(It also reminded me that, for all the books that claim “the next Sarah Dessen” or “in the spirit of Sarah Dessen,” nobody actually does it as well as she does. It’s just top-notch from start to finish.Īlso, Saint Anything reminded me of just how much I love a good YA novel. And then the latest three which I liked, but didn’t have quite the same delightful feel of the previous four.īut this one? It belongs in the middle category. Then there is the next set which I think are the very best – This Lullaby, The Truth About Forever, Just Listen, Lock and Key – with great characters, terrific romances, and good writing. There are the first several which are fine and maybe a little bit heavier ( Dreamland, especially). I generally categorize her books into three sections. I packed it for our hospital stay, but ended up reading Upstairs at the White House instead.īut when we got home and my mom was around and I took a week or so off of working and I was nursing all the time, I zipped through Saint Anything in a couple of days. This week, her latest book, Saint Anything, finally came out.īack in January, when I discovered it was being released, I emailed the publicist and asked for a copy. Because she hasn’t written anything in a couple of years. When I first discovered her during my library school days, I read every book she’d written, which I rarely rarely do, and then kept up with every book she continued to release.īut I haven’t written about her in a couple of years. If you are a long-time reader (and I mean LONG), you know that I love Sarah Dessen.
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