2 girls + 3 guys + 1 house – parents = 10 things April and her friends did that they (definitely, maybe, probably) shouldn't have. <... read full description
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Oct 28, 2011
Sita
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I actually put off reading this book for a while, I now know why. My subconscious mind was telling me it was not worth my time, but silly me I decided to read it. This book is okay, if you want to read it go ahead, if you were considering reading it and are sitting on the fence read it and don’t read it.
My advice, don’t. Not worth it, it wasn’t a bad book, but it wasn’t a good book either. It was mediocre.
What the book was about:
The bo More...
My advice, don’t. Not worth it, it wasn’t a bad book, but it wasn’t a good book either. It was mediocre.
What the book was about:
The bo More...
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Jun 07, 2011
Tatiana
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2.5 stars
A very light, mindless, relaxing read.
April's dad is planning to move to another state in the middle of her junior high year. Using some creative negotiating (=lying) April convinces him to let her stay with her best friend Vi to finish school, with no parental supervision. Partying, drinking, skipping school and hooking up ensue...
Contrary to the blurb, I didn't find Ten Things We Did to be particularly funny. Or daring. Or romantic. Or profound.
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A very light, mindless, relaxing read.
April's dad is planning to move to another state in the middle of her junior high year. Using some creative negotiating (=lying) April convinces him to let her stay with her best friend Vi to finish school, with no parental supervision. Partying, drinking, skipping school and hooking up ensue...
Contrary to the blurb, I didn't find Ten Things We Did to be particularly funny. Or daring. Or romantic. Or profound.
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Aug 14, 2011
Emily
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Someone should burn this cover
Let's just say the very first thing that needs to be said: UK publishers, what the hell have you done to this book? What happened to the cute girl/boy chick-lit cover and, more importantly, what happened to the original title? The actual title - Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) - conveys the whole "ooh, we're so baaaaad for doing that, but it sure was fun!" that this book is pretty much all about. This UK imposter title fai More...
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Aug 21, 2011
OceMei
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one point for the cover,
one point for the title,
and two points for the nice story.
This story gave a lot of knowledges to me, such as :
1. Don't easily give away your virginity to everyone.
I don't know why but me and the book have truly different preception in the meaning of virginity and sex. I vote for sex after marriage. For me, losing our virginity means to give the best to our husband in the first night after we get married, not before marriage, or More...
one point for the title,
and two points for the nice story.
This story gave a lot of knowledges to me, such as :
1. Don't easily give away your virginity to everyone.
I don't know why but me and the book have truly different preception in the meaning of virginity and sex. I vote for sex after marriage. For me, losing our virginity means to give the best to our husband in the first night after we get married, not before marriage, or More...
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Jan 04, 2012
Sandeelovesbooks
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I could sum up this book in one word: HILARIOUS!
I had a whole lot of fun reading this.
It was crazy.
Everything they did was crazy.
Maybe that was the reason I had fun reading it.
I didn’t do the things they did when I was their age.
I wouldn’t do it even if I could.
You guys must be curious why I found this book so entertaining.
April’s dad just blurred out one day that they were going to move to Ohio.
Devastated April didn’t want to move to O More...
I had a whole lot of fun reading this.
It was crazy.
Everything they did was crazy.
Maybe that was the reason I had fun reading it.
I didn’t do the things they did when I was their age.
I wouldn’t do it even if I could.
You guys must be curious why I found this book so entertaining.
April’s dad just blurred out one day that they were going to move to Ohio.
Devastated April didn’t want to move to O More...
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Dec 13, 2011
Cheyle` Meron
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This book had its good points and its bad points. I definitely do NOT recommend for kids under 15, and I'm saying that as a 14 year old.
MY SYNOPSIS:
What is this book about? Well, love, sure. There's romance. But its not just that-- there's more to it than just girl-likes-boy-but-girl-has-boyfriend.
April is faced with a crisis when her Dad announces that they're moving to Cleveland. She's got everything she's ever wanted where she already lives. A sweet boyfriend, More...
MY SYNOPSIS:
What is this book about? Well, love, sure. There's romance. But its not just that-- there's more to it than just girl-likes-boy-but-girl-has-boyfriend.
April is faced with a crisis when her Dad announces that they're moving to Cleveland. She's got everything she's ever wanted where she already lives. A sweet boyfriend, More...
