{"id":95,"date":"2014-05-16T21:31:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T21:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybookreport.net\/?p=95"},"modified":"2014-05-16T21:31:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T21:31:16","slug":"when-you-reach-me-by-rebecca-stead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybookreport.net\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title<\/strong>: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
\nScored a<\/strong>: A
\nStatus<\/strong>: Finished<\/p>\n

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\"whenyoureachme\"<\/a>\u00a0 One of my hobbies is composing themed lists of movies\/books, etc, to suggest to people or just find themes in entertainment.\u00a0 Others do work, but this does what it needs to to keep me entertained.<\/p>\n

I’d put When You Reach Me<\/em> on a list of excellent time travel fiction. I don’t have a very big list of that so far, mind you. Just The Time Machine<\/em> and A Tale of Time City<\/em> so far. But I’m sure it’ll grow. The problem is time travel isn’t usually a plot point that makes me go ‘well, hey there little book. Let’s get some reading done.’ Which doesn’t mean I dislike it, I’m just way more likely to go ‘Oh my god! Griffin in wizard school!’<\/p>\n

But as I said, When You Reach Me is excellent. The plot is that Miranda Sinclair has three things going on in her life: Her mother is preparing to go on a gameshow, her best friend refuses to speak to her and she doesn’t know why, and she’s getting letters from the future.<\/p>\n

Everything ties together just right. The ending is satisfying in a good way, and you get to really see Miranda discover the world around her as she’s forced to leave her comfort zone in the book. It also features a SO for her mom that is not dickish, which is nice to see in fiction because that’s so dang rare.<\/p>\n

I’m a little biased on account of getting on pretty good with my stepmom, I admit.<\/p>\n

It’s a good book if you like time travel, or if you like books that explore what friendship is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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