The F- It List by Julie Halpern → Start Date: June 30, 2016

[Mariely]

Hi there! Trisha and I will be reading this book. Anyone else may join :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yay! I can't wait! thx for making the thread

[Vicki]

I will be joining you! :o)

[Mariely]

Awesome!! Can't wait!

[Mariely]

We have 42 chapters. I think I'll come back every 8 :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

sounds perfect Mariely!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I started late...but I've finally started! :)

8 chapters

Becca(view spoiler)[ how tough. to find out she has cancer when you guys aren't talking....I like their friendship, though. I like that Alex is cool seeing her at her worst, that they are both sassy and realistic and swear to high heaven. lol I think it makes it more realistic (hide spoiler)]

Alex(view spoiler)[ I like her. she's got spunk. and losing her dad and now her best friend having cancer. tough stuff.
I love how sassy she is! she cracks me up even though the subject matter is tough (hide spoiler)]

F- it list(view spoiler)[ ha! flashing the homeschooled boy. poor kid. lol
but I can't imagine having to work on the F- it list of my best friend - living it because she can't. I'm interested to what all Alex decides to do on the list (hide spoiler)]

Leo(view spoiler)[ hmmm....we know very little about him so far. I like that he has similar gory interests as her (hide spoiler)]

it's interesting and pretty good so far - fast read!

[Mariely]

I started late too! I'm in chapter 8... A good start, let's see.

Becca: (view spoiler)[Is sad that someone so young is affected with cancer. But I agree, I like her attitude. (hide spoiler)]

Alex: (view spoiler)[I don't know... I'm really sorry for her because it hit her all at once; her father's death, her boyfriend cheated on her with her best friend, and now the same friend has cancer :/ it's hard. And I agree, I like her. (hide spoiler)]

F- it list: (view spoiler)[Loving the list so far! So funny! (hide spoiler)]

Davis: (view spoiler)[UGH! He cheated on Alex with Becca, and now he left Becca because she has cancer... I don't even know what to say about him. (hide spoiler)]

Leo: (view spoiler)[Yeah, we don't know him well... let's see. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

17 chapters
because the last line on 16....I just couldn't stop there

Becca(view spoiler)[ poor thing. she really does sound miserable (hide spoiler)]

Leo(view spoiler)[ hmm....so far he seems really sweet and really....foward
but also really experienced (especially for his age)
I wonder where this is going.... (hide spoiler)]

F-it List(view spoiler)[ man, she is working her way right through it, no problem. lol (hide spoiler)]

Alex(view spoiler)[ I still really like her. I think she's funny and I love how much she loves Becca
telling off Lottie was funny - she wasn't too mean, I don't think....until they got to talking about the cancer. but at least she even tried to fix what she'd said

so far I really like this one. it's a funny lighter read of a tough topic (hide spoiler)]

[Mariely]

Right now I'm in chapter 15 because this weekend I couldn't keep up... I will read those spoilers as soon as I reach chapter 17 ;)

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I like it so far. It's funny, even though is about a serious topic.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

no worries, I'm traveling and on vacation and had time to read it :)

[Vicki]

Chapter 22

I have to agree with you about this being a light read of a tough subject, Trisha.

Becca (view spoiler)[at this point she seems to be pretty well. I'm surprised that she was allowed to go to school though because when you have cancer treatments it's imperative that you stay away from germs, so not sure about that one! (hide spoiler)]

Leo (view spoiler)[I thought the exact same thing about him...he's very experienced and smooth for his age. LOL Hmmmm...but he is very sweet. I like how he treated Becca at school when she got sick. He's a good guy. (hide spoiler)]

Alex (view spoiler)[has gone through a lot with her dad and now her best friend. I'm glad she is there for Becca and she's trying to do the best she can with the list. She is pretty straight forward and I like her a lot. (hide spoiler)]

[Mariely]

I've finished the book!!!

So, I like it but... (view spoiler)[I think there were so many unnecessary details about the sexual encounters between Alex and Leo, I don't know. I thought the book was going to focus more on the friendship between Alex and Becca, throughout her cancer. Anyway, it all depends on the readers, and their taste. I agree LOL Leo was sooo experienced! But I liked him and I liked the way he treated Alex after their fight/breakup. (hide spoiler)]

I really liked the end though :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I'm so glad you liked it too Mariely

I agree, though(view spoiler)[ that there was an awful lot of focus on the sex stuff (hide spoiler)]