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Dec 24, 2011
Jess (Gone with the Words)
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Read this review on my blog! --> Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
I really love this book! It was so funny and bittersweet and different that I wanted to do something different for it. So here it goes....
Ten Things I Loved (and you will love too)
1. Mermaid impressions while drunk.
2. Best friends who will lie to your parents for you.
3. Paying in installments.
4. The Hula.
5. Brothers. Especia More...
I really love this book! It was so funny and bittersweet and different that I wanted to do something different for it. So here it goes....
Ten Things I Loved (and you will love too)
1. Mermaid impressions while drunk.
2. Best friends who will lie to your parents for you.
3. Paying in installments.
4. The Hula.
5. Brothers. Especia More...
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Jun 26, 2011
Arlene
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Rating Clarification: 3.5 Stars
No one is perfect, but we all do the best we can. I guess you have to forgive when you can, move on when you can’t, and love your family and friends for who they are instead of punishing them for who they aren’t.
4 girls, 3 guys, 1 cat, 1 hula tub, 1 crazy school year and 0 parents = 10 things April did and probably shouldn’t have. Despite this story being highly unrealistic, I found it engaging and pretty funny. There were times where I w More...
No one is perfect, but we all do the best we can. I guess you have to forgive when you can, move on when you can’t, and love your family and friends for who they are instead of punishing them for who they aren’t.
4 girls, 3 guys, 1 cat, 1 hula tub, 1 crazy school year and 0 parents = 10 things April did and probably shouldn’t have. Despite this story being highly unrealistic, I found it engaging and pretty funny. There were times where I w More...
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Sep 29, 2011
Lisa
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This was entertaining. It was like a Sarah Dessen novel with more personality.
I enjoyed the characters. <spoiler>I liked how the main character, April got Chlamydia from her boyfriend. I liked how the author decided to write about an issue you don't see in many YA books. I like when authors aren't afraid to talk about things that happen every day. The issue here being sexually active teens not protecting themselves properly, mainly because they think their significant other is More...
I enjoyed the characters. <spoiler>I liked how the main character, April got Chlamydia from her boyfriend. I liked how the author decided to write about an issue you don't see in many YA books. I like when authors aren't afraid to talk about things that happen every day. The issue here being sexually active teens not protecting themselves properly, mainly because they think their significant other is More...
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Aug 07, 2011
Paige
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Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker. I received my copy via Amazon Vine.
Over Christmas break, April's dad and stepmom drop a bombshell on her: They're moving to Cleveland and want her to go with them. April has no intention of packing up her things, leaving her friends and boyfriend behind in Westport, and starting over in a new city, so she convinces her dad to let her move in with her best friend Vi and her mother Suzanne. The thing is that it's just Vi and April there because More...
Over Christmas break, April's dad and stepmom drop a bombshell on her: They're moving to Cleveland and want her to go with them. April has no intention of packing up her things, leaving her friends and boyfriend behind in Westport, and starting over in a new city, so she convinces her dad to let her move in with her best friend Vi and her mother Suzanne. The thing is that it's just Vi and April there because More...
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Feb 06, 2011
Princess Bookie
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My Thoughts: I haven't read anything else by Mlynowski but I hear she has some great books! We are introduced to April who lives with her father and his new wife. Her mother and little brother moved to Paris to be with a guy her mother met. They wanted April to come with but she decided she'd rather stay and live with her dad so she could stay around her friends and boyfriend. Things have been ok for her. She's happy. Until one day her Dad announces they are moving to Ohio! April says "NO N
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Jul 03, 2011
Megan
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Ten Things We Did was a surprisingly fun read for me. I was a little skeptical at first because it was a little slow to start, but it gained momentum quick and became a book that I did not want to put down. This book details ten ridiculous things that roommates April and Vi, under no parental supervision, have done while living together, and all the fun and trouble that came along with it. There are moments in this book that make you want to laugh, cry, and most definitely punch someone...not to
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Jan 17, 2012
Stacia ~ platonic
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2.5 stars. This was a fun book for the most part, but I found myself skimming the flashback scenes due to lack of interest in the "before."
I know some people found this book a bit over the top, but if you put kids alone, sometimes they get into these types of situations. I had a friend in high school whose dad traveled a lot and we used to have some crazy parties over there where the cops were called more than once, so these things can happen.
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I know some people found this book a bit over the top, but if you put kids alone, sometimes they get into these types of situations. I had a friend in high school whose dad traveled a lot and we used to have some crazy parties over there where the cops were called more than once, so these things can happen.
