Waiting Games

OK -- I probably paid way too much for Now or Never... everybody wants to criticize it, but I think it kind of encapsulates the fumblings and inadequacies of early relationships. Geez do I wish I could have that particular one again - wow! I plan on sharing these w/ my goddaughter when she's ready. Oh boy... I think I'd do it before I was "ready" for Michael Skye!!! But really, it's about a simpler time, different place, different kind of people. I was 11 when I saw this - had to hide from my mom! ;-) But oddly never forgot it. Simply Jessie makes me want to learn guitar!

..because it was the sequel to "Sooner or Later", which was an awesome little movie and book. In this sequel, Jessie and Michael consummate their relationship and then Michael leaves to go on tour...leaving Jessie worried about being pregnant for the remainder of the book. I kind of found it disturbing because Jessie is only 14 in the book, and you start to see that Michael is not the Prince Charming as portrayed in "Sooner or Later"...the story is very real and interesting and I would recommend it, however.

Waiting Games is a sequel to the popular book Sooner Or Later. I first read both books when I was 14, and re-read them until they were tattered. Jessie's struggle with first love is both funny and touching. The author's insight into the mind of a teenager, who is both worldly and childlike, is magical.