Along for the Ride

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They kiss with the waves crashing around them and their friends cheering in the background — very sweet and appropriately cinematic. a lot of this book works as a depiction of women who can be both smart and pretty, both sporty and girly, both intellectual and pink dress-wearing.

Along for the Ride: A Novel - Sarah Dessen - Google Books

I know that Sarah Dessen has set a few of her other books in the town of Colby, but this was the first one that I read. If a sequel happens, it probably won’t come out for at least another year or so, I would guess 2024 at the earliest.

When that wave of nostalgia hits you in the middle of a pandemic so you succumb to reread all the books that made your summers.

Along for the Ride - Goodreads

Sama autorka na konci hovorí, ako miluje leto a skrátka inak to nejde, táto kniha vám navodí takú letnú atmosféru, že keď sa teraz pozerám z okna na SNEH (ktorý padá ešte V MARCI), tak sa mi chce plakať, že tam nie je piesok, slnko a pláž. However, when Eli and Auden meet again, they talk things out and decide to go to the Beach Bash together and have a great time.

Ter pais eruditos é o que dá 😜) — uma adolescente de inteligência intelectual (não confundir com inteligência de rua) que ocupa o tempo em noites longas e a não andar de bicicleta (até Eli lhe dar a volta! Several days after their first kiss, Auden overhears Robert and Heidi arguing while she and Eli are delivering newspapers (again, for the quest). Auden decides to spend her last summer before college in the beach town of Colby where her father, stepmother and new baby sister live. Auden's personal problems dealing with family issues, social situations, insomnia, even as far as cycling (yes, I am 18 and only just learned how *insert gasp*)— they were all things I could directly relate to within some depth. Eli comforts her, letting her vent about the fight and repressed emotions from her parents’ divorce.