Published: 2009
Pages: 276
Review from Goodreads/Double Rainbow Nerds facebook
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
Belly counts her life in summers. Only those months really count. She, her mother, and brother live with friends at a beach house in Cousins Beach every summer. The beach house is more of a home that Belly's year round house. Everything is normal and feels right at the beach house. One summer, however, the normal is interrupted by secrets, dating, and turning pretty.
I had high hopes for this book after one of my best friends urged me to read this ASAP. I picked it up in the HS library volunteer in. While I did enjoy reading this, it wasn't the most amazing thing ever. It was a wonderful break from all of the YA paranormal romance I read!
My main complaint is that I had a hard time relating to Belly. I usually can connect to most narrators and people, but Belly took a while. She kept complaining that she was being treated like a child and wasn't one, but she acted like one and didn't give anyone incentives to treat her like an adult. (view spoiler)
This read was mellow and had a relaxed pace, and I greatly appreciated that. The Summer I Turned Pretty left a warm feeling of content sitting on my chest, something I haven't felt in a while.
While I'm not rushing out to pick up the next copy, I will probably read the rest of the series in due time.
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What time is it?: 10:11 PM
What I should be doing: AP Gov reading
What I forgot to do today: Eat dinner
Last person I talked to: My cat, Lucy
Last song I listened to: "Diamond" by alan (Ending theme from InuYasha: The Final Act)
What I'm thinking right now: Holy crap! I am soooo hungry! I wish Peeta was here to bake me cookies T.T