tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post8323741229347367594..comments2024-03-26T07:06:37.385+00:00Comments on Reviews from a Bookworm: Dare You To by Katie McGarry: The ReviewCharnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-81868658244429946862013-11-15T21:20:27.092+00:002013-11-15T21:20:27.092+00:00I know, I can't deal with all the angst and al...I know, I can't deal with all the angst and always having at least one main character who is emotionally damaged but then opens up in the end! Eurgh! Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-34815732788991338612013-11-15T21:19:44.942+00:002013-11-15T21:19:44.942+00:00Thanks for checking out my review. That's real...Thanks for checking out my review. That's really interesting, it seems so strange because you don't find many people here that do go to church. If they do it's not something they really talk about. I know a few Americans but none of them are religious. They are portrayed like that in lots of books and movies so it makes sense. Definitely a foreign country. Charnell @ Reviews from a Bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694156080937232949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-56854069968672339872013-11-15T02:22:37.878+00:002013-11-15T02:22:37.878+00:00I enjoyed Pushing the Limits, but not enough to re...I enjoyed Pushing the Limits, but not enough to read this one. I do like contemporary YA romance occasionally, but usually the lighter, fluffier ones versus the drama-filled angsty ones (although I have been reading more New Adult lately just to see what all the fuss is about and it's filled with drama and damaged characters). Great review! ~Pamyaescapefromrealityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200254719073248981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583004298603696672.post-25196030325143600092013-11-14T20:34:23.507+00:002013-11-14T20:34:23.507+00:00I read this and agree with your reservations and i...I read this and agree with your reservations and it doesn't sound like the kind of thing I'd want to read, either. However, speaking as an English person who has recently moved to Arkansas, (the confederate buckle on America's Bible Belt) I can honestly say that yes, a huge proportion of people here go to church. Every week. And Wednesday, too. In fact, one of the opening questions I'm asked on meeting someone new here is 'Which church do you go to?". Most people who regard themselves as middle-class, (which doesn't mean the same thing here in the US as it does in the UK) decent, upstanding 'regular folk' go to church. That helps explain why gender preferences and contraception are huge issues here, as their politics is learned at the pulpit. It was a bigger culture shock than I'd anticipated, living in Arkansas. I realised the easiest way to understand the US is to remember it really is a foreign country, as different from the UK as Poland or Chad; it's not England with stetsons and blueberry pie.Rhissannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09001501916407616825noreply@blogger.com