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Loading... Ready or Not (2005)by Meg Cabot
None. So same characters, different subject matter. I feel like this was Cabot's homage to Blume's Forever. Maybe just me... (  ) akmargie | Apr 4, 2013 |  While I’m initially wary of a sequel to a stand-alone book, I have been proven a few times that it can, indeed, work. I have no idea why I rated this so low at first, but on picking it up again, I loved this book, and actually think it’s better than All-American Girl. Unlike Mia from the Princess Diaries, Sam is a much more emotionally mature and capable character, which is great considering that the whole book is about teen sex and dealing with it in a positive light. Sam and her sister Lucy aren’t afraid to talk about it with each other (even if Sam is a little shy about it), and it really gets into the nasty business of slut-shaming and how to deal with it. Also, I like the fact that Sam and David are very attracted to each other, and are comfortable with that fact as well. For every parent who freaks out over their kids reading about “OMG ONOEZ THE SEX BUSINESS”, I highly recommend this book (and the first one!) as a mature approach to the whole business. (  ) princess-starr | Mar 31, 2013 | 3Q, 4P Cabot does a decent job depicting the 17-year-old protagonist's ordinary and at the same time extraordinary everyday life. I like that Cabot touches upon sensitive yet important topics such as safe sex and school bullying. The story is fast paced and the language is true to life. However, the ending seems to me a little abrupt; and the male protagonist's character development is very little compared with that of the female's...though that kind of makes sense as the book is written solely from the girl's point of view. ( ) shswang | Apr 14, 2011 | 4Q 4P.  grace_h | Apr 11, 2011 | 2Q, 4P jwrosenzweig | Apr 10, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060724501, Hardcover)Top ten things Samantha Madison isn't ready for: 10. Spending Thanksgiving at Camp David 9. With her boyfriend, the president's son 8. Who appears to want to take their relationship to the Next Level 7. Which Sam inadvertently and shockingly announces live on MTV 6. While appearing to support the president's dubious policies on families, morals, and yes, sex 5. Juggling her new after-school job at Potomac Video 4. Even though she already has a job as teen ambassador to the UN (that she doesn't get paid for) 3. Riding the Metro and getting accosted because she's "the redheaded girl who saved the president's life," in spite of her new, semipermanent Midnight Ebony tresses 2. Experiencing total role reversal with her popular sister Lucy, who for once can't get the guy she wants and the number-one thing Sam isn't ready for? 1. Finding out the hard way that in art class, "life drawing" means "naked people." (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:51:53 -0500) Now a high school junior, Samantha tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend, who happens to be the President's son. |
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