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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
This was such a fun YA read. If I was in high school, this would be like my bible, I think. Maybe. And the fact that the main character is half-Asian would've really gotten me. I learned about this book from Ferrier and I'm pretty sure he's happy that they made it into a movie. I read the book in two days and then watched the Netflix movie right after I finished reading it. The movie was pretty different than the book, but both were fun and heartwarming. It's hard to read the book first because you can't help knowing so much more about the characters than the movie shows and then how different the scene choices and story changes turn out to be. And understanding why certain choices and changes were made, but wishing certain scenes stuck more to the book anyway. I'd like to read the other two books in the series next. On hold at the library now!
"I have to admit, it's not a bad feeling, having a boy sweep you along, usher you through crowds. It's the feeling of being cared for. It's kind of like walking in a dream. I'm still me and Peter's still Peter, but everything around me feels fuzzy and unreal, like the time Margot and I snuck champagne on New Year's Eve." pg. 138
"Maybe this is why Mommy told Margot not to go to college with a boyfriend. When you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, you only want to be with that person, and you forget about everybody else, and then when the two of you break up, you've lost all your friends. They were off doing fun stuff without you.
All I can say is, Josh sure is a lonely figure eating his sandwich on the very top bleacher." pg. 164
"There are certain outfits you have that make you feel good every time you wear them, and then there are outfis where you wore them too many times in a row because you liked them so much, and now they just feel like garbage. I'm looking at my closet now and everything looks like garbage." pg. 179
"Margot would say she belongs to herself. Kitty would say she belongs to no one. And I guess I would say I belong to my sisters and my dad, but that won't always be true. To belong to someone--I didn't know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that's all I've ever wanted. To really be somebody's, and to have them be mine." pg. 190
"'No. I like Tommy. It's not that. It's scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.' I finally look at Peter, and I'm surprised by how hard he's paying attention; his eyes are intent and focused on me like he's actually interested in what I'm saying. 'Even when I liked a boy so much, loved him even, I would always rather be with my sisters, because that's where I belong." pg. 192
"This is the moment I realize I don't love him, that I haven't for a while. That maybe I never did. Because he's right there for the taking: I could kiss him again; I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop." pg. 283
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.
"I have to admit, it's not a bad feeling, having a boy sweep you along, usher you through crowds. It's the feeling of being cared for. It's kind of like walking in a dream. I'm still me and Peter's still Peter, but everything around me feels fuzzy and unreal, like the time Margot and I snuck champagne on New Year's Eve." pg. 138
"Maybe this is why Mommy told Margot not to go to college with a boyfriend. When you have a boyfriend or a girlfriend, you only want to be with that person, and you forget about everybody else, and then when the two of you break up, you've lost all your friends. They were off doing fun stuff without you.
All I can say is, Josh sure is a lonely figure eating his sandwich on the very top bleacher." pg. 164
"There are certain outfits you have that make you feel good every time you wear them, and then there are outfis where you wore them too many times in a row because you liked them so much, and now they just feel like garbage. I'm looking at my closet now and everything looks like garbage." pg. 179
"Margot would say she belongs to herself. Kitty would say she belongs to no one. And I guess I would say I belong to my sisters and my dad, but that won't always be true. To belong to someone--I didn't know it, but now that I think about, it seems like that's all I've ever wanted. To really be somebody's, and to have them be mine." pg. 190
"'No. I like Tommy. It's not that. It's scary when it's real. When it's not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.' I finally look at Peter, and I'm surprised by how hard he's paying attention; his eyes are intent and focused on me like he's actually interested in what I'm saying. 'Even when I liked a boy so much, loved him even, I would always rather be with my sisters, because that's where I belong." pg. 192
"This is the moment I realize I don't love him, that I haven't for a while. That maybe I never did. Because he's right there for the taking: I could kiss him again; I could make him mine. But I don't want him. I want someone else. It feels strange to have spent so much time wishing for something, for someone, and then one day, suddenly, to just stop." pg. 283
Book: borrowed from SSF Main Library.