The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu → Start Date: June 28, 2014

[Katie]

Trisha, Vicki, and I will be reading this. Anyone is welcome to join.

[Vicki]

Thanks for the thread, Katie! I hope this will be a great book us! :o)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yay! Thanks Katie, for making the thread!
I can't wait!!

[Vicki]

I might need to purchase this one. Why don't libraries have ALL books? Lol

[Emily]

I just put it on hold at my library so if I have it on time I'll join!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oooh I hope you can join us Vicki and Emily!! :)

[Emily]

I'm still number five on the wait list so I don't think I'll get it in time, but I'll join in the conversation when I get it.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

oh no~ bleh. Sorry Emily. I hate waiting on a book too!!

Well, we'll be here! Jump in when you can :)

[Vicki]

Mine JUST became available so that I could request it, so now it's a game of hurry up and wait! Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

so won't be able to start this one until tomorrow
sorry guys, I'm out camping tonight and am only bringing a few books with me.

[Vicki]

No problem! I don't have my book yet.

[Katie]

I just saw this message, and I already read the first 5 chapters. That's only 31 pages, though, so maybe I won't read any more of it until tomorrow.

Josh (view spoiler)[I didn't like how he blamed Alice for texting Brandon. Brandon didn't have to look at the texts while he was driving. (hide spoiler)]

Kelsie (view spoiler)[I don't like her very much since she's so worried about popularity, and she dumped her best friend because of rumors. (hide spoiler)]

Elaine/Brandon (view spoiler)[Their sort-of relationship sounds to me like it was pretty dysfunctional. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

5 chapters in and YIKES

1st chapter: Elaine (view spoiler)[ Yikes. I take it we see more of her....ugh. she's pretty awful and judgmental and I'm worried about what REALLY happened to Alice. Like...being drugged and/or attacked or the situation NOT being as clear as Elaine seems to think it is (hide spoiler)]

Kelsie (view spoiler)[ ugh. this girl. gah.
her statement:
It’s like when we read The Diary of Anne Frank in seventh grade, and I had the sneaking suspicion that I would have been a Nazi back then because I wouldn’t have had the guts to be anything else. Because I would have been too scared to not go along with the majority."
I pretty much hate her (hide spoiler)]

Josh (view spoiler)[ bleh. (hide spoiler)]

OMG Elaine again (view spoiler)[ This is just scary
because I remember being in highschool and I remember HEARING rumors like this. I always brushed them off. I'm not a fan of drama, but the lives they must have destroyed. (hide spoiler)]

Josh again (view spoiler)[ and can I just say
I'm so ANGRY that it's ALICE'S fault for sending texts
BUT NOT HIS FAULT THAT HE:
HAD BEEN DRINKING ILLEGALLY!!!
WAS CHECKING HIS TEXTS WHILE DRUNK DRIVING UNDERAGE!!!!
(hide spoiler)]

man, I hope we get an Alice POV!!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

10 chapters
and I'll read more tomorrow!!
I like it so far! it's crazy but good!

Kurt (view spoiler)[ my heart breaks for him
but....I want to know what he knows

WHAT DO YOU KNOW KURT?!?!?! (hide spoiler)]

Kelsie (view spoiler)[ huh....what does Kelsie know?
(hide spoiler)]

Alice (view spoiler)[ it still sounds like Alice is making choices -
THE SAME CHOICES THE BOYS ARE MAKING -
and yet she is the one being labeled.
she's the one her friend was upset with
the one the girls were talking about

and the boys...they were bragging (hide spoiler)]

Kurt (view spoiler)[ this man is a Knight in shining armor
I hope Alice isn't too jaded
I love that he is the only one that really sees Alice (hide spoiler)]

OMG Elaine ugh chapter (view spoiler)[ i hate her
and I can't help but think Kelsie made it up.
but even if she didn't, how crappy that she told. she's an awful person (hide spoiler)]

Josh blalalkjsdlkjaldkjfldkjfljjdf!!

ugh, I can't wait until we hit halfway.I hope this stuff turns around at some point.....

I like the message this book is giving. It's not "beat you over the head with it" yet
I hope all these different POV are as uncomfortable for others as it is for me to read

[Katie]

I've read through chapter 10 now too. I agree that is really good with a good message. The POV characters, aside from Kurt, are all pretty unlikeable.

Kurt (view spoiler)[He is such a sweet guy, and I hope Alice realizes that he isn't going to be mean to her. She deserves someone who sees her as more than just the rumors. (hide spoiler)]

Kelsie (view spoiler)[I think it is possible that she made it up. And that would be so awful if she did. (hide spoiler)]

Alice (view spoiler)[I agree with what you were saying about her. There is a big double standard here between what people think of her, and what they think of the guys. (hide spoiler)]

[Katie]

I've read through chapter 15 now, and I'm really liking this book. A lot of shocking things are being revealed.

Brandon (view spoiler)[I was surprised to find out that he made up the whole thing about he and Tommy and Alice. And he told Kurt, which was also surprising. I think Kurt should tell Alice that he knows the truth. (hide spoiler)]

Kelsie (view spoiler)[So she did lie about the abortion which was awful. And she had one herself. This surprised me. (hide spoiler)]

Kurt (view spoiler)[It was so sweet of him to get her the Christmas gift. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

For some reason my library doesn't appear to still have my request. I don't know what's going on, so I went ahead and just now bought it for my NOOK. Hope it's worth $8.89. LOL

[Katie]

I hope you like it. I finished this and I really thought it was good.

Kelsie (view spoiler)[I wish she had told Alice the truth when she saw her in the bathroom. They used to be best friends, so the way she treated Alice was just awful. Of course, even if they hadn't been best friends, it would've still been awful. (hide spoiler)]

Kurt (view spoiler)[Even though he and Alice fought after he told her what he knew, I'm glad they made up in the end. He is such a good friend to her, and I'm glad she realizes this too. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Vicki wrote: "For some reason my library doesn't appear to still have my request. I don't know what's going on, so I went ahead and just now bought it for my NOOK. Hope it's worth $8.89. LOL"

OMG YIKES!!! NO WAY!! It's too short for 9.00!!!

I don't think I'd pay that...... If you don't want to, no worries. We can wait for your library to get it and chat then....

[Vicki]

Lol oh well, I already bought it.