Love, Life, and the List

Love, Life, and the List

Kasie West

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What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn’t been able to manage her mother’s growing issues with anxiety. And now she’s been rejected from an art show because her work “has no heart.” So when she gets another opportunity to show her paintings, Abby isn’t going to take any chances. Which is where the list comes in. Abby gives herself one month to do ten things, ranging from face a fear (#3) to learn a stranger’s story (#5) to fall in love (#8). She knows that if she can complete the list, she’ll become the kind of artist she’s always dreamed of being. But as the deadline approaches, Abby realizes that getting through the list isn’t as straightforward as it seems... and that maybe—just maybe—she can’t change her art if she isn’t first willing to change herself.


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    Aug 24, 2024
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    Feb 20, 2025
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    It was Kasie West, so naturally, it was cute as hell. I enjoyed it as I always enjoy her other books. Sometimes it's nice to escape to a world where the biggest problem in the world is being "too immature"... at seventeen. Yeah, you're immature. Get over it.

    Also I'm still mad at Cooper for mixing up the dates like... wtf.

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