Status Updates From American Girls

I'm so excited to start this

One more chapter left!

I'm back to American Girls.

SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE BUT NOT QUITE AUGH! The sister fight and the friend e-mail were both brutal as heck. I know that Anna wasn't trying to be selfish, and I absolutely loved her statements about feeling like the bad guy and that she never intends herself to be a horrible person. Overall, this has been a mostly strong book with very powerful messages. The only problem is the loose plot.

This is the perfect book to read before I go off to USC.

It looks like there was more going on with Delia than we first thought. Anna's been deceived, and I can't help but feel sorry for her. There was a really strong passage that reflected on how her family can throw away old relationships and start new ones easily, and that broke my heart too.

Chapter 14 was both darkly tongue-in-cheek and depressing. It brought up an absolutely amazing question and showed that Roger, Delia's ex, is an absolute creep. I'm not a big fan of the slight romance drama that's occurring with Jeremy, but it's not the main focus of the book, so I can deal. Overall, this is definitely good.

"The first dress was crazy, and I do mean padded cell for the criminally insane. Electric purple with neon-pink flowers..." i can't with this author

There's really not much of a plot here but I'm still liking it well enough.

I really like how Anna told Jeremy about more of the reasons why she was iLA. What she did to Paige was horrible, but I could completely understand her reasoning behind it: she was doing it for her friend and didn't realize it would have consequences. It's the harsh reality of cyber-bullying that seems harmless but ends up hurting.

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I didn't get a chance to read yesterday because I saw a theatre show, and this week is another busy one for me so we'll see how it goes. The stuff about Sharon Tate was heartbreaking, though.

OH, Nick Carraway was TOTALLY in love with Gatsby. 100% obvious tbh

...whenever she and her parents were fighting she'd eat ten bowls of Corn Flakes at a time. same but i don't even have to be fighting with my parents

Okay so I'm not like CURRENTLY reading this, but it's happening soon.

That shopping scene was absolutely hysterical XD. This book has some fantastic snappy dialogue.

That poker game was great! Anna owned Josh like a boss. I also think she and Jeremy may be a couple (which would be super cute). I also find her struggles on maybe being a little bit prettier to fit in with the LA crowd as relatable instead of the usual aggravation. It's most likely because I really like her as a narrator and as the cynical person she is.

everything is so quotable and funny

Poor Anna. She just got used by some nasty actress in a shopping spree that she wasn't supposed to have. I still think this book is pretty good.

This has been a very observational book, which is probably why I like it so much. Anna's narration perfectly captures her situation with her family (which sounds really sad now, actually; her mother was really rude about not wanting Anna back because of her own diagnosis) and also just her general thoughts. It's been pretty good.

This book is truly hilarious. I don't think I've chuckled this much for a while.

This chapter offered information about Charles Manson, which I was thankful about. I'm curious to see how Anna's summer in LA will play out, but I also am excited to see the connections between the Manson girls and her life. I also really liked the phone conversation between her and her stepmom.

The first chapter was a lot of setup, but the second one was absolutely snarky and hilarious. I enjoyed Anna's jabs at her half-sister's "boyfriend". I'm excited to see where the Manson girl research will go.

I just finished the prologue. I'm really interested to see where this book goes, as Anna, our narrator, definitely has a lot of dark snark to her. Only time will tell.

Mental patient was just used as a slur. No thanks.

This just doesn't seem like my thing :|

Oh. Well....not sure I agree with her.

I had to set an alarm to be able to stop reading to go to work!

Trying to figure out if the protagonist is a sociopath.

I don't know about this one... Kinda boring. :(