The library makes me take it back. These are the significant pages:
16
19
20
24
29
45
50
60
92
108
111
120
127
137
164
166*
186
188
195
196
198
202
206

I’m on page 82, “Step 3: Monthly Tabulation”

...and I’m disappointed. Like all of the other books I’ve read by Meg Cabot, it’s very humorously written and I found myself laughing a lot. However, the whole point of this book is basically Sam asking herself, “Am I ready for sex? Am I not ready for sex?” She agonizes, embarasses herself, agonizes, jumps to conclusions, and agonizes some more. Eventually (spoiler!) she decides that she’s really not ready.

But then.

Her pride gets wounded when she realizes her boyfriend wasn’t actually planning to seduce her, and she ignores her own conclusions and seduces him instead.

I’m not really (that much of) a prude. I’ve enjoyed other books with similar issues (like Sloppy Firsts, etc.). When it’s written convincingly and compellingly, sex fits right in with the rest of teenage drama. In Ready or Not, though, the conclusion seemed inappropriate because it basically suggested that it’s a good thing to have sex even when you don’t feel like you’re ready to. I felt like the author was pushing an agenda, when all I really wanted was a nice fluffy read.

These pages merit rereading:
-214 (Indian tradition)
-217 (beans/pebbles)
-219 (“Now You”)

-I like the idea of getting gifts at Asian markets
-Photo cards, page 85
-Bloggfodder: pages 127 & 179

I picked up this book on a whim at the library. It was due back three weeks later and I hadn’t even looked at it. I decided to quickly browse through it, but it’s not really that “browseable”, in that it’s not a book of 3-step projects (I think that’s what I was expecting).

To my surprise, I found it is actually more like “Mary Jane’s Ideabook Cookbook Lifebook”, which I love. Once I realized this, I got it back from the library and am now busily planning my Christmas gifts.

If you’re looking for a hand-holding book that will help you make the perfect gift in 30 minutes, this isn’t it. This book is more for the person who is disillusioned with generic, meaningless store gifts and is willing to take a little time and let serendipity guide the way to great gifts that will be treasured and remembered.

I’ve never seen a children’s book quite like this one. It seems like it might bend the mind of the adult reader more than the child, who might just accept the premise without overthinking it. I liked this one a whole lot!

I have to return this to the library but I’m interested in pages:
38, 58, 59, 69, 74, 76, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89

By the way, ignore the fact that this cookbook is a little dated. It’s got some good things anyway.

I have to return this to the library but I’m interested in pages:
6, 8, 17, 51, 85, 93

By the way, ignore the fact that this cookbook is really dated. It’s got some good things anyway.

I’m returning this to the library but I’m interested in the recipes on the following pages:
28, 66, 94, 96, 98