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On the first day of Lillian’s summer-before-college, she gets a message on her cell from her sort-of friend, Penny. Not only has Penny faked ...
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Jan 06, 2012
I guess all the calm discussions advocating respectful author-reader relations were for nothing, eh?
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Feb 07, 2012
Calling a reader a beyotch and saying you want to make fun of her biography just because she gave you a so-so review (it wasn't nasty or mean spirited in the least bit unlike you Julie Halpern), is not okay.
Reading is subjective. Just because someone didn't like your book is no reason to be nasty.
EDIT: Seriously?!
http://juliehalpern.blogspot.com/2012/01...
Reading is subjective. Just because someone didn't like your book is no reason to be nasty.
EDIT: Seriously?!
http://juliehalpern.blogspot.com/2012/01...
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Oct 29, 2011
Danya
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Take the disappearance of a not-so-close friend.
Add a promise not to tell, some calls from the cops and FBI, and a spontaneous road trip with your best friend/crush.
Mix in some tourist attractions, metaphors, and close-to-the-heart confessions along the way.
The result? Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern.
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Don't Stop Now is all about the characters and their relationships. Often if characters frustrate me a little b More...
Add a promise not to tell, some calls from the cops and FBI, and a spontaneous road trip with your best friend/crush.
Mix in some tourist attractions, metaphors, and close-to-the-heart confessions along the way.
The result? Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern.
Characters:
Don't Stop Now is all about the characters and their relationships. Often if characters frustrate me a little b More...
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Sep 25, 2011
Noelle
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So I typed out a whole review but then Goodreads went down and...well, I've wasted enough time on this book. By reading it. It is ridiculous! The only realistic thing about it is how annoying and self-centered the teenage protagonists are! Otherwise? What a mess. Why not make this a road trip book? Was the convoluted, unbelievable fake kidnapping plot really necessary? There are so many more realistic reasons to go on a road trip than to leisurely track down your maybe-fake-kidnapped frien
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Jan 14, 2012
Julie Halpern wrote this: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/se...
* I guess the blog post has been deleted but it was inappropriate, mean-spirited and rude.
And now I won't read her works. Authors should respect reviewers, good or bad.
* I guess the blog post has been deleted but it was inappropriate, mean-spirited and rude.
And now I won't read her works. Authors should respect reviewers, good or bad.
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Jan 09, 2012
Maybe now when she does her usual morning google of herself, she'll see that her own words are worse than any bad review because her words are personal and immature. I love how she talks about bullies when she is bullying someone who took the time to read and review her book!(And HERE is the review she is criticizing, which has nothing wrong with it!)
I think the blog speaks for itself but my favourite line is probably:
"Because what you're doing is DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM More...
I think the blog speaks for itself but my favourite line is probably:
"Because what you're doing is DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM More...
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Dec 08, 2011
Wisteriouswoman
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It was a delightful road trip story filled with kooky examples of Americana. Her Mom lets her go because of memories she has about the right of passage in the '70s of backpacking through Europe. There is little to compare the two experiences--no living on $5.00 a day, or roughing it in youth hostels, or developing camaraderie with other travelers or respect for the different cultures of the places visited.
The repartee is funny even though Lillian often tries to be 'snarky', what ever More...
The repartee is funny even though Lillian often tries to be 'snarky', what ever More...
