I would have enjoyed this more if jparks hadn't constantly said to me "You probably aren't getting all the references in it" while I was reading. For the record, I'm pretty sure I got all the references or I at least got more than he did.

I've got some mixed feelings about this book. I think what the author does to get recognition for Henrietta is great but I'm not sure what she does for her family is beneficial.

I'm not sure I liked this as much as her other book but it was still worth reading. It's quick and doesn't require a lot of brain power (which was good because I was sick while reading it.)

I needed a palate cleanser after a bad book and this YA graphic novel did it. I wish there had been more books like this when I was in middle school.

*Looks at all the people in my bed* 27 years alone in the woods doesn't sound so bad.

Do the Republicans know this isn't a how-to guide?

Maybe this was overhyped because the show was just released​ and it could be really great and bring something the book was lacking. (All speculation, I haven't started the show yet) I could also just be beyond these domestic situation stories because I was really disappointed by the ending. It felt like a great build up to nothing. I read this mostly by the pool and it was a great fit for that kind of reading.

Really, the big magic of this book is that I managed to finish it. I'm sure someone could love what Elizabeth is pushing here but the bulk of her ideas made me roll my eyes and sigh in a very exasperated manner.

The diary portion is short, for good reason. The parts that she wrote reflecting on that time are so good. Carrie Fisher was one of a kind and we're lucky to have been alive while she was here.

I had fairly low expectations but I actually really enjoyed this book as a behind the scenes look at Scientology. I've read Going Clear so I thought I knew most of the crazy things about the church but her experiences are ones that only someone from the inside could have. Also, because she joined when she was young, you get a glimpse of Scientology from a non-famous perspective.

(Finished at urgent care where I got some good good cough medicine)

I read this so I could watch the Netflix adaptation but now I'm ready to pester my kids into reading it so we can enjoy them together.

It took me forever to get through this because there were so many times I had to shake my head at Peggy Orenstein and walk away from the book. If you've done any reading on what it's like for girls to be sexual today, then you know most of what the book tells. I'm inclined to say this book is written for someone older than me who doesn't know all the complications that girls face. The only info that I found interesting was on the last page.

Generally this is the type of book I really hate, I'm too old and jaded for it. But this book? I loved. Loved. I loved the characters, the style, the everything.

High five for you, Nicola Yoon. Also, the artist/graphic designer who made the cover gets a high five too.

I hated these characters less than I hated the ones in Emma Straub's first book, The Vacationers. That being said I didn't enjoy the last half of this book and would not call it a 'must read'. It's more of a 'You finished your last book, you're already in bed, and this is on your night stand so why not' read.