Even When You Lie to Me by Jessica Alcott → Start Date: July 16th, 2015

[Katie]

Nicole and I will be reading this. Anyone else is welcome to join.

[Nicole - Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die-]

sounds really interesting

[Allison]

I just picked this up so I'm going to join you guys

[Katie]

I accidentally started this a day early because I thought it started today, and I've read 5 chapters and am liking it so far.

Mr. Drummond (view spoiler)[He does seem to be a bit flirty with the girls in his class, and he does also seem to want to be the "cool" teacher. I'm not sure what I think of him. (hide spoiler)]

Charlie (view spoiler)[I like her, and I think she just needs a bit of a better self-image, since she doesn't seem to think very highly of herself. I'm not really sure why she lied about her favorite book, instead of actually using a book that she read, since she does like to read. (hide spoiler)]

Lila (view spoiler)[She seems to have a very strong personality. (hide spoiler)]

Ms. Anders (view spoiler)[I felt really bad for her, since her class wouldn't listen to her at all. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

10 chapters

Asha and Dev (view spoiler)[They seem nice and like they could be good friends for Charlie. (hide spoiler)]

Ms. Anders (view spoiler)[She does have a tough job, and now she's stuck in it for the rest of the year, with students who don't care about her class. (hide spoiler)]

Charlie's mom (view spoiler)[I think she cares about her and is trying to help her by telling her to get more involved, but she's hurting her more than she means to, it seems. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

15 chapters

Mr. Drummond (view spoiler)[I feel like he does seem way too flirty. Also, I feel like asking a teenage female if she likes any boys isn't really something a male teacher should do. (hide spoiler)]

Lila (view spoiler)[I feel like some of her comments to Mr. Drummond are way out of line, especially the one about him wearing a speedo. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

20 chapters

Charlie's mom (view spoiler)[I wondered if she was going to be able to tell during their meeting that Charlie likes Mr. Drummond, and she could tell. (hide spoiler)]

Lila (view spoiler)[I wasn't a fan of her plan to go watch Mr. Drummond swim, since it seems too stalkerish. I'm glad he ended up not being there. Also, I didn't like the way Lila behaved towards Asha. (hide spoiler)]

Asha (view spoiler)[I think she's a good and nice person, and is really trying to be a good friend, and dealing with Lila couldn't have been easy for her. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

25 chapters

Charlie (view spoiler)[I wish she wasn't so interested in Mr. Drummond, and didn't care so much about what he thinks of her, but it's not like she's really in control of these feelings for him, since they just happen. (hide spoiler)]

Mr. Drummond (view spoiler)[I'm glad that he didn't overstep boundaries by answering that question about whether or not Charlie was pretty, since he knew that it would be inappropriate. (hide spoiler)]

Charlie's parents (view spoiler)[I feel like they are both trying to be good parents, even if it doesn't always work out so well for them. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

30 chapters

Mr. Drummond (view spoiler)[He definitely shouldn't have asked Charlie to go to lunch with him, since that would have looked really bad for him if they had been seen by anyone. (hide spoiler)]

Charlie (view spoiler)[I wish she hadn't stalked Mr. Drummond at the pool. I feel like she was pretty obvious with it, too. (hide spoiler)]

Lila (view spoiler)[I think she can see that there's something between Charlie and Mr. Drummond, since she said they seem chummy. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

I finished this, and it was very interesting.

Mr. Drummond (view spoiler)[Obviously, he made a lot of mistakes. While Charlie shouldn't have come on to him, as the teacher and the adult, it was his responsibility not to reciprocate. I do think he did the right thing by stepping down from his job and removing himself from the situation, though. (hide spoiler)]