The Future of Us | 
pickThis book was an excellent feel good story and a really good reminder of how important it is to live in the present, enjoy the live we have and strive for what we want in life. I only wish it would have been more obvious that Emma realized that her future is miserable because she is unhappy in the present. I also really thought the concept for the book was creative and different than your typical young adult “love story” and drama book.
Lunch time
panI gave this like 2 stars. It was cool toward the beginning, but about halfway through, I started getting bored. The plot was predictable, and I wasn't really invested in the teens. I feel like this could have been a great book, but it wasn't!
I am surprised I was able to complete my goal for the month considering about 2 weeks of May I didn't read anything because of familial stress and finals week. But I plowed through and I'm ready for my next goal! I'm at 22/60 and so excited for the rest of my borrows from the library. Then I really need to get started on my physical books lol! #bookly #monthlygoal #ebooks #audiobooks #maygoal
So I didn't hit the 24 for the #readathon #24B4Monday, but I DID get to double digits this time 🥰 that's good enough for me! I got three books done which was more than I expected considering I was out nearly all of Saturday (all the time was mostly witching hour reading). How did y'all do this weekend? Up next, finishing off the tagged book. Another YA and we'll see if I'm sick of the genre by then LOL
Definitely feeling pretty kiddish tbh 🙄 I hope it picks up and gets more interesting. normally I'm cool with teen drama but this speculation about the future & Facebook is yawwwwn #ya
I'm having a tough time finding motivation (ugh) 😖 mental health has been in the dumps this month, but I finally just tried to read & picked up whatever had the closest expiration date. This is Josh and Emma describing social media haha
Excuse me, but in 1996, you were only allowed up to 10 characters in your AOL screen name. GET IT RIGHT.
so-soI was hoping that this would have more about the futuristic stuff but it kind of revolved around the characters' relationships more. I did love how it was set in 90s america tho! Saying this i think there was a great moral to the story and it was enjoyable 😁think it would make a great television series!💗💗
so-soQuick read. Good idea with so-so execution.
so-soToo much relationship drama, not enough evil Facebook. Also so many characters in this (including the female protag) are just wildly unreasonable about so many things that it makes for a frustrating reading experience.
No way high schoolers in 1996 have school-issued email accounts.
Why does Monday come around so quickly? I don't want to be working today, I want to be home reading. This book is getting so good! #winterreads #readingchallenge #jayasher #carolynmackler #youngadult
I'm actually really excited to start this one. Set in 1996, just at the cusp of the beginning of the internet. I remember when you had to plug into the phone line if you wanted to go on the internet which then meant you had no phone. #winterreads #bookchallenge #ya #youngadult #jayasher #carolynmackler
pickSpot of *iced* tea and a good book! Just finished this gem of a book and, while I would have preferred the ending not be so cookie cutter, it was a really great YA book that actually makes one think about how each action, no matter how small, effects our future. Jay Asher does it again!
So going to start this today!!
So normally I don't talk about my anxiety, but it's been so bad the last week, I have to take 3 weeks off work.
Even reading isn't helping me like it normally does!
So I hope I can get myself together.
#littens
pickI liked this book. It was a neat storyline.
School starts tomorrow for my district, so that means I won't be reading/posting as much. :( 66 Days till Fall Break.
I enjoyed 13 Reasons Why, so I thought I'd give this a go. 🤓
bailedOne of my only DNFs. No, thanks. I'm not a fan of Jay Asher's writing.
I met Jay Asher - nice guy!
The awesome moment when the book you ordered from Thriftbooks is a signed copy!
panThis book has such a promising premise (kids in 1996 find their future Facebook profiles), but it ends up squandered on a boring "girl figures out she is meant to be with her friend, which we all knew obviously all along" plot. Could have been so much more.
"Back to the future meets The Social Network". Sounds interesting.
I've been inspired to create some #spinepoetry after seeing some show up in my Litsy feed today.
The future of us
Once was lost
There are no accidents
Let's pretend this never happened
Life as we knew it
An exact replica of a figment of my imagination
panThis story is very original. It was great to read about all the 90‘s fads. The idea that changing your mind or actions could impact the future was interesting. That‘s all that impressed me about this book. The story itself was incredibly boring, too much mundane high school life. I was more interested in what their future selves were saying on Facebook then their every day lives. I really wanted this book to be amazing but it was just okay.
pick1990s. You pick up an AOL disc promising a free 40 hours of Internet. You login and stumble across a website called Facebook only to discover your profile showing what you've become and who you've married 20 years in the future. And every thing you do today changes it. How would you act differently? Dynamite book with an incredibly original concept.
pickI had an incredibly hard time putting it down. I read it over a weekend. Characters are so engaging, including the supporting characters. I would put this high on the MUST READ list
The author talked about this book and I NEED IT.
