Golden by Jessi Kirby - Restarting March 13th, 2014

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Love, tragedy, and mystery converge in this compelling novel from “an author to watch” (Booklist).

Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lap—one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery—she decides to take a chance.

Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High—perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Julianna’s journal tells a different story—one of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shane’s jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury.

Reading Julianna’s journal gives Parker the courage to start to really live—and it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. Armed with clues from the past, Parker enlists the help of her best friend, Kat, and Trevor, her longtime crush, to track down some leads. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference.

Mei and I will be reading this one on January 22nd 2014.
Everybody welcome ☺

[Mei]

I will start after I finish writing reviews. It's the 22nd here :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I might start later too ☺

[Mei]

Chapter 3 - I'm liking the writing of this book. By the way, what is a 'TA' period? :/?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

?Teaching Assistant?

[Mei]

End of Chapter 4: (view spoiler)[It sucks when your mom doesn't like your best friend. I mean, how is that any fun!? Haha.
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[Mei]

30% THIS IS THE PERFECT BOOK TO GET OUT OF A SLUMP. I'm glad I'm reading this! It's kind of predictable but I'm enjoying it so far! I'm quite relieved (view spoiler)[Trevor is not portrayed as an arse like most YA books do! Haha
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[Abi]

I'm starting now. :)

[Abi]

That's good to hear, Mei! :)

[Mei]

37% This book is inspirational. (view spoiler)[It's like it's already convincing me to write a journal of my own. But I tried that last year and in 2012 and I couldn't hold it enough for the rest of the year. Not just laziness, but like writer's block. Lol.

I liked what Orion's tattoo means:
"There's motion, like talking action or moving forward. There's evolution—that's growing or changing with life. And then there's illumination, which is understanding or knowing." (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Got distracted, but starting now. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I am starting! Honest!

[Mei]

41% (view spoiler)[At first I find the idea of Parker basing her life or choices from Julianna. It's a little ridiculous specially when she doesn't even know her that much. But what she does, going to places Julianna went, it's more than just curiosity.

Now I think I understand. I didn't realised this mystery was gripping! I want to know who's Orion, where he is, how Shane knew or if Julianna confessed it, what actually happened after that party. I'm curious about the sketch! What's it doing in Kismet?!
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[Abi]

Mei wrote: "End of Chapter 4: [spoilers removed]
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(view spoiler)[ It would suck. :( (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ hoping we're going to get a good mystery! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ her mother sounds like hard work. (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

I'm going to join you with this! :D

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 - really like this! can't wait to find out what happened!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Martha wrote: "I'm going to join you with this! :D"

Hey Martha! ☺

[Abi]

I keep getting distracted! :(

[Martha]

Hey Sarah! :D
Chapter 1- Mr Kinney reminds me of a teacher I used to have :) Especially the jumping on tables to prove a point... :P I'm already really excited about this book!

[Mei]

Martha wrote: "I'm going to join you with this! :D"

Yaaaay! Welcome Martha! :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ oh dear, i think her mom will notice that she's covered in mud! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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(view spoiler)[ I am terrible at keeping diaries. I tried twice when i was younger, but it never worked out to well! (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Thanks Mei! :D

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(view spoiler)[ Definitely! I hoping she'll stand up to her. And Kat seems like a lot of fun. Her mother seems quite judgmental! :( Loving the mystery of the letter! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 11 (view spoiler)[ her reslessness started when she met orion? well that was pretty darn obvious! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 12 (view spoiler)[ the moment at the lake with orion and Julianna was nice. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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(view spoiler)[ My attempts never lasted past january 5th. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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(view spoiler)[ The first attempt lasted until about Jan 15th.. Second attempt lasted about 4 days, haha. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

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(view spoiler)[ every time i went back and read what i'd written it was highly embarassing, and pretty cringe-worthy, so it was probably a good job i never continued. plus if you don't have a diary, it means that no-one can get their hands on it and read it! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

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(view spoiler)[ Very true! The second time failed really badly. There's not much you can write if you spend most of your time reading! (hide spoiler)]

[Mei]

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HAHAHA! I experienced that too! (view spoiler)[ I was like, "DID I REALLY WROTE THIS!?" And when we were having a general cleaning I tore my name from the pages of that diary and threw it away. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Mei wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Abbie wrote: "

(view spoiler)[ my last notebook ended up being a list of books that i had read, so i guess goodreads is my diary now! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 17 (view spoiler)[ yikes, she just came right out with all of that! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 17 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ She isn't subtle, that's for sure! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 22 (view spoiler)[ I want to know what happened so bad! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 22 [spoilers removed]"

Me too!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 24 (view spoiler)[ 400 miles? that's crazy! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Chapter 27 - (view spoiler)[ Oooh! Finally get to know what happened! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 26 (view spoiler)[ she found her!!!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 28 (view spoiler)[ that was so sad! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "end of chapter 28 [spoilers removed]"

Yep. :(

[Abi]

Finished!
(view spoiler)[ The ending was sweet. :) (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

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(view spoiler)[ Haha same! I tried to write something when I was younger but I never stuck to it. I love the idea of keeping a journal and then getting it sent back to you in ten years though. And I love Orion! I'm sad that I know their ending must have a sad one. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

end of chapter 33 (view spoiler)[ what did she just do?! (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

60% - (view spoiler)[I feel like connect to this book on quite a personal level. I'm so enjoying it. And they're going on a road trip??! HURRAY! Gotta love road trips in books :) Will have to continue with this later. (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "end of chapter 28 [spoilers removed]"

Yep. :("

(view spoiler)[ I know!! I just knew something like that was going to happen but I was hoping it wouldn't anyway. I'm scared to read on now! Hope it's a happier ending :( (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Keep reading ☺

[Martha]

85% - (view spoiler)[ WHAT! I can't believe she lied and told him it wasn't Julianna! (hide spoiler)]

[Martha]

Sarah wrote: "Keep reading ☺"

(view spoiler)[ Oooo you're bringing back my hope :P (hide spoiler)]