She and Ashleigh are just so loyal and good to each other even though Julie has to fight so many emotions. I think the best part of the book was Julie being such a good friend and Ashleigh is so loyal too. Julie has a few issues but is doesn't completely fall into the same clichés of divorced parents. The family life was done pretty well I think.

Through a series of mildly awkward but usually surprisingly fun encounters Julie finally finds a guy who she likes and who just might be into her too. For a few weeks it's a band, then the next it's Jane Austen. Julie has a friend name Ashleigh, who is an Enthusiast who does things to the extreme. You know how you sometimes keep the feel of the book while you're reading it for a while? If I'm having a hard time then there is no way I'm going to read a sad book. This is probably the reason why I don't read as much deep sad books. I was in the greatest mood while I was reading it and after I finished. Book Note: William Shakespeare and the Globe by A.This book is so sugary sweet you could say maybe it almost too sweet.Book Note: Three Classic Shakespeare-Related Novel.The Illustrations of Wallace Tripp and my Earliest.

It's just the antidote necessary to a Young Adult Novel scene far too laden with Vampires and Zombies. The yet came as Hermia drank the tainted water and found herself falling under his spell. Some of the lyrics are too good to miss:Īs Daniel, Chris sang: The students in the novel are putting on a musical version of A Midsummer Night's Dream entitled Midwinter Insomnia. Naturally, my favorite parts involve Shakespeares. In this book, she has fallen in love with the world of Jane Austen, and she has determined to emulate Miss Austen's characters-especially in pursuing a boy of genuine merit to be the love of her life. The events of the novel center on Ash, a girl who is continually caught up in a never-ending series of enthusiasms. Putnam, 2006.Īlthough this Young Adult Novel is, strictly speaking, far more of a Jane Austen derivative than a Shakespeare-related book, it was enjoyable enough-and there was Shakespeare enough in it-to justify a quick post on it here.

Enthusiasm by polly shulman