The Art of Letting Go by Anna Bloom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Summary When Lilah McCannon realises at the age of twenty-five that history is going to repeat itself and she is going to become her mother—bored, drunk and wearing a twinset—there is only one thing to do: take drastic action.
Turning her back on her old life, Lilah’s plan is to enrol at university, get a degree and prove she is a grown-up.
As plans go, it is a good one. There are rules to follow: no alcohol, no cigarettes, no boys and no going home. But when Lilah meets the lead singer of a local band and finds herself unexpectedly falling in love, she realises her rules are not going to be the only things hard to keep.
With the academic year slipping by too quickly, Lilah faces a barrage of new challenges: will she ever make it up the Library stairs without having a heart attack? Can she handle a day on campus without drinking vodka? Will she ever manage to read a history book without falling asleep? And most importantly, can she become the grown-up that she desperately wants to be.
With her head and her heart pulling her in different directions can Lilah learn the hardest lesson that her first year of university has to teach her: The Art of Letting Go
read from october 5- October 8
5 out of 5 stars
Review- This book is about Lilah chamber she is 26 and she is going to college she is trying to get away from her parents and her fiancé who she accidentally agreed to . when she gets to uni she meets Meredith I love her she is such a great friend to Liliah . She has to go get a dress for the party she has to go home and there is her twin brother tristen at a party she meets someone who ends up being her next door neighbor Ben Chambers he is in a band and they end up snogging against a tree .Lilah is hung over and if freaked out when she sees Ben making breakfast she doesn’t like Ben she thinks he’s a player . Ben askes Lilah out and she agrees they go out she really likes Ben but she is still attached to John she breaks up with him and finds Ben with Barbie she is so angry and sad she doesn’t talk to him for a long time so on Christmas she makes food for everyone and he’s there he tells her that the band is planing to go to america and askes her if he should go and she tells him to go. what Lila you love him well they start going out then they break up then they go out again officially I really loved this book it make me cry and laugh I think Anna’s writing was really great and I love all the main characters. Lilah knows Ben is going she also finds out that he saw her at a Christmas party wow before they came to uni he gives her a ring and it matches her necklace “Meradith ” gave to her on her birthday he gave it to Meradith to give to Lilah this book made me cry at the end when she finally realized he shouldn’t go he was gone
and left her a iPod I cried amazing book.
Favorite quotes
He looks like an artistic type . She sighs into her teacup. Good grief, is this eighty-odd-year-old woman lusting after my boyfriend ?
I bet he is good at Sex she says completely straight faced . I spurt my mouthful of tea all over the place .
“I love you, Ben Chambers.”
“I love you, Lilah McCannon.”
Can you learn the art of letting go ?
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