Nov 01, 2011
Colleen
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Just out of school for the summer, the last thing that Lillian expects is to have a cryptic message from her friend Penny waiting for her on her phone. “I did it”, is all that the message says. It turns out that Penny has faked her own kidnapping. The only thing Lillian can think to do is hop in the car with her best friend Josh (who she also has had a huge crush on forever) and try and track down Penny on a road trip across the country. Complete with random stops at places like the Mars Chee
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Oct 11, 2011
Louisa
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Was "Don't Stop Now" as good as "Into the Wild Nerd Yonder"? Of course not. Was it absolutely mindless drivel? Nope. Frankly, there are two camps concerning Julie Halpern's new-ish book. Either it's amazing or it's the worst thing ever written. And truly, it's neither. It's both. Does the weird fake kidnapping of the main character's quasi-friend who is most likely the victim of parental neglect and domestic violence feel like a pretty under-handed plot device created
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Sep 17, 2011
Val
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Lillian is somewhat friends with Penny, the troubled girl that has faked her own kidnapping. The FBI is even involved, and they seem to think Lil knows something about it. It could be because of the 3am message Penny left on Lil's phone. Either way, Lil grabs her best friend Josh, whom she happens to be majorly crushing on, and they take off on a cross-country car ride to Portland to find Penny. Of course they have to stop at all kinds of cheesy and corny places along the way, and possibly disco
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Sep 17, 2011
Deri
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Lillian has just graduated from high school with a sense of summer freedom and plans to attend college in the fall. Her best friend, Josh, a laid-back musician with unlimited funds from an inattentive wealthy father, accompanies Lil cross country to Oregon in search of Penny. Penny, not one of Lil’s top friends, but a hanger-on who won’t let Lil alone, fakes her own kidnapping to escape an abusive boyfriend and to meet up with a nice boy from Oregon she met during her senior year. Lil informs he
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Sep 11, 2011
Jody
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I love all of Julie Halpern's books. This is no exception. Into The Wild Nerd Yonder is definitely still my favorite, so if you haven't read this author, I'd start there. But this book is wonderful, too. The cover is blah. If I didn't love the author I would have passed this by on the shelf. Her other covers are outstanding. Book covers matter a lot to me, I've realized.
What I loved about this book is the premise of girl and boy being best friends, but sending signals that indicate oth More...
What I loved about this book is the premise of girl and boy being best friends, but sending signals that indicate oth More...
Sep 01, 2011
Sarah-Greenbeanteenqueen
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About the Book: When Lilian receives an early morning phone call from her sort-of friend Penny saying "I did it" and Lil knows that Penny has faked her own kidnapping. Now the police are looking for Penny and asking Lil questions! Lil has an idea that Penny might be in Portland, so she enlists the help of her friend Josh to go on a quest to find Penny and bring her back. Josh isn't just Lil's best friend-he's Lil's long time crush. But Josh doesn't want to "ruin" their amazin
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Aug 08, 2011
K
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This was a fun read.
Lil and her best friend Josh have nothing holding them in town the summer after graduation when an impromptu road trip comes up. It’s so rushed in fact, that they stop for clothes and toiletries at touristy places on the way from Illinois to Oregon. Maybe ‘rushed’ isn’t the right word—they need to get outta Dodge to avoid parents, police, and FBI agents and leaving without telling anyone is the best way to do that. Their sorta-friend Penny has staged her own kidna More...
Lil and her best friend Josh have nothing holding them in town the summer after graduation when an impromptu road trip comes up. It’s so rushed in fact, that they stop for clothes and toiletries at touristy places on the way from Illinois to Oregon. Maybe ‘rushed’ isn’t the right word—they need to get outta Dodge to avoid parents, police, and FBI agents and leaving without telling anyone is the best way to do that. Their sorta-friend Penny has staged her own kidna More...
Aug 07, 2011
Karina
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Jul 06, 2011
Michelle
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I adored this book! Normally I read all kinds of fantasy fiction. But I picked this up because of the rave reviews by one of my favorite bloggers, Natalie Whipple, ninja writer, extraordinaire. (http://betweenfactandfiction.blogspot.co...)
The characters in Don't Stop Now are deliciously indie with juno-esque dialogue. There is lots of clever snark exchanged between two best friends, Josh and Lil, and plenty of falling-in-love-with-your-best-friend drama. I loved the road trip the tw More...
The characters in Don't Stop Now are deliciously indie with juno-esque dialogue. There is lots of clever snark exchanged between two best friends, Josh and Lil, and plenty of falling-in-love-with-your-best-friend drama. I loved the road trip the tw More...
