Sia by Josh Grayson - Restarting October 21st 2013

[Sarah Elizabeth]

When seventeen-year-old Sia wakes up on a park bench, she has no idea who or where she is. Yet after a week of being homeless, she’s reunited with her family. At school, she’s powerful and popular. At home, she’s wealthy beyond her dreams. But she quickly realizes her perfect life is a lie. Her family is falling apart and her friends are snobby, cruel and plastic. Worse yet, she discovers she was the cruelest one. Mortified by her past, she embarks on a journey of redemption and falls for Kyle, the “geek” she once tormented. Yet all the time she wonders if, when her memories return, she’ll become the bully she was before…and if she’ll lose Kyle.

Rachmi and I will be reading this book on August 24th. Everyone welcome ☺

This book has not yet been released, and is available to review on Netgalley here:
https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/sho...

[Rachmi]

Thanks for making the thread, Sarah.

This will be my third ARC from NetGalley, they don't often approved my request :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It's a good idea to read and review some of the 'read-now' titles that are available, that way publishers know that you will read and review the books they give you, and you are more likely to get approved in future ☺

[Rachmi]

Oh, I didn't even know that there's read-now books there. I think all of my request are need an approval first :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

If you go to 'find titles', on the left hand side of the page, under 'browse' there should be an option for 'Read now', if you click that, all the titles that come up should be available without approval ☺

[Rachmi]

My goodness, I didn't realize that :D I always search through categories and/or publisher. Thank you.........

[Greta]

i don't know how fast i'll read this, but i'll join you on this one. :)

[Rachmi]

Started this book an hour ago. I liked that it's typo-free & well edited so far, unlike my last ARC from NetGalley.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

starting now ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

3% (view spoiler)[ so she doesn't know her own name, but she recognises the 'Dodgers' and knows she's in California? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

6% (view spoiler)[ who makes $100 a day waitressing? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

21% (view spoiler)[ well from her meeting with the boy at the soup kitchen, and the way her mother and housekeeper behave towards her, I would suggest that she maybe wasn't a very nice person. And stress? having your mother pushing you to be a famous actress sounds stressful! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

27% (view spoiler)[ the drowning was faked? that's pretty bad. (hide spoiler)]

[Rachmi]

Sarah, since I use my phone for a whole weekend, instead of laptop, I can't remove your spoiler alert. But you are such a fast reader. I'm only 30% now and wondering how the doctor knew Sia's last name.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I'm at 66% now. It's okay so far but nothing amazing. It's reminding me of the film 'clueless' at the moment!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

69% (view spoiler)[ her mother is suddenly like a totally different person! she's gone from freaking out that Sia went to a soup kitchen, to praising her for doing the earthquake relief thing and 'changing her world'. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

74% (view spoiler)[ it's funny that she doesn't know who the actor is! Robert Downey Jr is yum! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

82% (view spoiler)[ her teacher is writing a freaking screenplay? I suppose this will make her dad enough money that they won't go bankrupt now. what a joke. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

83% (view spoiler)[ as if!!!!! as if Stacey could shout at Amber and it would actually make a difference! Amber would have just given her it back, kicked her off the cheerleading squad, and made her friendless, and all the other mean girls would have stuck by her. This author obviously knows nothing about teenage girls. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

88% (view spoiler)[ she left thousands of dollars in cash in her locker? How dumb is she?! (hide spoiler)]

[Rachmi]

I haven't watched Clueless yet but agree with you, there's nothing amazing so far in this book. But I want to know how Sia lost her memory. How is it so far, Sarah? gosh...you are really fast!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Hmm, not impressed. This is all a bit too unrealistic for me.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

This is getting 2 stars from me. It's just so difficult to believe! It's as if the author has never even met a teenage girl!

[Rachmi]

I can't feel Sia's voice and wondering what is missing in this story. In some part it's too fast and other part there's feel like the author didn't put much work to the characters. I also understand of what you said about unrealistic, like what I just read. Regarding to Sia's mom problem, I think it's too easy. I mean she has it for a year then suddenly Sia talked to her about and voila...she realizes her problem and wants to seek help, something that her husband can't do for months.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Her mom also changes her ways and starts praising Sia for things that she previously wouldn't have done. It's like she has a personality transplant.

