Likes & Dislikes About the Book:
I don’t know if I love crying from books or hate to cry from books. This one hit right in the feels that I was expecting, but also not. It was definitely something I knew would hit home from the second I picked it up, but more for the millennial nostalgia of it all. The music and movie references alone got me, but the feeling of wanting to go back and do a do-over, to fix the things I wish I knew back then in impossible ways today. Of course it’s a work of fiction, but that longing, I now realize, is something at least I’m not alone with. I guess even for a woman who seemingly has a life I want like Jeneva, the author has, she too felt this. Albeit it’s about the loss of her mother, whom she clearly had a far better relationship with than I could ever relate to, but the career path, love life, etc.
I can’t change the past. I can only live with the future I create from the lessons learned.
I’m very grateful I picked up this book and I have to start to learn how to be more grateful to the girl I was.
What was learned from reading this book?
It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in my feelings of wrestling with the past.
Favorite Quotes:
“The hardest things to admit are the things we have to admit to ourselves. I know now that I am the problem, but I also know I am the solution. There's still time for me to change, still time for me to make things better.”
“The plant and I have a lot in common, both a little rough around the show more edges with the inability to properly care for ourselves.”
“It’s odd that when we look back, the big moments are the little ones and the little moments are actually the big ones.”
“I’m like a jigsaw puzzle that someone got bored with and decided not to finish putting together.”
“What’s a Kardashian?” Wow, a world where no one knows what a Kardashian is. How refreshing.” show less
I don’t know if I love crying from books or hate to cry from books. This one hit right in the feels that I was expecting, but also not. It was definitely something I knew would hit home from the second I picked it up, but more for the millennial nostalgia of it all. The music and movie references alone got me, but the feeling of wanting to go back and do a do-over, to fix the things I wish I knew back then in impossible ways today. Of course it’s a work of fiction, but that longing, I now realize, is something at least I’m not alone with. I guess even for a woman who seemingly has a life I want like Jeneva, the author has, she too felt this. Albeit it’s about the loss of her mother, whom she clearly had a far better relationship with than I could ever relate to, but the career path, love life, etc.
I can’t change the past. I can only live with the future I create from the lessons learned.
I’m very grateful I picked up this book and I have to start to learn how to be more grateful to the girl I was.
What was learned from reading this book?
It’s nice to know that I’m not alone in my feelings of wrestling with the past.
Favorite Quotes:
“The hardest things to admit are the things we have to admit to ourselves. I know now that I am the problem, but I also know I am the solution. There's still time for me to change, still time for me to make things better.”
“The plant and I have a lot in common, both a little rough around the show more edges with the inability to properly care for ourselves.”
“It’s odd that when we look back, the big moments are the little ones and the little moments are actually the big ones.”
“I’m like a jigsaw puzzle that someone got bored with and decided not to finish putting together.”
“What’s a Kardashian?” Wow, a world where no one knows what a Kardashian is. How refreshing.” show less