May 21, 2011
Nancy
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My take: This is just one of those quirky books that you enjoy from the first word to the last and realize that not only was it an enjoyable read, there is a message that corresponds to Lil and Josh's Quirky Adventure. Life is not, after all, like a box of chocolates, "but a big, long journey with a whole bunch of bumps and twists, and freaky roadside attractions, that no matter what, lead us to somewhere." Huh. That would have been a really nice place to end this review. Alas, I have
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Feb 22, 2011
Rachael
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It’s Lillian’s last summer before college, and the last way she expects to spend it is by searching for her sort-of-friend Penny who may or may not have faked her own kidnapping to meet someone across the country. But when Lil receives a message from Penny right before her disappearance, Lil realizes that she may be the only one who can figure out Penny’s true whereabouts. So she and her best friend Josh decide to take a road trip in pursuit of Penny. They figure with Josh’s car, his dad’s credi
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Aug 30, 2011
Trisha
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Each of the separate components of this story - the road trip, the mystery of Penny, the odd-ball tourist traps, the friend or boyfriend question - are all high on my must-have-in-books list. And it delivers.
Top of the list is the banter between Lil and Josh. They are true friends. And to know immediately, that Lil would like to push things further increases the anticipation, and the suspense. But Lil's voice is such a good one - she's quirky, she's honest with herself and she's putt More...
Top of the list is the banter between Lil and Josh. They are true friends. And to know immediately, that Lil would like to push things further increases the anticipation, and the suspense. But Lil's voice is such a good one - she's quirky, she's honest with herself and she's putt More...
Aug 31, 2011
Mickey
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I received this through the Around The World ARC tours, and here is my honest review:
3.5 stars
For a simple summer YA read, this has a lot going on! I can't put my finger on the true main focus of this novel. First there is Lil's friend (Penny) running away/faking her own kidnapping. Then there is the silly solution to find Penny with her best friend Josh. And that's the third major happening: she wants to be more than his friend. All of these were in the forefront the entire More...
3.5 stars
For a simple summer YA read, this has a lot going on! I can't put my finger on the true main focus of this novel. First there is Lil's friend (Penny) running away/faking her own kidnapping. Then there is the silly solution to find Penny with her best friend Josh. And that's the third major happening: she wants to be more than his friend. All of these were in the forefront the entire More...
Dec 09, 2010
Kayla
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DUDE. There is so much to love about this book. It's quirky and fantastic in all the right ways, with so many memorable, creative scenes. Lillian and Josh, the main characters, are likable and relatable—they have PERSONALITY, and lots of it (hence my shouty all-caps, hehe). Their chemistry is so…real, if that makes sense. Funny, too. The author, Julie Halpern, is pretty much a master at the are-we-just-friends-or-are-we-more? dynamic; along with that, the emotional pacing felt perfect. I
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Sep 08, 2011
Emma
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I had not even heard about Don't Stop Now until it was offered up for loan on the UK Swap Shop Group on Goodreads. I read the blurb and it sounded pretty good, so I signed up to borrow the book.
Don't Stop Now follows the story of Lillian who has just graduated from high school and is looking forward to a fun summer of freedom before she goes off to college.
After receiving a 3am voice mail from her sort of friend Penny Lillian has realised what's happened. Penny has faked her ow More...
Don't Stop Now follows the story of Lillian who has just graduated from high school and is looking forward to a fun summer of freedom before she goes off to college.
After receiving a 3am voice mail from her sort of friend Penny Lillian has realised what's happened. Penny has faked her ow More...
Jul 12, 2011
Cynthia (cynthial11)
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Posted on: http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2011/07/b...
When I started reading Don’t Stop Now I thought it was just going to be a fun light-hearted read, it was actually pretty funny and was making me laugh out loud with the hilarious conversations between Lillian and Josh but I soon realized that there was going to be more to the story, something more serious.