[Rachmi]

:D

I think I should pay more attention to my first impression of this book. When I read chapter one, I thought that she didn't nervous and fear enough as someone who woke up without memory. I even wrote a note about it. I guess from that chapter I should know that this whole story are getting too fast with more unrealistic characters.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I don't understand why she didn't try to find out who she was. Why not go to the police station and see if she'd been reported missing? So silly when it was obvious that she hadn't been living on the street before.

[Rachmi]

Me either and again her life as homeless seems way too easy for me. That's from first few chapters too. I think what happen in this book are way too easy and too fast, it makes the story feels unrealistic.

[rachel, x]

Hey guys! Me and Maddison are going to be reading this soon! Since there is already a thread for this book do we just post below? Ta. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yes ☺

If you let me know what date you're starting, I'll change it in the thread title.

[Maddie]

I don't know what date we're starting sorry. So are you going to read with us even though you've read it before?

Is it good?

[rachel, x]

Thanks Sarah! We'll let you know the date as soon as we know it! :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Maddison wrote: "I don't know what date we're starting sorry. So are you going to read with us even though you've read it before?

Is it good?"

No, I wasn't a fan of this one :(

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Maddison wrote: "I don't know what date we're starting sorry. So are you going to read with us even though you've read it before?

Is it good?"

No, I wasn't a fan of this one :("

Aww that's disappointing! :( We'll have to see what we think then!

Oh, and we are going to start on the 21st Oct, if you could pls add that to the title! Thanks Sarah! :)

[Kate]

I need to read this book, so I'm going join you. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Date changed ☺

[rachel, x]

Kaitlin wrote: "I need to read this book, so I'm going join you. :)"

Awesome, Kaitlin! :)

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Date changed ☺"

Thanks Sarah!

[Nicole]

I'll join in on this one!

[rachel, x]

@Nicole Awesome! :)

[Maddie]

Awesome Nicole!

And thanks Kaitlin!

[Maddie]

11% chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ Gosh this is annoying me. It's a modern-day book, she sells her iPod for $80, allows a random kid who's just turned 13 to flirt with her, gets into a car with a totally creepy guy, remembers she's at a Dodgers Stadium, and totally doesn't mind being homeless! What is this??? She's not even gonna ask around to see if anyone knows where her parents are? (hide spoiler)]
Alright, sorry, rant over... For now.... XD

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Maddison wrote: "11% chapter 5 [spoilers removed]
Alright, sorry, rant over... For now.... XD"

(view spoiler)[ that's how I felt. It was obvious that she didn't normally live on the street, but she didn't try very hard to work out who she was or where she belonged. I mean, why didn't she go to the police or something? She really did come across as some kind of martyr or something. How dumb do you have to be to not try to find out who you are and why you're in the situation that you're in? And the Dodgers thing annoyed me to- she doesn't know her own name, but she knows who the Dodgers are, and where they are based?! Pretty silly. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

(view spoiler)[ Yeah, guys. What the heck is wrong with her! A) Never, ever, ever get in a car with a strange guy! not ever! and B) Dude, umm try and figure out who you are! I so agree with you guys. That is incredibly stupid! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I don't know about losing her memories, it's more like she's lost her mind! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "[spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Aha, true! That wouldn't surprise me! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Did you guys know that the author has already re-written this as a movie and is hoping to sell the rights? I will be seriously shocked if he actually manages it!

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Did you guys know that the author has already re-written this as a movie and is hoping to sell the rights? I will be seriously shocked if he actually manages it!"

Yes, I heard. He is working on the script right now! I won a copy of this book, and in the email saying I had won he said that he was going to make a movie of it and if we think it should be made into one as well, to add that in our reviews and he will send that to the producers! I cannot see this as a movie!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Me either. I think he's a little over confident. I've yet to speak to anyone who actually liked this.

[rachel, x]

@Sarah I agree. No offense but even at the 12% mark, I can figure that out! Same, no-one seems to like it at all!