I'll Give You The Sun - Jandy Nelson || 2nd Quarter Read 2015 || Apr/May/Jun/Contemporary

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

As one of the top choices according to the poll, the Quarterly Book Club is reading I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson for the Apr-Jun Quarter of 2015.



So, what did you think? Hates? Likes? Droolworthiness? Plot? Romance? The characters themselves?

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[Samantha]

I started reading this last week, and I'm having a bit of trouble with it. Its not sucking me in like I expected. I had really high expectations because everyone loves this book! Anyone else having trouble or having a completely different experience?

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

I have yet to start this.

Have you finished it yet? (I completely forgot that you posted here, but then you did tell me via pm lol ).

[Samantha]

Ha no! It had to go back to the library, but I was able to check out the ebook. I read faster on ebooks, so I'm hoping that will speed things up a bit. I'm still not sucked it, and to be quite honest if I wasn't so hellbent on finishing this, I would have DNFed it.

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

Oh lollll. So still very slow I take it? But now this makes me a bit worried O.O. Still I haven't even gotten my hands on it yet.....

[Samantha]

Very slow for me. The chapters are huge! It's getting better now that I'm approaching the end. I'm hoping for a strong finish to redeem it for me

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

Hopefully there is a strong finish! There must be one, otherwise I'm not sure I get the 'loving' bit. Okay, I'm starting to sound pessimistic about this...but then again I did try The Sky Is Everywhere and not make it through previously (this might have been because I had to return it to the library, or because it was boring, so it's not a really reliable comparison haha). Anywho, I await your review! ^^

[Samantha]

Alright, so this book definitely finished off strong for me. Around half way through the book (which I think was way too late) I started getting sucked into the book. I was intrigued by what happened to these twins to force them apart so much. I also discovered that I preferred one twin's story over the other and thats because one of them used metaphors like nobody's business. I like metaphors but I thought it was way too much. But on the other hand, I liked reading about Noah's struggle with having a crush on a boy. We definitely need more stories like this.

I hope I didn't make you pessimistic about it! It is a really good story, I just struggled with the chapters that were sometimes over 100 pages long. Im also not a huge fan of lots of metaphors being thrown at me. I started to get lost in the metaphors and because I wasn't as interested at first, I would get confused about what was the metaphor and what was actually happening.

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

A strong finish is promising! I saw your final rating LOL.

Hmm okay I will still read this (would have regardless but well how long it would take me…) to see for myself!

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

And nah you didn't make me pessimistic, I think I already was based on the hype (too much book nerd pressure xD)

[Samantha]

Lol Its more like a 3.5, but I was feeling generous. But still, I feel like thats surprising considering how much I was dragging with this book lol. I'm interested to see how you'll like this book because my guess is a toss up in the air! Lol good. I think it was hyped up too much as well. I had way High high expectations for this.

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

xD how very generous of you ! Lol. Well I hope I'll like it, but the hype keeps putting me off (same goes for the Red Queen for me). I'm still curious about the story (admittedly, I only looked at the premise the other day for the first time when you started reading it) and I will give it my all, but I will probably hate the part where it takes until halfway to get interesting!

[Samantha]

Alright guys, I finally posted up my review of this book on my blog https://poisonforthesenses.wordpress....

Im still really conflicted about this book. Everyone seems to love this book but it just didn't hook me in!

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

Saw your review up on my news feed~

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

I feel absolutely horrid for forgetting to go to the library today! I'll Give You the Sun is sitting there waiting for me to pick up...however since I was so busy these last two weeks I forgot to go, and T.T now it doesn't look like I'll get a chance to read it before the end of the quarter! Welllll hopefully everyone else enjoyed it! (Or not :P)

[Samantha]

Lol I didn't get to finish the last time we say goodbye, so collectively let's say we have the top reads covered

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

Haha like last Quarter :P. I still want to read I'll Give You The Sun and I'm so bummed at the fact that I completely forgot :/. But well!

[Samantha]

It's never too late for your own tbr list!

[Nina {ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ}]

Indeed! Never too late lol :P