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Book # 18

The last book that I managed to finish in November is, Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti. She also wrote Take Me There which was book number 17.
My own copy of the book, bought at the warehouse sale.

This book is about a girl waiting for love, waiting for life to start, and waiting for her anxiety to stop. I liked this book much better than Take Me There, which is a little different in style. I like that this book offers the reader more than one relationship, it's not all about girl-girl friendships, or boy-girl dating, or boy-girl friendships. It's about all of them, and how as a teen you can have many relationships that are different and complicated, but that still work. I like the reality of her books, her characters aren't always the popular ones or the dorky ones either. She brings a realness to her characters, which is probably from her time being a science teacher to teenagers. Observation in these instances is key. Susane Colasanti writes books about teenage love, life, hardships, problems, friendships, etc. I used to love books like these from authors like Sarah Dessen, Meg Cabot, Ann Brashares, Megan McCafferty, etc. I think that now I have grown up and I'm not as interested in these, but they are easy and fast reads which make them nice sometimes. If you like teenage drama novels, then Susane Colasanti is for you, if you don't then maybe wait for me to read a different author.

Rating: (Out of 7 stars)

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  1. FranceApril 11, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti is about Marisa, a sophomore who is looking for love, and finds it in the last place she suspects it. The book is a typical teenage love story. The heroine falls for the wrong guy, while the underdog gets his heart broken. Then, the heroine realizes her mistake and falls in love with the underdog, who turns out to be the perfect guy for her. This book was very similar to any other teenage love story.

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