Nostalgia /no stáljə / (n.): pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again. 1. the state of being homesick : homesickness. 2. a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some part period or irrecoverable condition; also: something that evokes nostalgia. -Merriam-Webster Dictionary
AUTHOR: Jenny Han
GENRE: Young Adult (YA), Romance
NUMBER OF PAGES: 355
SUMMARY: Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean’s love life goes from imaginary to out of control. —www.barnesandnoble.com
FAVORITE QUOTE(S):
- "I like to save things. Not important things like whales or people or the environment. Silly things. Porcelain bells, the kind you get at souvenir shops. Cookie cutters you'll never use, because who needs a cookie in the shape of a foot? Ribbons for my hair. Love letters. Of all the things I save, I guess you could say my love letters are my most prized possession."
- "He's a really good dad. And he tries really hard. He doesn't always understand us, but he tries, and that's the important thing" (10).
- "What must it be like, to have a boy like you so much he cries for you?" (24).
- "Fighting isn't a good sign, Lara Jean. It means you still care" (187).
- "I think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you" (354).