andrea added it
Shelves: fiction
Eliza has a notebook, one in which she's written down all the things she wishes she had the courage to do. After she sort of ruins something for her ex, his secret society friends steal that notebook to get back at her. Throughout one night, they blackmail her into doing some of those things that she's been too afraid to do. The blackmail part: if she doesn't comply, they'll put the whole book up on the internet. Embarrassing, obvs; it's high school.

I love books that pull me in within the first...more
Melanie
A truly fantastic, amusing read. I recomend this book to anyone who wants something that's not 'heavy' on the mind, light hearted and really is a feel good story.

The book has a light pace and follows one (Long)night with Eliza and her quest to get back her precious 'notebook' which she has written her fears in since she was in seventh grade.

The characters are easily liked, strong and easily imagined. The story runs smoothly with excitement, courage and a true sense of friendship.

I really enjoyed...more
Hailee
Mar 15, 2011 Hailee rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: every girl
Recommended to Hailee by: mom
Shelves: favorites
I just started it is really good. It is about a girl who lost her diary. Some one found it and is makin her do everything that she doesnt want to or is scared of.
Reading Vacation's Mom
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One Night That Changes Everything could be called One Book That Does Everything Right. This little story about Eliza and her missing notebook is unique, fun, and full of surprises.

Eliza keeps a notebook that lists all the things she is afraid of doing, but plans to someday do. It’s sort of like a bucket list, but they are all things she is TERRIFIED of doing. Well, when her ex’s “friends” steal Eliza’s notebook, they make her do some of the things on her list. Can you even imagine!?! It’s...more
Nikki
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Ashldoty
One Night That Changes Everything is very good! It is about a girl; Eliza who is just an average girl when she discovers her notebook is missing and finds out her ex-boyfriend Cooper has it. She gets text messages from the 318's of things she has to do. Eliza then realizes that the stuff she has to do is the stuff she is afraid of doing and she put in her notebook.

I gave this book five stars because I really enjoyed it and it kept me guessing on what was going to happen next. I absolutely love b...more
Jami
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Joséphine
I remember reading "Two-Way Street" and liking it, so I inadvertently went into reading "One Night That Changes Everything" with more expectations than I have when randomly picking up books. It's a light read, perfect for unwinding. I liked that it was set in one night and with that, basically written in real time.

The plot wasn't trying too hard and hit pretty close to home, I think, in that this could have happened to anyone. Eliza got hurt due to the initiation of Cooper into a high school fra...more
Brina
Was für eine Enttäuschung! Ich hatte das Buch schon so lange auf der Wunschliste und war froh, als es endlich erschienen ist. So schnell die Freude kam, so schnell ging sie dann aber auch wieder, denn das Buch hat mich auf ganzer Linie enttäuscht.
Lauren Barnholt kannte ich bereits von "Love Trip - Bitte nicht den Fahrer küssen", schon da ist sie mir relativ positiv aufgefallen, bei "Die verrückteste Nacht meines Lebens" konnte ich leider nur enttäuscht den Kopf schütteln. Der Schreibstil war oka...more
Carla
I really loved Two Way Street when I read it earlier this year, so buying Barnholdts new book was something of a given. I can even remember reading the synopsis for this book and spiralling into book lust. So our MC Eliza has had her notebook stolen, y'know the notebook that she's written all her fears and secrets in. The notebook that is now in the possession of her stupid ex-boyfriend and his douche bag friends. Not only are they that mean that they stole the notebook in the first place, but n...more
Sara
2.5 stars. Eliza recently had her heart broken by a guy she thought she was in love with, so she's surprised to get a call from him one night instructing her to meet him because he and his friends have her purple notebook. In it, she'd been keeping a list of all the things she'd been afraid of doing. To get back at Eliza for posting half-truths about her ex-boyfriend online, they're now holding her notebook for ransom and forcing her to do things from her list over the course of a night, threate...more
Kristine
I could link this to So Over You but this is entirely different, just similar. & with the notebook & stuff, I remember The Boyfriend List  15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver (Ruby Oliver, #1)

I don't think Tyler really meant harm to Eliza because if he does hate her enough to torture her, then he'd started it already, wouldn't he? (view spoiler)[ When she's tasked to reveal the truth to her sister, Tyler doesn't actually listen to "the Truth" instead, he left and only went there to make sure that she says it... (hide spoiler)] What I couldn't comprehend is the reason...more
Maggie Pomerleau
One Night That Changes Everything - Lauren Barnholdt (4 stars)

Eliza Sellman was very self-conscious and shy about her body, and everything about her. When her dad was getting a job transfer, she started keeping a journal. The journal was about everything that she wanted to do in life that she was too afraid to do. Some of those things were posting pictures of herself in a bikini on facebook, singing karaoke in front of strangers, and telling her sister that she kissed her boyfriend when she was...more
Amy
I’m actually surprised that I enjoyed this book. I picked it up because I heard a couple good things about it, the front flap description sounded interesting, and it was short.

