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The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I enjoyed 13 Little Blue Envelopes, and at the end, even though the last envelope was never opened, I never felt like the story was unfinished. I was satisfied with the ending, so this follow-up was a surprise. I liked it (thought not as much as the first book). I do feel that Oliver was still a bit of an unknown character at the end. I wish that could have been explored a bit more. It's a shame that Ginny chose to sell the last art work that Aunt Peg (and Ginny herself) worked on. I'd think maybe she would have liked to keep it for herself.
The Future of Us by Jay Asher
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was disappointing. Such a great premise! It was an easy enough read; I got through it quickly and the story moved at a fairly quick pace, but I got annoyed with Emma really fast.
You have access to a website that hasn't been invented yet, you can see your future 15 years ahead, and yet.. all you worry about is who you are married to and work to change that on a constant basis. Arrrghhh. I understand that she is a teenage girl, and maybe I might have been worried about that as well if I was in her shoes, but I'd like to think that there would have been other things I'd want to know about!
Josh wasn't nearly so annoying, he seemed to have a better grip on how to handle things. HOWEVER, he realizes from Facebook that his older brother is in a relationship with a man in the future, ponders briefly about whether is brother is gay in the present.. but then nothing else happens. It was just forgotten.
I also found it stupid that Emma would worry so damn much about trying to get a condom to Kellan to avoid her having that daughter in the future. Now come on.. they're supposed to be best friends (and granted, Emma can't tell Kellan what she knows or how she knows it), why doesn't she just come out and ask if she's planning to have sex?
Stupid teenagers.