Anything But Ordinary was an okay read. Not 'on the edge of your seat' or 'put you to sleep'. i would recommend this as a time passer or to give your mind a rest after reading a very intense book or series. ( )

This is a very sad story. Pick this up randomly from the library, they had it wrapped with a note, "Have a blind date with a book for Valentines". Intrigued, I decided to borrow it and end up loving it and finished reading it a day before Valentines. LOL! It did keep me up at night reading and wanting/wondering what will happen to Bryce. How would she be able to cope with life after waking from a coma and realizing she was in coma for 5 years? How would she be able to deal with the changes around her and everyone around her while she realizes that she had change too? The ending was pretty sad for me but very compelling at the same time. Overall it is a good book. ( )

This is a very sad story. Pick this up randomly from the library, they had it wrapped with a note, "Have a blind date with a book for Valentines". Intrigued, I decided to borrow it and end up loving it and finished reading it a day before Valentines. LOL! It did keep me up at night reading and wanting/wondering what will happen to Bryce. How would she be able to cope with life after waking from a coma and realizing she was in coma for 5 years? How would she be able to deal with the changes around her and everyone around her while she realizes that she had change too? The ending was pretty sad for me but very compelling at the same time. Overall it is a good book. ( )

What if you had the ultimate second chance, only to discover that it's on a bungee cord? Bryce was on track to become an Olympic diver when she miscalculated her dive by a fraction and hit her head. Five years later, she emerges from a coma to find just how much life has passed her by. Her boyfriend Greg and her best friend Gabby are college graduates. Her parents are barely communicating and her dad, who was her diving coach now works in admissions at Vanderbilt because he couldn't shake the image of her hitting her head. He's also given up restoring the antique airplane in the barn behind their house. Her younger sister, Sydney is remote, angry and drinks, sometimes a lot.
None of the medical staff can understand why she's awake and in full possession of her faculties and they want her to remain at the hospital, but she's got a secret that she doesn't want to share, at least not now. She has strange visions, sometimes of things from her past while she was in her coma, sometimes of people and events which may not have happened yet. They're accompanied by heat and pain in her head which leave her dazed and on the floor or ground. Despite all this, she's determined to get her strength back so she can do as much as possible.
Would that life be so simple. She's devastated by the news that Gabby and Greg are getting married, but even more upset when she realizes Greg still loves her, even with his wedding just a few weeks in the future, and she's terribly conflicted by her own feelings. Dealing with that emotional storm happens at the same time she's trying to figure out her feelings for Carter the intern who she discovers came to her room and spent time with her for several years while she was comatose and has a younger brother who is in a coma like hers was before she woke up.
Sorting all this out, as well as reconnecting with her parents and sister would be challenge enough, but when she is on her way to the bridal dinner, Carter hits her with a huge zinger which is followed by another major event the next day that's a gut twister for Bryce. Going into more detail would give too much away, but I can say that this was a very difficult book to put down. I even read it while making supper and almost missed the rice boiling over.
While technically not a pure YA book, teens, especially those who like a love story or one with an interesting love triangle will enjoy it. I found the ending both sad and beautiful.

Girl in an accident ( )