Along for the Ride

Explain why you chose the book you did. 

I chose the book Along fot the Ride because I heard Sarah Dessen is a great author. I know she has written a lot of books that are really good. I have never read a book by her so I wanted to try to read a book from her.  Along for the Ride made the New York Times Best Seller List. I also chose this book because it is a romance book which I like.  Also, the comments on the back of the book are amazing. People seem to be able to connect with the characters which I love.

Write a blog post about the author and include some research about their life and/or other works.

Sarah Dessen's fisrt book was published in 1996, it was called That Summer. She has written 10 more books since then and is one of New York Times Bestselling Authors.  Here is an interweiw of Sarah Dessen, I didn't watch it myself because it is over 8 minutes long.

Has anyone read Along for the Ride or any other books by Sarah Dessen?

Independence (Significance #4)-Character Prompts

How has a character changed since they were first introduced? What have they done or said that’s changed your opinion of them?

In the series Significance, Maggie changes a lot from the first to the fourth book. When first introduced Maggie was a teenager who graduated high school early so she could work because her mom had left Maggie and her dad. Since her mom left Maggie's dad moped around the house and didn’t really care what was going on, he also lost his job forcing Maggie to pay for most things.
The events in Maggie's life caused her to be distant and nor very friendly. Now in the fourth book Maggie has found a significant, which is someone that you are in love with, but it has many more things too. Maggie is also confident, happy, stronger, and dependent on her significant without being clingy.

My opinion of Maggie has changed from liking her, a lot, to not so much. "So...everything I always imagined it would be." In this quote Maggie dream of how her wedding would be is perfect to her, she has no problems with it. Books are supposed to be relatable and the first two books were, but the third and definitely the fourth books are not as relatable because of how perfect Maggie is and how she fixes almost all of the problems she has.

Would a book that has a perfect character be as relatable to you as books that dont have too perfect characters?