The story starts off pretty much on the light side, we have Lillian who’s had a crush on her best friend Josh since the More...
When I started reading Don’t Stop Now I thought it was just going to be a fun light-hearted read, it was actually pretty funny and was making me laugh out loud with the hilarious conversations between Lillian and Josh but I soon realized that there was going to be more to the story, something more serious.
The story starts off pretty much on the light side, we have Lillian who’s had a crush on her best friend Josh since the More...
Jul 03, 2011
Megan
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Don`t Stop Now makes me want to drop everything and go on a road trip with a guy I like...whether it be friend or boyfriend. It was really easy for me to put myself in Lillian`s position, because her situation with her best friend, Josh, is so relatable that I am sure everyone has been there. This book was definitely more character driven, mainly about Lillian and Josh`s relationship and their quest to save their friend Penny, then plot driven. Yes Don`t Stop Now describes many of the tourist at
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Jun 30, 2011
Brooke
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I've been in a road trip reading mood of late, and 'Don't Stop Now' didn't disappoint.
While it wasn't as deep as another road trip book I've recently read ('Saving June'), I found it to be very different in mood (much lighter, it that wasn't clear), which was exactly what I was hoping for.
While the story is described as being about a road trip taken by Lil and Josh to track down Lil's kind-of-friend-but-kind-of-not-friend Penny, the story is definitely focused on the roa More...
While it wasn't as deep as another road trip book I've recently read ('Saving June'), I found it to be very different in mood (much lighter, it that wasn't clear), which was exactly what I was hoping for.
While the story is described as being about a road trip taken by Lil and Josh to track down Lil's kind-of-friend-but-kind-of-not-friend Penny, the story is definitely focused on the roa More...
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Jan 10, 2012
Stefanie
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Lillian and Josh are BFFs who have just graduated from high school. When Lillian's sort-of friend Penny fakes her own kidnapping to leave a bad situation behind, they decide to go on a road trip not only to find her and bring her back, but to have one last hurrah before adulthood. For Lillian, it's also the perfect opportunity to make something finally happen with Josh. Josh and Lillian are awesome characters and this book is filled with hilariously ridiculous, snarky conversations that make you
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Aug 16, 2011
Laura Ashlee
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Review posted 8/16/2011 at Owl Tell You About It.
I'm at a weird place on this one. There are things I loved and things I didn't like so much. I loved Lily and Josh. They were great characters, but I wasn't totally satisfied by where their story went. It just left to much open for me. I was expecting a feel-good story with a road trip, and it didn't quite deliver.
Lily is a good character. She's quirky and laid back. Or, at least, she acts laid back most of the time, when s More...
I'm at a weird place on this one. There are things I loved and things I didn't like so much. I loved Lily and Josh. They were great characters, but I wasn't totally satisfied by where their story went. It just left to much open for me. I was expecting a feel-good story with a road trip, and it didn't quite deliver.
Lily is a good character. She's quirky and laid back. Or, at least, she acts laid back most of the time, when s More...
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Jul 21, 2011
Zanzarr
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Maybe I just love novels about road trips (which I do) or maybe I was just in a good mood when I read this (which I was), but I don't think either of those possible explanations properly explain why I was captivated by Don't Stop Now. I started the book and didn't stop until I finished. I took it with me everywhere. To the kitchen to grab a water bottle, in the car to go to Wal-Mart, on the bus to go to the beach. I couldn't put it down. Josh and Lily were such colorful, fun characters that I di
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Jul 03, 2011
Elizabeth
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Don't Stop Now is a fun story that had me hooked from page one. I loved the randomness of this book. Lil and Josh go on a road trip across the country stopping at some of the quirkiest places along the way. The road trip also gives Lil the chance to see if her and Josh will be anything more than best friends. Lil and Josh are some awesome people that I would love to be friends with. I loved both of their personalities.The whole book just made me smile and even laugh out loud at times.
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