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Feb 22, 2012
Carol
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Got this for like 99 cents on my Kindle back a few months ago, and now I know why it was so cheap. I really hate books that make adults out to be complete idiots, and that's exactly what this book does. It also glorifies casual sex and drinking between underaged teens, lying to parents and getting away with it, and pretty much every other stereotype expected of youth today. Yeah, teenage girls will probably love this book, but I won't be recommending it to any of them.
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Dec 08, 2011
YA Reads
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Ten Things We Did looks and sounds like a light-hearted, fun, easy read. It promises to appeal to fans of authors like Susane Colasanti, Sarah Dessen, and Lauren Myracle. But Sarah Mlynowski doesn’t quite deliver on that promise. Ten Things is a light, fun read, but the plot and characters are unrealistic. When April’s dad decides to move to Cleveland, she opts to move in with her friend Vi rather than uproot herself. Only thing is, April’s dad would freak if he found out Vi’s mom won’t be stayi
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Feb 01, 2012
YAL Book Briefs
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I had mixed feelings about this book. I loved Mlynowski's style. It's easy to read and her writing always makes me smile. But I just had mixed feelings about the content of the book. And it's not that I'm a prude. I'm alright with the sexual content in the book, I'm actually glad Mlynowski addressed such issues-though it seemed a tad bit PSA and I wish that one of the girls would've waited or at least contemplated about giving up their virginity a little more. The partying was on the other
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Jan 17, 2012
Cori
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Ten Reasons Why You Should Read This Book:
1. Story- A wildly compelling story. You have to to keep reading just to find out what else these kids are going to do. I'm also pretty sure that some of these things are just so wild that they actually probably happened! Art imitating life?
2. Voice- Mlynowski has captured the YA voice between the pages of this novel. Fabulous!
3. Love- April has to learn the differences between the way her parents love her, how her More...
1. Story- A wildly compelling story. You have to to keep reading just to find out what else these kids are going to do. I'm also pretty sure that some of these things are just so wild that they actually probably happened! Art imitating life?
2. Voice- Mlynowski has captured the YA voice between the pages of this novel. Fabulous!
3. Love- April has to learn the differences between the way her parents love her, how her More...
Jan 13, 2012
Inkbitten
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Judged by the Cover
Is this really something that would pop out at you in the book store? "Oh look they're almost kissing...I have never seen any other book like this!" I was looking thourgh the store yesterday and I thought I saw this book, I liked it up and it happened to be a diffrent book, same cover idea.This book isn't going to pop out at a store. At least not to me. There really isn't anything to say about this...really nothing. I think the people on the cover are a l More...
Is this really something that would pop out at you in the book store? "Oh look they're almost kissing...I have never seen any other book like this!" I was looking thourgh the store yesterday and I thought I saw this book, I liked it up and it happened to be a diffrent book, same cover idea.This book isn't going to pop out at a store. At least not to me. There really isn't anything to say about this...really nothing. I think the people on the cover are a l More...
Jan 12, 2012
Reading
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Ten Things We Did is a heartbreakingly sad story about a 16 year old girl who is desperately searching for some stability in her life. Her divorced parents have each moved on to new partners and new lives. The main character, April Berman, is angry at her mother's infidelity and her decision to move to Paris, France, taking her younger brother with her. April chooses to stay in her hometown of Westport, Connecticut with her father , close to her friends and boyfriend, Noah. This is why it is par
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Jan 11, 2012
Victoria
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Ten things we did (And probably should't have)
To be honest, this wasn't a great literature work but it certainly made my day!.
Its a story about two teen age girls who simply go off the tracks in a safe way.
Lying to their parents, sex, parties, friends, the process of looking who they are, trying to get over the stories with their parents and of course the natural love-triangle . A very typical book but definitely worth the read. The characters are lovely, sure we s More...
To be honest, this wasn't a great literature work but it certainly made my day!.
Its a story about two teen age girls who simply go off the tracks in a safe way.
Lying to their parents, sex, parties, friends, the process of looking who they are, trying to get over the stories with their parents and of course the natural love-triangle . A very typical book but definitely worth the read. The characters are lovely, sure we s More...
