Life is Hard, for everyone!

Through to You was a good, good book.  I gave it five of five stars on goodreads because I thought Lauren Barholdt did a great job of offering insight into why some people act the way they act.  We're all so quick to judge people, especially guys who seem like "jerks" and worse words when they jump from girl to girl or close themselves off from real feelings.  Penn is one of those guys.  But we find out why Penn acts the way he does.  That doesn't excuse his behavior, but it really helps the reader to get a better understanding.  Maybe we all need to just take a chance on people, find out about people, who they are, what they are, and why they are.  No one gets through this world without feeling any pain, pain influences our behavior.  This was a very good relationship study, told from the POV of Penn and Harper, as they try to figure out how to be together, despite their baggage.

Okay. I checked out Reality Chick on eaudio because I needed something to listen to and because it seemed like it would just be a quick, silly read. And it was. But it was more than that, really. The main character is really likable- not the spoiled chick I thought she would be. Also the author avoided the easy and predictable fights between the girls in the house. I thought for sure this would just be cranky, spoiled reality chick girls fighting and stealing each other's guys and all of that typical stuff. But it wasn't. It was also really realistic when it came to the language of folks of that age, and also in terms of long- distance relationships that move from high school to college. I knew I would like the book, but I didn't think I would care about the characters, but I did. I liked it! Great fun!

If You Think I Won't Go...

Watch Me!  Oh watch me, prove you wrong today.  You don't even know you lost me.  You think I'll always stay.  Oh just watch me walk away.  What a great song! And I really liked the book Watch Me, too.  Its former title is Reality Chick, but I like Watch Me, better.     I checked out this e-audio because I needed something to listen to and because it seemed like it would just be a quick, silly read. And it was. But it was more than that, really. The main character is really likable- not the spoiled chick I thought she would be. Also the author avoided the easy and predictable fights between the girls in the house. I thought for sure this would just be cranky, spoiled reality chick girls fighting and stealing each other's guys and all of that typical stuff. But it wasn't. It was also really realistic when it came to the language of folks of that age, and also in terms of long- distance relationships that move from high school to college. I knew I would like the book, but I didn't think I would care about the characters, but I did. I liked it! Great fun!