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If I Lie by Corrine Jackson → Start date: November 9th, 2012
Asdfjkl; This book is amazing <3
So excited! It has been on my tbr for a long time :)
Excellent :D The more, the merrier!
Dang! I need to stop reading for challenges and join everyone. LOL I'm reading too many at once. LOL
Vicki wrote: "Dang! I need to stop reading for challenges and join everyone. LOL I'm reading too many at once. LOL"Trisha wanted to ask you to join too, but I told her you were busy with the Blue Color challenge & the Food Delight :D
Feel free to join if you are free :D
Alright... How much are we reading today?? 1/2 way?
Ok! I just finished a book. I am only reading this one (and listening to Percy Jackson), so I think that I can do :)
Alright. I'll start in about an hour. Broke my computer screen so I won't be in for a few hours. :(
You finished already? Holy lord! I might need more time :P You are so fast!
oh my gosh, I just couldn't put it down. It was a VERY good book!!!! Don't worry, I'll wait to discuss lol :D
I am in chapter 3 :) Yes, it is so good :D
ugh, the beginning was the hardest!!! It's hard to read just how mean they are to her........
Yes... it was frustrating :(
I am reading chapter 14. I love how unpredictable the book is.
My heart aches for Quinn :(
I literally cannot put this book down. It's so good!
Ally, LOL! YES! I couldn't either!!!! The book was SO good.I know, Gisbelle! My heart just BROKE for Quinn!!!
(view spoiler)Edit: I hope Gisbelle didn't see this yet! For some reason I thought she was finished. D:
Ally wrote: ""(view spoiler)I know right! I understand when there are possibly things that have been done/said in a relationship that you can't go back on. When you've damaged each other so much that you can't go back (view spoiler)
I mean, I think it's good that the author stuck to showing Quinn as so strong - strong enough to walk away...but wow, just...wow.
It's true. I totally understand it. It's so much more realistic this way. And so much more powerful.But she couldn't give me that one little sliver of happiness?!?!
I know, Angela! just one sliver of happy!! Please!! I feel like it's such an emotional roller coaster!!Ally, I 100% agree. I felt that jumped from who Quinn seemed to be. (view spoiler)
I liked Quinn, but sometimes I felt like she didn't make the right decisions. (view spoiler) I LOVE GEORGE. He's my favorite character in this book. <3
I love George too! What a perfect grumpy loving man. He was just pure magic on a page :) I loved his quirks and humor at the dark moments (view spoiler)
Trisha wrote: "I know, Angela! just one sliver of happy!! Please!! I feel like it's such an emotional roller coaster!!Ally, I 100% agree. I felt that jumped from who Quinn seemed to be. [spoilers removed]"
SERIOUSLY. She (view spoiler)
That's a really good point though, Angela. Like Quinn said, (view spoiler).
GEORGE! My favorite character! Most of the moments that I cried involved him. Their relationship was so touching.
I tried to stay away from this topic until I finished :)
Guys, I don't know what to say about this book. It is so good. I cried so hard.I didn't like Quinn much either in the beginning. I still felt sorry for her though.
Now she has become one of my favorite female character :)
P.S. I would have finished earlier, but it was too emotional that I had to put the book down a few times to get myself together :)
I cried a lot in this book T^TQuinn isn't one of my favorites, but I liked her.
I didn't really like Blake. I love and hate him. At times I felt like he should be slapped.
I loved Quinn and George. He understood her, and didn't judge. Why can't there be more people like him?
Yeah, especially, when he let Quinn take all the blame. What a jerk!
Gisbelle wrote: "P.S. I would have finished earlier, but it was too emotional that I had to put the book down a few times to get myself together :)"LOL I always have tissues next to me when I read. I cry A LOT when I read emotional books.
I don't think I can handle any more emotional books for more. I am a complete mess now. Been crying for hours!
Aww :( I love reading emotional books though. Even though I cry my eyes out.
Me too! I love them so much, but I cannot read 2 of them in a row lol... Otherwise, people will begin to ask me who has died XD
Let's talk about our favorite part of the book.Well, I like almost every scene, but I agree with Ally & Trisha. I love George. I loved the parts that Quinn spent time with him. :)
There was one thing I didn't understand about Blake - and I really wish Corrine Jackson cleared this up - but what actually went on between him and Angel?I felt like that was the elephant in the room that no one talked about.