The tale of Eliza is an inspiring and meaningful tale of reaching deep inside and facing your fears. Eliza has one crazy night, during which she must accomplish brave feats such as karaoke, swimsuit pictures, kissing boys, and the like. *gasp* During her perilous adventures she learns a lot about her friends, her ex-boyfri...more
Majibookshelf Juhina & Farah
This is a really… amazing book. It was one of those books that when i started, i just couldn’t put it down. After reading the synopsis, i wasnt that eager about starting it. My sister read it, and yea she told me to read it because it was nice. One day i was bored, i decided to start it. What i like about the author of this book, Lauren Barnholdt, is that she catches the reader’s attention from the start. The reason why i just couldnt put this book down was because at the beginning of the book,...more
Farah M.J. Elmajdoub
This is a really… amazing book. It was one of those books that when i started, i just couldn’t put it down. After reading the synopsis, i wasnt that eager about starting it. My sister read it, and yea she told me to read it because it was nice. One day i was bored, i decided to start it. What i like about the author of this book, Lauren Barnholdt, is that she catches the reader’s attention from the start. The reason why i just couldnt put this book down was because at the beginning of the book,...more
Sayjil
i really enjoyed this book. Lauren Barnholdt really knows how to make you laugh. Eliza is a typical high school girl with common fears.

so basically the starts of with Eliza realizing that she has lost her purple notebook containing 5 years of her teenage fears. she just broken up with her boyfriend Cooper (because he supposedly dated her as a intiation for a pranking boy school group called the 318's). As revenge she put some online gossip about him on the net which got him kicked out of brown....more
Chicklitgirl
Aug 11, 2011 Chicklitgirl rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: romance lovers, young adult book lovers, friendship
Shelves: ebooks
Review first published here:
http://chick-lit-girl.blogspot.com/20...

This is such a lovely, hilarious book.
I loved it so, so much!
Eliza reminded me of myself sometimes. I loved her! She could totally be my best friend.
Her best friends made me miss mine, the lessons she learned in just a night were very real to believe and the romance was imperfectly perfect!
I loved how themes of sisterhood (Big sister and little love each other! No fighting or hate!) and friendship were so beautifully incorporate...more
Jackie
Eliza has this purple notebook in which she's listed all her fears...things like posting a picture of herself in a bikini, asking a hot guy to dance, and singing karaoke. When her notebook goes missing, she finds out that her ex-boyfriend, Cooper and his cute, yet cruel friends stole it.

And, then she finds out what she has to do to get it back, and she wants it back....BAD. Tyler, the head 318 (a sort-of frat, secret boys society), texts her and starts listing the things she needs to do. Finall...more
Shxrxn
Just because my life is potentially over, doesn’t mean I don’t want to look good.
- Eliza
You won’t be able to kill me if you’re dead.
- Clarice
When people break up they give back each other's stuff.
- Eliza
The person who gets dumped gets to keep the giftds that were given to him.
- Cooper
The problem with YOU is that you don't take the responsibility for anything. You think you can just run around, doing whatever you want to whoever you want, and that it's going to be fine. That everything is just go...more
Brooke  T
I really enjoyed this book. I love movies that have an adventure that happens all in one night like Adventures in Babysitting or Sleepover, and this book is exactly that. I loved going through the night with Eliza discovering what she had to do next. I wish things would have been more extreme, but what makes it a great book is that it was realistic except for the 318s which you will find out for yourself once you read it. I thought they made a good touch to the book though. Of course I knew the...more
Savannah (Books With Bite)
Eliza loses a book. A notebook that has deep secrets, not only about her but about her friends. A guys club called the 318's get the notebook and blackmails her with it. Eliza has to do all her worst fears or the notebook will be posted on the internet.


This book had a lot of stuff going on. There was the drama with the ex- boyfriend and the friends. But also going through the blackmailing phases and doing all the dares. I had to admit that Eliza is one strong girl. She held her head up high and...more
Brooke
Rating: 4 Stars

I really enjoyed this book. I love movies that have an adventure that happens all in one night like Adventures in Babysitting or Sleepover, and this book is exactly that. I loved going through the night with Eliza discovering what she had to do next. I wish things would have been more extreme, but what makes it a great book is that it was realistic except for the 318s which you will find out for yourself once you read it. I thought they made a good touch to the book though. Of cou...more
Jenna C
The story started with Eliza, who just broke up with her boyfriend, Cooper. Cooper was part of a group called the 318’s, to enter the group you had to do something that members of the group wanted. Cooper’s task was to date Eliza, but when Eliza found out that Cooper went out with her just to join the group, she was furious. The 318’s stole Eliza’s purple notebook that consisted of things that Eliza was scared to do or wanted to do but didn’t have the courage to do. The 318’s were making Eliza...more
Stephanie
My Summary: Ever since her father's failed job transfer, Eliza's kept a notebook detailing everything she wished she had the guts to do. Kissing her crush, sneaking into a club and dancing with a guy, doing karaoke at a coffee shop... it goes on and on.

When her notebook is stolen, and the culprit is one of the members of a shady all-guys club at her high school, Eliza makes a deal: perform whatever tasks the boys choose from her notebook and she can have it back at the end of the night. If she...more
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“Eliza: The problem with YOU is that you don't take the RESPONSIBILITY for anything@ You think you can just run around, doing whatever you want to whoever you want, and that it's going to be fine. That everything is just going to be TAKE CARE of for you, with no consequences.

Cooper: No. I don't, and I have had consequences from what happened with me and you.

Eliza: Yeah? Like what?

Cooper: I lost you, that was my consequence.”
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