Rainy Day Reads

Challenges:   Around the Year in 52 books: A book that is a continuation of a book you’ve already read This book is the third and final installment of the “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” series and I was really torn about it. I liked the first book enough to give it 4 stars out of 5, while the second only got 3 stars. This last book was really seesawing between the stars for me, because while I adore the setting and ambience, I started to have a real problem with Lara Jean as a person.  First let me say that I really enjoy Jenny Han’s writing and the whole setup of this series. This book made me super nostalgic for high school and I didn’t even go to an American high school, but all the traditions, the winding down of the school year, saying goodbye and people setting off on different paths in their lives…ugh! So nostalgic!  As for Lara Jean she started to really bug me. Beware of slight spoilers below! She is dating Peter throughout this ...

Challenges:   Around the Year in 52 Books: A book that is a continuation of a book you’ve already read Diversity Bingo: A book with a person of color on the cover This is the second book in the “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” trilogy and it follows Lara as she and Peter start up a real relationship. It turns out to not be so easy when real feelings are at stake and a scandal at school does nothing to make it easier. At the same time they must deal with ex-girlfriends and old crushes and soon things start to unravel.  I liked this book. It was fun, but that was about it. Lara stepped a bit out of her goody-two-shoes character and started asserting herself, which I liked. But then she was all over the place with the boys, but I guess that is believable when you take teenage hormones into account. I had a little trouble with Lara and Peter’s relationship, because it mostly felt a little jarring, like they couldn’t find a common beat, and never really had ...