It's so hard to choose my favorite part! I guess that's somewhat because of how sad most of the really moving parts of the book are. I have a hard time saying my "favorite" part of a book is when I'm bawling because someone's just died or something else that is incredibly tragic.
So I'll split that into two categories. What did I think was one of the most powerful scenes? I was crushed when Carey refused to tell everyone after he came home. The conversation between Quinn and Mr. Breen (& the subsequent section after that) was absolutely heartbreaking to me. After EVERYTHING that went on during this book, I just couldn't handle that conversation.
My "favorite" scene because it brought me pleasure? That would be when Quinn's incriminating photos show up on the computer screen in the yearbook class :) Speaking of, why doesn't my school have an entire class devoted to the yearbook? Because I would totally join that.
Gisbelle wrote: "Guys, I don't know what to say about this book. It is so good. I cried so hard.I didn't like Quinn much either in the beginning. I still felt sorry for her though.
Now she has become one of my f..."
Now that I've had time to think after finishing the book... I don't know whether I'd say I "like" Quinn. I think what she did is admirable, and I have respect for her. I certainly empathized for her and was really touched by her situation. It broke my heart to see what she went through.
But I think that's why I have such a hard time liking her. I could palpably feel her pain, and that's why I just can't understand why she went through it. It was loyal to the point of self-destruction. She didn't know if he was coming back. She ruined her life, completely, to cover up his secret. That seems pretty ludicrous to me. And I was so mad at her because of that for a lot of the book, that I wouldn't say I actually "like" her. Sympathize for her? Of course. But I don't know how much farther I'd go.
YES!! What were Blake and Angel doing at the restaurant together!??! I assumed they were comparing notes trying to figure out what was up with Quinn and what was going on with Carey. I would have LOVED to know what it was, though!yeah, I don't know if Quinn is necessarily a good person......but she'd been through a lot - her dad, her mom, loss of friends, loving Carey and then having him break her heart (more than once, because once he came back, he broke it again), and then Blake.
I had a tough time wronging her in anything she did because....jeez, when was she ever loved?
Just...loved.
Other than George, no one else in the entire book loved her without also tearing her apart. I thought she was flawed, and sometimes cruel, but it always felt like she was always trying to protect herself from the next let down.
I wanted to know what was going on in the diner between Blake and Angel too. It was like the author wanted us to keep on guessing :(
I think Quinn was a very strong character.
Trisha wrote: "YES!! What were Blake and Angel doing at the restaurant together!??! I assumed they were comparing notes trying to figure out what was up with Quinn and what was going on with Carey. I would have L..."See, you're so optimistic :) That's a good point. It never even crossed my mind. I thought they were casually dating or something even though Blake was still in love with Quinn. So he dropped any thoughts of Angel the second he figured he might have another chance with her.
And I 100% agree with your analysis of Quinn. It's so tragic to think about how many times she was let down and tossed aside and became an afterthought to all of these people. Except George <3
Gisbelle wrote: "I wanted to know what was going on in the diner between Blake and Angel too. It was like the author wanted us to keep on guessing :("I just wanted a scene somewhere where Blake and Quinn were together and Quinn just asks, "but what about Angel?" Or something like that. But Angel still wasn't too high on Quinn's list of favorite people at the end of the book, so I don't think she would care enough about hurting her to ask.
And it didn't really fit into any of the scenes the author wrote.
yes, I think you may be right.
Gisbelle wrote: "Yeah, especially, when he let Quinn take all the blame. What a jerk!"Okay guys, question - what would you have done if you were Blake? Would you own up to it? Or would you keep it a secret?
In his situation, I probably would have done what he did. In my mind, I'd say that someone needed to keep that family together. In all honesty, given the fact that its a military town, someone would have stepped up to help, but I probably wouldn't use that as my logic.
As a side note - I really thought Blake was going to get caught. I thought that while he was changing in his room with the guys in DC that someone would spot his tattoo or something.
I know it was important for him to hide the secret for Carey's family's sake. But letting Quinn took all the blame was not a brave thing to do either. At least, he could help her out a bit sooner. Like stopping others from harassing her or something.And what the deal anyway, Quinn "cheated", so what? Not like she killed someone. I found the reaction people in the town had a bit over-dramatic.
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