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Jul 18, 2015 02:25AM
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Okay. So, I have never done a buddy read before so are we going to have a schedule of what to read and when or are we just going to read and then discuss it as we go?
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If you'd like, we can have a schedule, that way we're on the same page when/if we want to discuss something :)?
I am good either way. I was just curious about how you wanted to do it. Just let me know.
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I am between a fast and moderate reader. What about you?
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Sounds good to me and I don't mind either if I am reading a book with someone. If I don't have access to it then that is a different story. I will be starting the book tonight now that you have it. And it looks like a really good book.
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Ahh. I will start reading it after I eat dinner.
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Yayyyyy! I can't wait to start ^^
So I just finished the first chapter. It is really interesting so far. I like Lola so far. She has spunk and just wants her parents to like her boyfriend then gets worried about the people moving into the house next door to them. Turns out that it is a family she used to know and a woman by the name of Calliope Bell. I wonder who she is and why Lola is so upset about her living next door.
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I don't like Max though. Bad feeling coming from him even though I know he's a bad boy.
Lola is worked up about Calliope...but also there's a mention of a twin...is that...quite possibly the main love interest Cricket?!? (oh wait it is -just looked at the blurb again lol)
Lol. Yes. I agree, something is off with Max. I have a feeling things are going to end badly between Lola and Max. I got to chapter four last night and still don't know what happened between Calliope and Lola. There was a mention of how she is a year older than Lola and when Lola started Kindergarten Calliope stopped hanging out with Lola because she did not want to be seen with a kid who only goes to school half the day. But I don't think that is it. There has to be more to it. Also, I can't wait until Calliope's twin comes into the story. I am curious.
Also I like how Lola explains how in ninth grade she realized she loved Cricket, Calliope's twin brother. She talks about how his interest in clothing changes and how she had discovered that he was interested in his appearance."Cricket Bell had always been... nice. And he was cute, and he was intelligent, and he was older, and it was only natural that I would develop feelings for him. But the day everything fell into place was the same day I discovered that he'd become interested in his appearance. Not in an egotistical way. Simply in a "maybe baggy shorts and giant sneakers aren't the most attractive look for a guy like me" way.
So he started wearing these pants.
Nice pants. Not hipster pants or preppy pants or anything like that, just pants that said he cared about pants. They were chosen to fit his frame. Some plain, some pinstriped to further elongate his height. And he would wear them with vintage shirts and unusual jackets in a way that looked effortlessly cool.
So while the guys in my grade could barely remember to keep their flies zipped- and the only ones who DID care about their appearance were budding homosexuals- here was a perfectly friendly, perfectly attractive, perfectly dressed straight boy who just-so-happened to live next door to me."
I love that description. I find it amusing and it makes me like Lola even more. It gives us an idea of what she finds attractive.
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I agree. Since starting this book I have not wanted to put it down. I keep wanting to know more and what happened between Cricket and Lola to make Lola so nervous or upset around him even when she says she does not love him any more. I think she still loves him, to be honest.
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Ahh. I think I just got to the part of the book that will go into what happened between Cricket and Lola, or at least some of what happened. Chapter six. I want to know.... really bad. I love the way that Stephanie Perkins wrote this book. I don't usually like first person perspective books but this one is so well written that I don't really notice it. I like it.
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Love Lindsey, she's awesome ^^ so ballsy!
Ahhh fair enough! I usually prefer first over third, but I like both. Most YA is first. If you like this one, there's two other books. Lola's story is actually the second book out of three companion novels (it's standalone, but there is a book before this one, and there's one after too. Anna and the French Kiss is the first, you've already met Anna ^^)
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I like Lindsey as well. I like how she asks Lola if she could kick Cricket in the balls just because of what happened between him and Lola in the past. It made me laugh.Ahh okay. That makes sense now. Thanks for that information.
Yes, I noticed Cricket talks a lot. In chapter six she mentions that he talks a lot and talks with his hands as well.
Now I get it. He told her that nothing was going on for his birthday and on his birthday, after she spends all day trying to find his present, she arrives at his house and there is a party for him. That he knew about but did not invite her to.
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Yeah, I figured it's still okay to do it as a buddy read since technically Lola's story is a standalone like Anna's and Isla's.
I wonder what the heck was going through Cricket's mind when that happened between them!
OMG CHAPTER EIGHT=BOOM.
I feel so bad for Cricket and also, kinda not......
You got to chapter 8?I feel bad for him a little bit as well but not. I want to know why he did not invite Lola to his party. Was it because of his sister? Or was it because of something else? I want to know...
Once I have finished reading this one and the other buddy read we have planned I might have to find Anna's and Isla's books and read them as well.
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I know!!! I want to know that too. Because that was really mean!!!
If Lola is going to keep her interactions with Cricket a secret....-.-" this isn't good for her and Max, which will undoubtedly end badly.
I haven't gotten my hands on our other buddy read book yet--there's a slight queue, I'll have to check if it's dropped down though--and yep ^^ definitely check out Anna and the French Kiss (I did and didn't like it). If I like Lola's story, I'll go read Isla's, since I heard that one was really good!
I agree that Lola should tell Max about Cricket. I am in chapter seven. I have been having to take care of some things at home so I have not been able to read much today.
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Hehe I've put it down for the day, got other things to do too ^^
I just got to chapter 12.Yes, Lola should tell Max but I can understand why she does not tell Max. I feel that if she told him that she was hanging out with Cricket, Max would over react.
So I just started chapter 13 and Lola asks if her parents are trying to set her up with Cricket. She says No but I think yes. I honestly think that Cricket is better for her.
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Haha, I'm not up to there yet, but no doubt they definitely are :P
Cricket is better. He's the nicer guy, less....dodgy on the whole (from what I've seen anyway).
I agree. For some reason I feel as if Max is cheating on Lola. Am I alone?
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Then it might just be me because Max is not in the chapters from about 11 to where I am in chapter 14. So it might just be me.
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Yup. :D I am taking a small break from Lola and the Boy Next Door to read Conversion again until tomorrow. :D
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Ahh. I have put about four of them aside at the moment but I plan on picking them up again soon. Right now I am trying to concentrate on the library books. Conversion and Lola and the Boy Next Door. :D
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Ahh. Conversion is the only library book for the quarter read I have out at the moment. The Golem and the Djinni had to be returned and I am waiting for it to become available again.
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Yeah. It might be another week or so before I get it back. Oh well. I can wait. I have other books to read. :D
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Exactly. I actually did not read anything today. My mom had me help her pack for a trip. Then there were other chores for me to do. I will read some tomorrow though.
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