Jan 07, 2012
Fatima
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I gave this book five stars because it was what I expected from Sarah Mlynowski and I had always been a fan of her work...Magic in Manhattan, Gimme A Call, etc. :) This book had it all: characters with interesting personalities, family pains, great friends and not to mention a love triangle. It was a pretty fast read for me but that was one of the reasons why I gave this book 5 stars, it was fast-paced and didn't bore me in the slightest.
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Dec 30, 2011
Tabitha
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This review originially appeared at http://tabithabookblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-review-ten-things-we-did-by-sarah.html
So, over Christmas break Aprils dad and stepmom tell her they have to have an "important talk" with her. Turns out they're moving to Cleveland for her dads new job. April does not want to move to a new city which would include leaving her friends and boyfriend, so she convinces her dad to let her move in with her friend Vi and her mother Suzanne. More...
So, over Christmas break Aprils dad and stepmom tell her they have to have an "important talk" with her. Turns out they're moving to Cleveland for her dads new job. April does not want to move to a new city which would include leaving her friends and boyfriend, so she convinces her dad to let her move in with her friend Vi and her mother Suzanne. More...
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Dec 29, 2011
Lexi
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I make a commitment to myself to read the entire first chapter of a book before I decide whether or not to continue with it. Even if I don't like it, I make myself get through the first chapter.
The first chapter of this book gave me completely the wrong impression of what the book was going to be like.
I was so thrown off by the far-fetched notion of being allowed to live with a friend who just so happens to have a finished, empty basement wherein lies a guest bedroom and--oh More...
The first chapter of this book gave me completely the wrong impression of what the book was going to be like.
I was so thrown off by the far-fetched notion of being allowed to live with a friend who just so happens to have a finished, empty basement wherein lies a guest bedroom and--oh More...
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Dec 28, 2011
Christina
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Another 99 cent kindle impulse buy, a category I'm starting to think deserves its own shelf because maybe I end up judging these books too harshly due to being only semi-interested in reading them in the first place. I keep hoping I'll discover something great that I wouldn't otherwise have read... But I did finish this book, which is why it gets two stars. It's about a junior in high school who tricks her father into letting her live unsupervised with her friend for the rest of the school yea
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Dec 20, 2011
Elena
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Fluff. A ridiculous plot that can only happen in a teen comedy or teen book. Terribly unrealistic but fun enough to read. Then I read near the middle and it successfully ruined all enjoyment of the book for me.
<spoiler>Her boyfriend gives her chlamydia and he is the only one she's ever slept with. She confronts him about it and he says she probably got it from a toilet seat or something. This is the part where I yelled out, "Are you STUPID?!" I get that she was in d More...
<spoiler>Her boyfriend gives her chlamydia and he is the only one she's ever slept with. She confronts him about it and he says she probably got it from a toilet seat or something. This is the part where I yelled out, "Are you STUPID?!" I get that she was in d More...
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Nov 03, 2011
Kellie
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Sixteen year old April wakes up in a daze to her cell-phone going off, with a guy who is not her boyfriend sleeping in bed next to her. As she climbs up the stairs towards the phone, she starts to see the smashed beer cans, undergarments on the cactus, and another semi-naked boy on her couch. This was just one of those ten things she most likely shouldn’t have done. After her father and stepmother shock her with the news that they will be moving out of the state, April decides to do anything an
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Nov 03, 2011
Harmony
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While this book started out rocky for me, I really ended up enjoying Ten Things We Did (and also ended up staying up until 4AM reading it) Fun beach read!
Starting out, I had to take a break around page 90 because I got pretty frustrated with a few things. Mostly because I knew how things were going to turn out and seeing April be so oblivious about it just made me go: "No! Why can't you see what is going on???" But once I picked it back up, I couldn't stop! April was funny, c More...
Starting out, I had to take a break around page 90 because I got pretty frustrated with a few things. Mostly because I knew how things were going to turn out and seeing April be so oblivious about it just made me go: "No! Why can't you see what is going on???" But once I picked it back up, I couldn't stop! April was funny, c More...
Oct 13, 2011
Becky
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Oct 10, 2011
Krista Mae
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Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn't Have) is about a teenage girl named April (who was born in March, as a matter of fact) who struggles to recover from her parents' divorce. She resented her Mom - who had an affair with another man - for being the one who initiated the break-up and so, although she was closer to her, she chose to live with her dad and his new wife, Penny. In her mid-Junior year, she was asked by her dad to move in with them to Cleveland. She refused and asked her dad to
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