Reading Challenge/ The Mother-Daughter Book Club Series

A book set in a different country

A funny book (sometimes it can be really hilarious)

A book you can finish in a day (I couldn’t put it down)

A book with a love triangle (they’re high school girls, duh)

A book set in high school

A book set during Christmas

 The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick

“This is incredibly lame.” I just love this line in Cassidy’s tone. The books are totally awesome, on the contrary. The last time I read in such desire was probably the Life as We Knew It series, and I still remember reading it even in math class back in high school (mostly because the whole moon-being-hit and world-coming-to-the-end thing really scared me anyway). Now here I am, eager to know everything about those girls, and keeps asking J about spoilers. It’s true that I feel like these girls come to life and I am part of it. They are all so different yet they are all so cute in different ways. It’s a story filled with love and makes me fall in love with it instantly.

These books practically made me laugh and cry. One day I was reading while J was doing her homework. And when I got to the part when Stanley couldn’t hold any secret because his bald head turned pink when he got nervous, I snickered at first, and J was like, what’s so funny? I read the part to her and suddenly we both burst into laughter. And it even got more hilarious as I read it again and again. Not to mention all the pranks they played. And there were arguments, misunderstandings, and loss, as we all encounter in life. I figured the reason these books were so touching was that they were so real. We never know what life would bring us. Occasional surprise could be good or bad, and sometimes I hate the part that the author made it so tough, but that was life.

I guess I love the girls because there’s too much I can relate to. Not the part of being Red Sox fan of course. My favorite part must be the cafeteria, which is my all-time favorite. I love the part that even they were in different homeroom and taking different classes, they still got to sit together to have lunch and talk about everything. And I love the part that even they were so different, they still made best friends. Sometimes it’s the difference that brings us together. Through the book club, they had something in common but on the same time, their difference might be the thing that made them best friend. They visited Jess’s family farm, went to Cassidy’s hockey games and pulled out a fashion show by Megan and so on. It was a beautiful concept.

At the end I was sad to say goodbye to these girls though I understand that they’ve grown up and learned. It was just everything has changed and I never liked changes. At least they had their dearest family and friends altogether and I knew that they’d stick together no matter what, which is the best part of their lives.

Life is a never ending story.