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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1) in Books

Oct 29, 2018  
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
Jenny Han | 2009 | Young Adult (YA)
9
8.7 (7 Ratings)
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Sweet Summer Love Story
I was a little bit unsure of this book, because of the name. I was afraid it was going to be one of those stereotypical books where the girl gets skinny/ discovers make up/ something happens that suddenly makes her pretty, and all the boys notice her. I was pleasantly suprised that it was a lot more than that. Yes it is stated that Belly was prettier than in the past, but all the boys in the story had reasons to like her that went beyond looks. At 16 Belly is starting to act more like an adult, and that plays a large role in drawing the boys attention.
This book also did a great job showing that the characters had more going on than just a teen romance. I read this in a day, and would highly suggest it to anyone looking for a fun new read.
  
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Merissa (14175 KP) created a post

Jan 23, 2026  
I wrote something a little more reflective about my reading year and finally put it into words over on the blog.

In 2025, I read 552 books, more than one a day, and writing about it felt less about the number and more about what reading has meant to me during a year that has held both uncertainty and steadiness side by side. I touch on being a lifelong speed reader, reading with aphantasia, beginning and ending the year with five-star books, and how stories have been a place of comfort while I have been looking and applying for work without much luck.

It is not a celebration post so much as a quiet acknowledgement of how books carried me through the year and why they continue to matter to me as deeply as they do.

If you would like to read it, the blog post is here https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/merissa-s-year-in-books

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Jeff Lynne recommended Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty in Music (curated)

 
Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty
Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty
1989 | Rock
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"This was a bit of a dodgy situation at the time but I didn’t know that. Tom had asked me to work with him and it was a solo record and that was all I knew. It wasn’t with the group. He used Mike [Campbell, Heartbreakers lead guitarist] for guitar and it was Mike’s studio that we recorded in, in his garage in LA. Tom just stopped me in the street one day in Beverley Hills somewhere and he said, ""I’ve just been listening to George Harrison’s new album. I love it. I’m having a barbecue. Do you wanna come?"" I couldn’t go so he said, ""do you fancy writing some songs together and see what we come up with?"" and I said, ""yeah, I’d love to!"" So I went round his house the next day and after we wrote one, we then wrote, believe it or not, ‘Freefalling’ which was such a big hit for him. So it worked out great and we carried on doing them in Mike’s garage, which was an amazingly sparse studio. It was a garage full of motorbikes and oil cans and bedsteads and things like that - it was pretty amazing! Where him and George looking for that panoramic ELO sound? Well, it wasn’t always that panoramic a sound. I was gradually quietening that sound down that ELO had done and there were less strings. In ELO, it used to be a case of, ""oooh! String day tomorrow!"" and then by about the tenth album it became [adopts dismayed voice] ""oh, fucking hell! It’s string day tomorrow."" I’d had enough of them. I grew tired of the strings. But that’s not why they asked me. It was more the punch I was doing later on and they just liked the sound that I made, whatever it was. They liked something about it."

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